The importance of smoke detectors

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Homes and establishments should continue putting utost attention and importance to smoke detectors.

After all it is one device, aimed at ensuring you, your family’s and your property’s safety.

Housebeautiful.Com shared an easy to follow instructional on how to properly install smoke detector alarms.

“Decide where to position your detectors. In kitchens, the National Fire Protection Association recommends that they be positioned 10 feet away from cooking appliances. Install detectors within 15 feet of sleeping areas so that everyone can hear the alarm if it goes off—even if their doors are closed. Single-story homes: in hallway, between sleeping and living areas. Ideally place on ceiling, at least 12 inches away from wall or light fixture. On inside walls, place 6-12 inches lower than ceiling height. Large or multistory homes: as above, plus at bottom of staircase and on each staircase landing. Also consider buying interconnected alarms so that smoke or heat detected on one level can trigger alarms all over the house.”

Read the rest of the instructional here.

Ensures your safety

To show how important smoke detectors are News2 of Tennessee posted a video and a news item on how a newly installed smoke detector saved the life of a man in Clarksville. Fire Sprinkler

“A Clarksville man learned firsthand that smoke alarms work. Firefighters and the American Red Cross gave him one the day before his home went up in flames while he was inside.”

Watch the video and read the rest of the story here.

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The Verge meantime published an article about a smoke alarm system that could be controlled through an Iphone. Firefighters

“First Alert’s Onelink alarm is a smoke and carbon monoxide detector that can be controlled through an iPhone. You can use the phone to silence alarms, look back through alerts, and control a nightlight built into the device. That’s basically everything that the Nest Protect can do, which means that anyone building their smart home around the iPhone should be able to get a smart smoke detector without losing out on helpful features.”

Read the rest of the story here.

Have you changed the batteries of your smoke detectors?