The leading cause of deaths and injuries to children at home is accidents.
Fires are one of the most dangerous of such accidents.
Most fatal home fires occur at night, while people sleep. If you are asleep or become disoriented from toxic gases produced by a fire, you may not even realize that there is a fire. A smoke or heat detector can sound an alarm and alert you to the danger in time to escape. The following are some common questions and answers about smoke and heat detectors. Others operate on household current and are either plugged into a wall outlet or wired directly into the electrical system.