Free Things That Could Save Your Life (Part 1): Testing Your Smoke Alarms

By
Daniel McBride
June 12, 2025

Test your smoke alarms.

Yes, itโ€™s annoying. But the data is clear:

๐Ÿ˜ณ Nearly 70% of battery-powered alarms fail within their design life, according to a study conducted by the Dallas Fire Department*.

โŒ 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 โ€œtestโ€ button on the alarmโ€™s cover, wait for the beep, and youโ€™re all set. Aside form having smoke alarms in the first place, itโ€™s one of the easiest, fastest things you can do to keep yourself and the people you care about safe.

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*๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บโ€™๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต. ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ!

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