Smoke Alarms

1/3/2022 (Permalink)

According to the US Fire Administration an estimated 890 lives could be saved each year if all homes had working smoke alarms.    

• more than 1/3 (38%) of home fire deaths result from fires in which no smoke alarms are present.    
• 3 out of 5 home fire deaths result from fires in properties without working smoke alarms.   
• The risk of dying in a home fire is cut in half in homes with working smoke alarms.  
• Half of home fire deaths happen between 11pm and 7am when most people are asleep.   
• Home fire death rates in homes with working smoke alarms have decreased by 51%  

The American Red Cross and its partners have launched an initiative that aims to reduce deaths and injuries caused by home fires by 25% in five years with the Home Fire Campaign. The American Red Cross goes door to door to install working smoke alarms in homes that do not have them and practice fire drills with families so they will know what to do incase of a fire. Members of SERVPRO of Morgantown and American Red Cross, can offer to install smoke detectors and help residents develop a home fire escape plan.

Tracie "Dusty" Nichols

304-291-3434