When I came across this piece I was like, how many people could be dying in house fires to prompt this article? Well, it turns out it’s 133, which, like, damn. Check your fire alarm batteries, folks.
Just a couple days ago from my apartment window I was able to see two major house fires. One of which spread to 6 other neighboring houses… I think lots of these people are purposely removing them because they go off when they’re cooking (or smoking…).
Technology Connections did a good video on the two main types of smoke alarms. I think most people could probably benefit from learning a bit about them.
Trouble is it’s not just batteries. Smoke alarms are only good for 10 years (as mentioned at the end of the article), a fact that folks often aren’t aware of or forget. Additionally, I’ll bet most folks don’t write the year of installation on their alarms, so if you move into an existing home, you may have no idea how old those alarms are, and might not think to just replace them out of an abundance of caution.
I test mine every time I cook!
