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Originally Posted by Skip
Just putting an alarm in the garage is of little use. The "detector" part needs to be in the garage and the "alarm" part (noise maker) needs to be in your house, so it will wake you up!
Skip
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Agreed. That is why you hook it up to the rest of them in your home....Hard wired alarms are hooked up in series, so that when one goes off, they all go off. It is not difficult to run some 14-3 wire from an existing hard wired smoke alarm and pop in a box and another alarm.
Code states that you need one in every bedroom, as well as one outside the bedrooms in the common hallway. There should also be one on every floor. As to the kitchen...be careful. Some alarms will be easily set off from cooking or even steam from showers, etc. Some cooks have many false alarms......then they disable the alarm. I've been to many house fires with NON-working alarms, disabled by the owners.....
Any home that has gas appliances (or anything that burns) should also have a CO (carbon monoxide) detector.
Since the subject is safety, I have also installed emergency 911 lightswitches on my homes. This switch is easily installed, and has a middle setting that makes your outside light blink. If you have an emergency, like needing police, EMS, or fire, when you call 911 and give them your address, you can also tell them to look for the blinking light.
Sometimes finding a house number at night is difficult. Seeing a blinking light does indeed help. These switches cost under $15.00 and take less then 5 minutes to install.
I would think the fire dept down there have good public speakers that would hold regular Q & A safety talks for you. We do up here.....heck, we even will go to homes and do a safety walk through for folks who request it. We talk about clutter, (a BIG problem with seniors), dangerous throw rugs, lack of grab bars, cooking with big sleeved robes, folks falling asleep cooking, space heaters, detectors, symptoms of heart attacks, strokes, CPR, etc,etc,etc.....
Frank