Originally Posted by Bill14564 (Post 2354229)

Which of you have looked into the budget to see how much this service costs? I have and from what I can find there are $0 budgeted for this.

Are the firefighters working for free when they are in your home replacing batteries? Of course not, but that doesn't mean the service costs you any additional dollars.

Do you believe fires are not being extinguished or EMS service are not being provided while they are replacing batteries?
Do you believe maintenance or training is being neglected while they are replacing batteries?
Do you believe manning would be reduced if this service was not provided?

Of course not. This service is provided on a time-available basis by the staff that is regularly on duty. There is no extra cost to the department for providing this service. Rather than wasting taxpayer dollars or costing the department money, this is a way to personally get some return on the taxes you have already paid.

We should be grateful for the Department for providing this service, not criticizing them for providing this benefit to the community.

Originally Posted by Bill14564 (Post 2354229)

We should be grateful for the Department for providing this service, not criticizing them for providing this benefit to the community.

Originally Posted by asianthree (Post 2354438)

We had this house built, at property everyday, to basically take pics, and pickup trash that would end up buried in our lawn.
Builder can buy detectors any way they choose. When we built our homes north, we contracted most of the work. I ordered detectors without batteries.

Worker arrived at this house while we were there with packing box of detectors that were in sealed factory box and units without any box at all, just a bunch of detectors.

Given the amount of factory boxes on the floors, next day we guessed ours were out of the box except for one.

Originally Posted by Bealman (Post 2354539)

Better yet, buy the smoke detectors that you don't need to replace the battery for 10 years. Comes out about the same cost of replacing batteries every year, but you don't have to change batteries every year. Just a suggestion.

Originally Posted by Dusty_Star (Post 2354592)

I thought the smoke detectors were hardwired. Does this mean they also have backup batteries that need to be changed? Thanks for the help.

Originally Posted by Bealman (Post 2354539)

Better yet, buy the smoke detectors that you don't need to replace the battery for 10 years. Comes out about the same cost of replacing batteries every year, but you don't have to change batteries every year. Just a suggestion.

Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 2354521)

The most common smoke alarm in The Villages is the Model 9120B, which were in my new house. According to First Alert, they never sell these smoke alarms without a 9-volt battery pre-installed in them, even as a volume sale to contractors.

Originally Posted by Dusty_Star (Post 2354592)

I thought the smoke detectors were hardwired. Does this mean they also have backup batteries that need to be changed? Thanks for the help.

Originally Posted by Rainger99 (Post 2354368)

And the houses are close together in the Villages. If your neighbor’s house catches fire because they didn’t change the batteries in their smoke detector, it might spread to your house.

Originally Posted by 4$ALE (Post 2354630)

:confused: How come some posts make my "B.S. Detector" go off? :shrug: