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Article: CPSC Daylight Saving Time Alert: Working Smoke Alarms Are Key to Surviving Home Fires.
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- March 7, 2008
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M2 PRESSWIRE-7 March 2008-CPSC: CPSC Daylight Saving Time Alert: Working Smoke Alarms Are Key to Surviving Home Fires(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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WASHINGTON, D. C. - Smoke alarms are proven life savers. There are more than 300,000 residential fires every year, so when there is a fire, smoke alarms buy families valuable escape time.
Unfortunately, about two-thirds of fire deaths take place in homes with no smoke alarms or with non-working smoke alarms. The most common reasons why alarms did not work were missing, disconnected, or dead batteries. Consumers need to make sure that they have a working smoke alarm.
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