What you can do TODAY to be prepared.

TEST YOUR SMOKE ALARM - In 2007, the US had over 1.5 million fires that could have been prevented. As a result 2,895 people died in residential fires, 14,000 were injured, and property damage/loss was $7,546,000,000.00. While 96% of all homes have smoke detectors, a 2001 - 2004 study found that detectors were present in only 60% of residences where lives were lost in a fire. When detectors were present in fatal fires, only 39% of them worked properly. This means that operational smoke detectors were present in only 23% of fatal fires. Know the differences between Ionization and Photoelectric smoke detectors. Test your smoke alarm today!