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This “Don’t Wait – Check the Date” Presentation Card is especially effective at educating children about the importance of smoke alarms and how they can help make their homes more fire safe. Smoke alarms detect smoke early before fires get too big, giving people a chance to escape from their house. It’s important to make sure that everyone in the house knows what their smoke alarm sounds like and that it will, in fact, wake them while they are asleep.
Place smoke alarms on every level of the home. In the hall outside bedroom, and inside every bedroom. Having alarms in these locations makes it easier for more people in the home to hear an alarm, should one go off.
Alarms are only effective if they’re properly maintained. They can’t save lives if they aren’t working. So they should be tested every month. If the alarm doesn’t make a noise when the TEST button is pushed, the batteries need to be checked. And if that’s not the culprit, the unit should be replaced.
Many smoke alarms are battery operated. It’s important never to take the battery out of the unit. And it’s helpful to make sure that there are extra batteries on hand. To make sure that the alarm is always working, change the batteries every six months.
The cards concluding message is not only important, but memorable, too: take care of your smoke alarms and they will take care of you.
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