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Local media can help keep your community safe and sound

Customize these resources and work with local media to help spread the word about smoke alarms.

Fill-in-the-blank news releases

	Open House on Smoke Alarm Requirements (doc)
	Smoke Alarm Requirements and Recommendations (doc)

Fill-in-the-blank Op/Ed

	Ten-year Life of Smoke Alarms (doc)
	Types of Smoke Alarms (doc)

Fill-in-the-blank letter to the editor

	Testing of Smoke Alarms (doc)
	Need for both types of smoke alarms (doc)
	Response to a local fire

Keeping Your Community Safe and Sound

Smoke alarms can mean the difference between life and death in a fire. Working smoke alarms cut the chance of dying in a fire in half. Smoke alarms detect and alert people to fire in its early stages, giving them the time needed to escape safety. Use the following resources to conduct a smoke alarm awareness campaign in your community.

For families
SIxty-five percent of home fire deaths happen in homes with no smoke alarms at all or no smoke alarms that work. When there is a fire, smoke spreads fast and you need smoke alarms to give you time to get out. Take this quiz (PDF, 790 KB), and find out if you know all you need about the smoke alarms in your home.

NFPA’s safety tips on smoke alarms (PDF, 175 KB)
English easy-to-read handout (PDF, 415 KB)
Spanish easy-to-read handout (PDF, 439 KB)

Talking about smoke alarms

Fast facts About smoke alarms (PDF, 526 KB)
Statistics and information about this important safety topic.
Smoke alarm community outreach ideas (PDF, 152 KB)
Your neighbors are your best resource to help spread heating safety messages.
Smoke alarm talking points (PDF, 1.3 MB)
Whether you're talking to the media or your neighbors, here are some talking points to help you stay on point.
NFPA report: Smoke Alarms in U.S. Home Fires, September 2009

Print Public Service Announcements (all quarter-page)

Interconnected smoke alarms (PDF, 1.1 MB)
Replace smoke alarms (PDF, 1.3 MB)
Is your home protected? (PDF, 1.3 MB)
Protect the ones you love (PDF, 350 KB)
It's the first of the month (PDF, 729 KB)

People who are deaf or hard-of-hearing
Smoke alarms save lives. But those who are deaf or hard-of-hearing cannot depend on the sound of the regular alarm to alert them to a fire.

Other resources

NFPA’s fact sheet on smoke alarm types, nuisance alarms, and more (PDF, 639 KB)
NFPA’s fact sheet on smoke alarms in reported U.S. home fires (PDF, 93 KB)