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Hear the Beep Where You Sleep
| Half of home fire deaths result
from fires reported between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. when most people are asleep. Smoke spreads fast when there
is a fire, but smoke alarms save lives by giving you time to get out. In fact, working smoke alarms cut the
chances of dying in half in a reported fire. This year's Fire Prevention Week campaign’s key message is to
install smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside each separate sleeping area, and on every level of your home,
including the basement. Please click  to visit NFPA's Smoke Alarm Central for more information to better understand the life-saving value of home smoke alarms.
Reproduced from NFPA's Fire Prevention Week website, www.firepreventionweek.org © 2015 NFPA |