A FIVE-YEAR-OLD girl who alerted her parents and younger brother to a fire in their home is being rewarded for brave actions by receiving a ride to school in a fire engine and then being presented with a certificate in front of her class mates and family.

Annabel Morland came across a fire in her family home in Ingleby Barwick, Stockton, and raised the alarm by going to her parents and telling them calmly there was a fire and they all had to get out of the house.

The family, including Annabel's four-year-old brother, Ben, all got out the house safely and phoned the fire brigade who dealt with the fire which had started in an electrical fuse box.

Fire Chiefs praised Annabel for her swift actions which she said she had learnt after having a fire safety talk at her school, Ingleby Mill Primary School.

Phil Lancaster, Director of Community Protection for Cleveland Fire Brigade said: “Annabel did a fantastic job and we now consider her an honorary firefighter, the way she remained calm and did exactly what she should have is just brilliant."

Annabel’s mother, Lisa Morland said: "We are very proud of Annabel and the way in which she alerted us to the fire. As the fire was at the back of the house in the utility room our smoke alarms hadn’t started actuating and it was only as we were leaving the house that they started bleeping. We dialled 999 as soon as we got out.”