Changing the time on your clock is a good reminder to check the batteries in your smoke alarm. According to the United States Fire Administration, smoke alarms should be tested monthly, and replaced every 10 years. The U.S. Fire Administration recommends smoke alarms on every level of your home and outside each bedroom and sleeping area.
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
