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It is necessary to practice home fire drills to be certain everyone is familiar with the smoke alarm signal, and to determine if there are any obstacles to a quick and safe evacuation (including the inability for some to awaken to the smoke alarm signal). A 2004 U.S. telephon e survey found that 96 percent of the households sur- veyed had at least one smoke alarm. Unfortunately, roughly half of home fire deaths result from fires in the small percentage of homes with no smoke alarms. Homes with smoke alarms (whether or not they are operational) typically have a death rate that is 40 to 50 percent less than the rate for homes without alarms. In one-quarter of the reported fires in homes equipped with smoke alarms, the devices did not work. Households withnon-workingsmoke alarms now outnumber those with no smoke alarms. Why do smoke alarms fail? Most often because of missing, disconnected or dead batteries. Your TRIAD SALT council is asking you to heed the following advice for your safety: • Choose a smoke alarm that bears the label of a recognized testing labo- ratory. • Install smoke alarms on every level of the home and outside all sleeping areas. • For added safety, install smoke alarms in every room where people sleep. • To increase safety, have a qualified electrician installhard-wired,intercon- nected smoke alarms so that when one sounds, they all sound. • Install a new battery in all smoke alarmsat least once ayear.Install anew batteryimmediatelyifanalarm "chirps" to indicate a low battery. • Replace smoke alarms that use extended-life, lithium batteries when the alarm "chirps"or failsto respond to periodic testing. The batteries in these units cannot be replaced. • Replace allsmoke alarmswhen they are 10years old. • Test smoke alarms every month. Use the test button, or an approved smoke substitute, and clean the units, according to manufacturer's instruc- tions. Do not use an open-flame device to test the alarm. • Special smoke alarms are made for people who are deaf or hard of hearing. These alarmsusestrobelights.Vibrating devices may also help in some cases. There are some reasons why unneces- sarydeaths occurdue tonon-functioning smoke alarms. Batteries were missing. When smoke alarmbatteries were miss- ing, it was usually because of annoying alarm activationsfrom cooking fumes or incessant alarming, continuous chirping, due to "low battery" indication. Cookingsmoke tends to contain more of the smaller particles that activate these ionization-type devices. The proper placement of the smoke alarms mayremedy this situation.Also,the use of akitchen exhaust fan willhelp. Some of these alarms also have a "silence" button, which will stop the sound for a short period but not deactivate the alarm. Roughly 70percent ofhomefire deaths in the United States result from fires in homes with no smoke alarms or no working smoke alarms. 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