Make Sure Your Smoke Alarm Works!

You might remember a fire back in January when “2-year-old twins, a boy and a girl, and their grandparents were pulled from the home with critical injuries and later died.” A fire official told us they canvased the neighborhood after the fire and found that 35% of the homes did not have a working smoke alarm. That family might not have lost 4 members if there had been a smoke alarm in their home.

Nearly half (47%) of Maryland fatal fires in 2012 occurred in homes with either no alarm or no working alarm.Please make sure your smoke detectors work so we don’t lose you to a fire.

2 Signs You Need New Smoke Detectors—ASAP (Ackerman Security)

1. Sign 1: They’re 10+ years old
   Smoke detectors typically live about 10 years, says Consumer Reports. At that point, the sensor becomes less sensitive to smoke, leaving your family vulnerable to a fire.
2. Sign 2: They use ionization technology
   Ionization smoke detectors—the most common type—have a long history of being less than stellar at doing their jobs.