Information about Smoke Alarms

Two-thirds of home fires that kill children under age 5 occur in homes without a working smoke alarm.

: When fire breaks out, you have only seconds to escape its powerful heat, blinding smoke, and deadly gases.
: Families can dramatically increase their chances of surviving a fire simply by installing and maintaining working smoke alarms.
: Install and maintain smoke alarms on every level of your home and outside of sleeping areas.
: Test your smoke alarms monthly and replace the batteries at least once a year.
: If you keep the door of your baby's bedroom closed, keep a working smoke alarm in the room and use a baby monitor so you can hear when the alarm sounds.
: As soon as your children are old enough to understand, familiarize them with the sound of the smoke alarm.
: Teach them that when one goes off, they must leave the home and go to the designated family meeting place outside.

Cut your family's chances of dying in a house fire in half by having a working smoke alarm.