A smoke detector must be installed in every dwelling unit of a triplex, apartment complex, hotel or motel, stock co-operative and time share project. Because smoke detectors can save your life - and your family. Most fatal home fires occur at night, while people sleep.
Fire produces toxic gases and smoke that actually numb the senses.
If you're asleep, or become disoriented by toxic gases, you may not even realize that there is a fire. You can't rely on your own senses to detect a fire. In several instances, the detectors weren't even installed, yet alerted families to fire. Fire officials continually cite smoke detectors as life savers in home fires. Both types are approved by the California State Fire Marshal and by nationally recognized testing laboratories.