Firefighters will quickly respond and investigate the cause of the alarm. Don't take chances. Get out as quickly as you can and call 911 from a neighbor's home. Never return back into your house for pets or other personal valuables. Both State Law and City Ordinance requires that all places where a person sleeps at night must be protected by a smoke detector.
Smoke detectors are inexpensive and can be installed easily.
They are available at most department, drug, or hardware stores. As a fire burns, it moves upward then outward. This action alone can save a tremendous amount of property. It cuts down on the smoke damage and makes conditions more favorable for firefighters to enter the building. Fire can travel up, inside the walls undetected for quite a long time.