smoke detectors: Sparks Fire Departments Project Safe offers free Smoke Detectors
- 03/06/12 08:31 AM
In a recent tragedy two teenagers died in an apartment fire in Reno. The Fire Department stated that the smoke detector didn’t contain a working battery. Death from fire can be prevented and a working smoke detector is essential to the safety of the people inside. Fire spreads fast and the smoke detector can provide notice before it’s too late. Almost two-thirds of home fire deaths in 2005-2009 were in homes with no smoke detectors or no working smoke detectors. About 25% of the smoke detectors that fail to work have dead batteries. http://www.rgj.com/article/20120305/NEWS/120305014/Officials-Two-children-last-week-s-Reno-apartment-fire-died During a Home Inspection I always check … (2 comments)
In a recent tragedy two teenagers died in an apartment fire in Reno. The Fire Department stated that the smoke detector didn’t contain a working battery. Death from fire can be prevented and a working smoke detector is essential to the safety of the people inside. Fire spreads fast and the smoke detector can provide notice before it’s too late. Almost two-thirds of home fire deaths in 2005-2009 were in homes with no smoke detectors or no working smoke detectors. About 25% of the smoke detectors that fail to work have dead batteries.
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