Smoke Detectors Save Lives!
In the United States, smoke detectors (both
ionization and photo electric) have been
credited with reducing deaths and injuries due to fire by as much as 50%
since the 1970’s. The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has
estimated that 95% of all U.S. homes have at least one smoke detector.
They also state that 65% of all reported home fire deaths occurred in
homes with no smoke alarms or no working smoke alarms. With that here
are some alarming facts from NFPA:
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- 2000 – 2004 phone survey showed that no smoke alarms were
present or none operated in almost half of the reported home fires.
- An estimated 890 lives could be saved each year if all homes had
working smoke detectors.
- In one out of every five homes equipped with at least one smoke
alarm installed, not a single one was working.
- Why do smoke alarms fail? Most often because of missing,
disconnected or dead batteries. Nuisance activations were the
leading cause of disabled alarms.
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