As part of efforts to manage fire risks to older and more vulnerable residents, a new working partnership is set to be launched.
Tayside Fire and Rescue and Perth and Kinross Council have pledged to form a closer relationship to prevent deaths caused by blazes.
Although the number of recent fatalities has been low, investigations by fire officers have found that most fatal and non-fatal blazes have involved frail, older people living alone.
These have also been linked with a range of other common factors, including smoking, reduced mobility and hearing impairment.
Members of the local authority’s community safety committee will be told on Wednesday that many of these people are already known to the council, health services and police.
In a bid to ensure that fire incidents are given the best response, particularly where vulnerable residents are involved and where there are mobility difficulties, it is proposed that the community care assessment carried out by the council will include referral to the local fire and rescue service.
Community safety convener, Councillor Douglas Pover, said: “One death in a fire is one too many and local analysis by our colleagues at Tayside Fire and Rescue has shown there is a need to improve safety for the more vulnerable members of our communities.”