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Home Alarms: Smoke Alarms Saves Lives

It’s a fact smoke alarms do save lives but actually only working smoke alarms save lives. If the batteries are dead in your smoke alarm it’s the same as you not even having one. A nationwide plan for making sure that everybody has working smoke alarms was started a few years ago when it was recommended to change your alarm battery at the start and end of daylight savings time. This would put you on a schedule to change twice a year.

Guess what? Last weekend we adjusted our clocks forward one hour. Did you or your family change the batteries in your smoke alarm? If you didn’t it’s not too late unless your house is burning down right. So go out and get a battery or batteries and change them in all alarms in your house. In some states there is a law that states you must have working smoke alarms especially in multi-family homes.

Another good suggestion is at the same time you are changing alarm batteries you should sit down as a family and discuss an evacuation plan in case of a fire or other emergency. A good evacuation plan lets family members know what to do when an alarm sounds off. This plan at a minimum should provide two ways out of every room and a place where all family members meet to be sure everyone makes it out.

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4 Responses to “Home Alarms: Smoke Alarms Saves Lives”

  1. Houses can be called a home that meets safety factor. Of course, the house can not be called comfortable if we do not have a fire extinguisher. Whereas a house fire may occur due to many factors. Home fire alarms, of course, can make us more comfortable at home, because it is more secure.

  2. It makes a lot of sens to me on what your talking about because personally I experienced similar issues. We have a smoke alarm at home and one time I was smoking in the terrace then my wife said, why is it our smoke alarm does not detect your smoking? Then, we check our smoke alarm and we find out its out of batteries and needs to be replace. Safety is very important to me for my family so I really make sure everything works in properly.

  3. This is a very good point, having a smoke alarm with no battery is having no smoke alarm.
    Because you don’t ‘use them’ they can be forgotten, its best to make a note on your PC or mobile to check your smoke alarm on a monthly basis.

  4. How does this smoke alarm works? Any video explanation??

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