"Smoke detectors that are properly installed and in working condition can prevent tragedies from occurring in your home!"

Be sure to always maintain and test your smoke alarms once a month. Smoke detectors that are properly installed and in working condition can prevent tragedies from occurring in your home! Each and every year, more than 3,000 people lose their lives in residential fires cause by smoke inhalation and burns. Usually homes come equipped with smoke alarm systems that are battery operated, which can be a problem since battery maintenance is often ignored. The best practice to insure maximum safety is to replace your batteries at least once every year or to purchase new, long lasting lithium powered battery operated fire alarms. State Codes also usually require at least one alarm must be hardwired into your homes electrical system.

If your battery powered or hardwired alarms begin omitting a chirping sound, it can mean one of two things:

1) Your battery has to be replaced as soon as possible

2) Your smoke alarm must be replaced. Usually smoke alarms are guaranteed to work for up to 10 years before having to be replaced with a new one.

Simple preventive measures like these will help keep your family and home safe of any unexpected hazards from ever occurring.