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Originally Posted by Villages PL
Thanks for the strong warning but I live alone.
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All the more reason to have a smoke detector!!! With multiple family members in the home, there is a greater chance someone will smell smoke if there is no smoke detector. With only one person in the home, those chances are drastically reduced. In the scenarios described above, notice the similarities in that all the occupants were alerted to the problems by the sound of the alarm, not by the smell of smoke, and thus were able to get to a safe spot in time.
Your comparison with heart attacks is not applicable, Heart attacks occur due to genetic and environmental (lifestyle) factors. House fires are not. Anyone who has a medical exam will be alerted to the risk factors they possess that could lead to a heart attack and thus take precautions (I hope).
Please keep your smoke detectors functioning.