Check the manufactured by date on the back of your smoke alarm and replace all smoke alarms within 10 years of the printed date..
replace the batteries and press the test button to make sure it works..
To help you avoid home fire in the first place, it's important to consider that heating equipment is the leading cause of home fire death..
keep in mind the following statistics from NFPA report, Home Fires Involving Heating Equipment..
Space heaters are the type of heating equipment most often involved home heating fires, figuring in two of every five of these fires and accounting for 84% of associated civilian deaths, 75% of civilian injuries, and 52% of direct property damage..
The factor contributing to ignition for home heating fire deaths was heating equipment too close to things that can burn, such as upholstered furniture, clothing, mattress, or bedding..
The factor contributing to home heating fires was failure to clean, principally from solid-fueled heating equipment, primarily chimneys...
Around half of all heating-related fires occur during the months of December, January, and February.
It's important to test GFCI and AFCI outlets and breakers every 30 days, schedule annual safety inspection, and other prevention steps..
For more information, ation on surge protectors, resistant receptacles, and smoke CO detectors, read the safety guides on ESFI.org..
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