Article: High Percentage of Adults Disable Smoke Alarms, Finds Survey from The Hartford; All-Too-Common Risky Behavior Can Lead to Death, Property Loss.

Article: Smoke alarms can keep families safe
Columbia Daily Tribune;  January 20, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... smoke alarm in their home. The cost of smoke alarms is very low - usually under $10. They ... simply by testing and maintaining your smoke alarms and practicing a fire escape plan. All smoke alarms in your house should be tested once a ...

Article: Program to provide smoke alarms for residents: ...
Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD);  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Services Association have teamed up to have smoke alarms installed in homes where there are none ... commissioners for money to purchase 1,000 smoke alarms "so we could put them on the apparatus ... distribute them when people don't have smoke alarms in their houses." The commissioners ...

Article: AN URGENT WARNING FROM STATE FIRE ADMINISTRATOR : SMOKE ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 30, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... all too common- the evidence of nonworking smoke alarms. The Office of Fire Prevention and Control urges all New Yorkers to clean and test their smoke alarms regularly. Working smoke alarms can dramatically increase a person's chance ...

Article: Deaths Resulting from Residential Fires and the Prevalence of ...
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report;  October 2, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... used to determine the prevalence of smoke alarms in U.S. households. This report ... related deaths and a high prevalence of smoke alarms in residences in the United States ... state-specific prevalence rates for smoke alarms can be generated. The BRFSS is an ongoing ...

Article: PUBLIC INVESTIGATOR / TAKING TIPS, CHASING LEADS, SOLVING ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  December 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... apartment didn't have any working smoke alarms, according to Milwaukee Fire Department ... responded to for fire calls did not have smoke alarms, according to a Public Investigator ... or killed during a fire did not have smoke alarms or the alarm failed to work. -- Smoke ...

Article: LACK OF HOME SMOKE ALARMS CONCERNING COLUMBIA FIRE ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 1, 2008 ;     637 words ... ... fires in Columbia homes that had no smoke alarms present, or were found by fire department ... occurred in homes with either nonworking smoke alarms or no alarms at all. Columbia firefighters ... resulted from fires in homes with no smoke alarms or nonworking smoke alarms; ...

Article: City firefighters give out free smoke alarms
Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA;  August 30, 2003 ;     685 words ... ... Kirsch didn't think much about the smoke alarms in their home until two city firefighters ... knocking on doors and handing out free smoke alarms to any city resident that needs them ... firefighters used to purchase 7,000 smoke alarms. Now, with the tragic death of four ...