Thursday, October 3, 2013

The Importance of Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors


Each year, about 3,000 people in the U.S. die from fires in the home. A vast amount of these fires occur at night while people who are sleeping unknowingly inhale toxic gases and smoke.  More than half of the fires occur in houses without a smoke alarm and the other half of the Fires are almost always due to not enough detectors or dead smoke alarm batteries. The risk of death from residential fires is cut significantly when you have a properly installed and maintained smoke alarms in your home.
A smoke detector installation can help in preventing fire-damage to a great extent. The main purposes for these alarms are to warn you in case of any suspicious smoke inside the house. Improperly extinguished or unattended cigarettes and cigars are among the most common cause of fire.  A smoke detector will detect a possible fire within the house and immediately give a warning before the flames spread to other parts of the house.

In case a fire does occur despite your best efforts to prevent it while you are not at home, smoke detectors can alert the right people about the situation. This means that you will get a quick solution even if a fire does break out in your home.
Lastly, do not forget to change your batteries to keep the smoke detectors working.

If you have don’t have a smoke detector in your household, contact us and we can help!








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