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Smoke Alarms: A sound you can live with! DVD
Show the Smoke Alarms: A sound you can live with! DVD and teach families how smoke alarms can make a life-or-death difference.

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NFPA 72: National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code and Handbook Set, 2013 Edition
Get the big picture on fire alarm and emergency communications systems. Everything you need is in the 2013 NFPA 72 Set!

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Smoke alarms

Install smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside each separate sleeping area and on every level of the home, including the basement. Read all of NFPA's smoke alarm safety tips and download our free safety tip sheet.

AUDIO
Chris Dubay, NFPA Vice President of Codes & Standards, talks about smoke alarms:

	What are the different kinds of smoke alarms?
	What kind of smoke alarm does NFPA suggest?
	The most important message about smoke alarms.

Smoke alarms that are properly installed and maintained play a vital role in reducing fire deaths and injuries. Having a working smoke alarm cuts the chances of dying in a reported fire in half.

Video: Learn basic smoke alarm safety tips.

Ninety-six percent of all homes have at least one smoke alarm, according to a 2010 telephone survey. Overall, three-quarters of all U.S. homes have at least one working smoke alarm.
Almost two-thirds of home fire deaths in 2005-2009 resulted from fires in homes with no smoke alarms or no working smoke alarms.
When smoke alarms fail to operate, it is usually because batteries are missing, disconnected or dead. Almost one-quarter of the smoke alarm failures was due to dead batteries.

Source: NFPA's "Smoke Alarms in U.S. Home Fires", by Marty Ahrens, September 2011.

Also see: Fact sheet on smoke alarm types, nuisance alarms, and more (PDF, 650 KB)
Also see: Fact sheet on smoke alarms in reported U.S. home fires (PDF, 94 KB)

Family activity - check your smoke alarms!
Download a calendar tearsheet (PDF, 228 KB), and put it in an important place in your home. Remember to have a grown-up test your smoke alarms once a month. Tear off the correct month when the test is finished!

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Updated: 2/12

In this Section:

			Smoke alarm safety tips What you need to know about smoke alarms.					Ionization vs. photoelectric NFPA recommends using both technologies in the home.

			Installation and maintenance tips Where to place your alarms and how to keep them working.					Children and smoke alarms Parents should ensure smoke alarms can awaken children.