Make Your Home Fire Safe

• Smoke alarms save lives. Install a smoke alarm outside each sleeping area and on each additional level of your home
• If people sleep with doors closed, install smoke alarms inside sleeping areas, too
• Use the test button to check each smoke alarm once a month. When necessary, replace batteries immediately. Replace all batteries at least once a year
• Smoke alarms become less sensitive over time. Replace your smoke alarms every ten years
• Consider having one or more working fire extinguishers in your home. Get training from the fire department in how to use them
• Inspect fireplaces and wood stoves—Have your chimney connections and flues inspected by a professional and cleaned if necessary prior to the start of the heating season. Burn only wood-never burn paper