We're talking safety, so let's cut to it with some info from FOX 17 Fire Safety Expert and president of E.SC.A.P.E Fire Safety, Mike McLeieer.
Statistics:
- Working Smoke Alarms Save Lives – You double your chances of escaping a home fire alive by having working smoke alarms.
- Most fires occur when we are sleeping and half of U.S. home fire deaths occur between 11pm and 7am.
- For 2023 In Michigan (as of December 11, 2023) – 53% of fire deaths occurred in homes without working smoke alarms – source – Michigan Fire Inspectors Society – www.mfis.org/fire-stats-1 [mfis.org]
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Bonus Tips:
- Larger homes may require more alarms.
- For best protection, install interconnected smoke alarms in your home. When one sounds they all sound.
- Some people, especially children and older adults, may need help to wake up. Make sure someone will wake them if the smoke alarm sounds.
- When the smoke alarm sounds, get outside and stay outside. Plan an outside meeting place and make sure everyone knows it.
- Call the fire department from a cell phone or a neighbor’s phone. Stay outside until the fire department says it’s safe to go back inside.
- Give the Gift of Safety this holiday season – Smoke Alarms and Carbon Monoxide Alarms make great gifts.
