On Saturday, Feb. 15, City of Mountain View Fire Department members participated in the American Red Cross (ARC) of the Silicon Valley “Sound the Alarm” event at the Moffett Mobile Home Park. The American Red Cross partnered with the City of Mountain View Fire Department to install free smoke alarms in approximately 60 residences throughout the mobile home park.
Smoke alarms were installed in the living areas and hallways, often replacing expired and malfunctioning units. Before leaving the residences, firefighters helped residents create escape plans and shared fire safety information. Visit https://www.redcross.org/sound-the-alarm.html for more information about the ARC Sound the Alarm program.
According to the National Fire Protection Association, roughly three out of five fire deaths happen in homes with either no smoke alarms or no working smoke alarms. More than one-third of home fire deaths result from fires in which no smoke alarms are present. The risk of dying in a home fire is cut in half in homes with working smoke alarms.
Email the City of Mountain View Fire Department Public Information Officer, Robert Maitland, at robert.maitland@mountainview.gov if you wish to have a smoke alarm installed in your Mountain View residence.
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Robert Maitland, Fire Department PIO
650-903-6825 or robert.maitland@mountainview.gov
