Page not found | Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service

Smoke alarms | Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service

Safety at home | Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service

Newsroom | Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service

Escape plans | Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service

Christmas safety | Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service

Who we are | Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service

Road safety | Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service

Homepage | Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service

Chimney safety | Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service

Do not link to an anchor on the page that does not exist. For example:
linking to `#content` without a valid destination such as `<body id="content"></body>`.

A common web design pattern is to use a named anchor to show an element via JavaScript, e.g.

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('.bar').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div class="bar">
    This is some content.
</div>
``` 

In these cases, the anchor (`#foo`) should point to the `id` of the hidden element:

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('#foo').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div id="foo">
    This is some content.
</div>
```

This way the semantic intent of the link is preserved, even without JavaScript. 
Note that doing so may require modification to your script, to prevent automatic 
scrolling to the named anchor.

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Title / URL	Issues
Page not found \| Cumbria Fire & Rescue Servicewww.cumbriafire.gov.uk/invented-url-for-404-page	1
Smoke alarms \| Cumbria Fire & Rescue Servicewww.cumbriafire.gov.uk/smoke-alarms	1
Safety at home \| Cumbria Fire & Rescue Servicewww.cumbriafire.gov.uk/safety-home	1
Newsroom \| Cumbria Fire & Rescue Servicewww.cumbriafire.gov.uk/news	1
Escape plans \| Cumbria Fire & Rescue Servicewww.cumbriafire.gov.uk/escape-plans	1
Christmas safety \| Cumbria Fire & Rescue Servicewww.cumbriafire.gov.uk/christmas-safety	1
Who we are \| Cumbria Fire & Rescue Servicewww.cumbriafire.gov.uk/who-we-are	1
Road safety \| Cumbria Fire & Rescue Servicewww.cumbriafire.gov.uk/road-safety	1
Homepage \| Cumbria Fire & Rescue Servicewww.cumbriafire.gov.uk/	1
Chimney safety \| Cumbria Fire & Rescue Servicewww.cumbriafire.gov.uk/chimney-safety	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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