National Fire Prevention Week is October 4-10, and, with heaters and holiday lights around the corner, there is no better time to check and replace the batteries in each smoke alarm in your home. This month, Russell Do it Centers are offering some great deals on smoke detectors and other fire prevention tools. Stop on by!
Here are some tips from the National Fire Protection Association to help keep your home and your family safe.
Keep your family safe with a working smoke alarm in every bedroom.
Did you know that roughly half of home fire deaths result from fires reported between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., when most people are asleep? Install and regularly check smoke alarms in and near sleeping areas to ensure the safety of your family.
Smoke alarms that are properly installed and maintained play a vital role in reducing fire deaths and injuries.
Smoke alarms save lives. If there is a fire in your home, smoke spreads fast and you need smoke alarms to give you time to get out. Having a working smoke alarm cuts the chances of dying in a reported fire in half. Almost two-thirds of home fire deaths resulted from fires in homes with no smoke alarms or no working smoke alarms.
Here's what you need to know!
- Install smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside each sleeping area and on every level of your home.
- Test your smoke alarms every month.
- When a smoke alarm sounds, get outside and stay outside.
- Replace all smoke alarms in your home every 10 years
View this month’s ad circular for your nearest location for great specials on the First Alert line of fire prevention products.
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Reproduced from NFPA's Fire Prevention Week website, www.firepreventionweek.org. © 2015 NFPA
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