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A FIRE service is raising awareness of the dangers of hoarding disorder and the fire risk it poses. Essex County Fire and Rescue Service (ECFRS) is highlighting the issue as part of National Hoarding Awareness Week, which runs until Friday. The national campaign bids to safeguard people with hoarding tendencies, which affects two to five per cent of people. The disorder is a recognised mental disorder and is defined as acquiring items and the inability to discard items, even though they appear to others as having no value. The service revealed it has more than 170 houses on its list of hoarded properties and works with residents to reduce their fire risk.
A FIRE service is raising awareness of the dangers of hoarding disorder and the fire risk it poses. Essex County Fire and Rescue Service (ECFRS) is highlighting the issue as part of National Hoarding Awareness Week, which runs until Friday. The national campaign bids to safeguard people with hoarding tendencies, which affects two to five per cent of people. The disorder is a recognised mental disorder and is defined as acquiring items and the inability to discard items, even though they appear to others as having no value. The service revealed it has more than 170 houses on its list of hoarded properties and works with residents to reduce their fire risk.