Smoke
Alarm
Fire-Safety
and Alarm Effectiveness Concerns
Generally, people think that once they have installed a smoke alarm
that their family is completely safe. This however, is not true. Many
families have alarms which are positioned incorrectly or which do
not function effectively. The following list of precautions will effectively
protect your family against potential house fires.
Place at least one alarm on every floor of your home.
Make sure that the batteries in your alarm are still active. If you
purchase a traditional alarm, change the batteries at least once a
year. If you would prefer low-battery notification, Security Solutions offers
monitored smoke alarms for six dollars a month in conjunction with
various home security packages. The Security Solutions 24-hour monitoring station
notifies its customers when their alarm batteries are low. In this
way, Security Solutions's clients are always sure that their alarms are doing
what they were designed to do.
Make sure that your alarm is in a proper location. In general 'the
proper location' will be on the ceiling in the middle of a room or
hallway. However, if in doubt, contact a professional to install your
alarm(s) correctly. Security Solutions can install security systems and smoke
alarms in a few
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