Test your smoke alarms.
Yes, itโs annoying. But the data is clear:
๐ณ Nearly 70% of battery-powered alarms fail within their design life, according to a study conducted by the Dallas Fire Department*.
โ Fires in homes without a working smoke alarm are 2.2x more likely to be deadly, according to data from the NFPA.
Of course, smoke alarms should be more reliable. That's one of the reasons we built Phare.
But, nevertheless, test your alarms regularly. Just press the โtestโ button on the alarmโs cover, wait for the beep, and youโre all set. Aside form having smoke alarms in the first place, itโs one of the easiest, fastest things you can do to keep yourself and the people you care about safe.
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*๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ธ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ข ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต. ๐๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ธ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ!