| A smoke alarm may be small, but it plays a very | | | | place the alarms on each floor including your |
| significant role in our day-to-day life. This system can | | | | basement. Bedrooms should have individual alarms as |
| detect irregularities in oxygen and sends off a loud | | | | well as outdoor and detached spaces inside your |
| alarm or signal in the event that smoke arises. This | | | | property. |
| simple device helps reduce the risk of fire casualties. | | | | Smoke alarms can only function effectively if they are |
| Smoke alarms vary in different kinds of buildings. In | | | | well-maintained. As a homeowner, you should |
| residential homes, alarms normally emanate a high | | | | appropriately care for this system and must be aware |
| frequency sound to alert the residents of the presence | | | | of what type of alarm you have in your home or what |
| of smoke inside the house and no fire ceasing agent. In | | | | type you should buy. |
| bigger buildings like industrial or commercial ones, fire | | | | Steps in Maintaining your Smoke Alarms: |
| alarms will sound all through the building and alert every | | | | 1. Ensure that the batteries in the systems are |
| person of the presence of smoke. Most will emit a cal | | | | correctly installed and changed regularly. |
| to third party agency such as a security agency that | | | | 2. Check out for any damage in its parts. |
| will contact a fire department or other safety | | | | 3. Determine if the beeper or the alarm chime |
| organization. Some smoke alarms will often give out a | | | | functions well when smoke appears. |
| fire stopping agent that cuts off increase in fire until a | | | | 4. Test your smoke alarms every month. |
| more serious way to put off fire gets to the place. | | | | 5. Clean or dust off your alarms to make sure that the |
| There are two kinds of smoke alarms. First is the | | | | smoke detection apparatus functions well. |
| ionization alarm that signals faster in the event of a | | | | When installing your smoke alarms, make sure that |
| flaming and fast-moving fire. The other kind is the | | | | you closely follow the manufacturer's instructions. In |
| photoelectric alarm which goes off more quickly when | | | | case you have hard-wired alarms that should be |
| smoky or smoldering fire occurs. Nevertheless, a | | | | connected to your home electrical system, hire a |
| recent merging of these two systems has gained | | | | licensed electrician to do it for you. Those |
| more popularity to consumers, and it is called the dual | | | | battery-operated or self-adhesive ones are easy to |
| sensor smoke alarm. There are also new smoke | | | | install and you can do it yourself. |
| alarms that protect persons with hearing disabilities. | | | | To further promote fire safety, try a fire drill in your |
| Available in the market are those that use vibrations or | | | | home and establish a fire escape plan. All people living |
| strobe lights to send out a warning. | | | | in the house should participate with the drill. Try to do |
| The US Fire Administration states that it is necessary | | | | this at least twice every year and twice a day, one at |
| to install both kinds of alarms of the dual sensor in | | | | daytime and one at night. |
| major place in your home. For a multi-story home, | | | | |