EVERY house on an estate will be visited by police officers and firefighters this week as part of a major clean-up campaign.

Rubbish will be cleared, signs fixed and home safety checks carried out through Operation Enable, led by the Hambleton Community Safety Partnership.

Police will also warn speeding drivers and check hundreds of cars on the Hambleton estate, in east Thirsk.

Operation Enable involves officers from the police, the fire service, housing associations and the district, town and county councils.

Every house on the estate will be visited by officers. Fire crews will offer to swap chip pans for deep fat fryers, replace dangerous multi-way adaptors, fit smoke alarms and undertake carbon monoxide surveys.

Fine defaulters will also be questioned.

A group of youths from Thirsk Clock will help out. They will use referral court hours to carry out surveys in the area and look at places where young people congregate.

Children from Thirsk County Primary School will be asked to design a poster for a 20mph zone outside their school.

A roadshow will be held at the school on Thursday, when officers from all the agencies involved will be on hand to talk to residents from 3.30pm to 7pm.

The operation, which takes place on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, is the second of its kind in Hambleton.

In November, the Ashlands estate, in Northallerton, was targeted. Police executed a number of drug warrants as more than 1,000 homes were visited during the three-day campaign.

Rosemary Taylor, chairman of the community safety partnership, said: "These campaigns are a completely new approach to tackling environmental crime.

"Everything from abandoned cars and fly tipping to anti-social behaviour and fine defaulters are being targeted.

"We want to retain pride and respect in these areas and show residents that they do not have to put up with littering, graffiti, poorly maintained signs or anti social behaviour.

"This is a real team effort by all the agencies.

"It reaped huge rewards in Northallerton and we are hoping for the same success in Thirsk."