Fire Damage – Smoke Detectors Save Lives!
Danger lurks at night
Most deaths resulting from fires happen at night: candles left burning or defective appliances are the causes. Fire services, insurance companies and citizens initiatives have long been demanding that smoke detectors be installed in every home. In other countries the number of deaths due to fires has fallen significantly thanks to smoke detectors.
Smoke detectors save lives!
Smoke detectors are decisive in ensuring a fire is noticed immediately and possibly being able to nip it in the bud. Only by sounding the alarm at an early stage of the fire is it possible to escape. Three quarters of all casualties are victims of fires at night, because humans do not wake up through the smell of smoke. Smoke detectors save lives!
“If there were smoke detectors in every home we would have 50% fewer deaths due to fire” Albrecht Broemme, Head of the Berlin Fire Service.