To request a home fire inspection please contact Captain Scott Jackson at 432-6121. The majority of home fires that kill people happen at night. If you are asleep, the smell of smoke may not wake you up. Inexpensive home smoke alarms can wake you up in time to escape. Install smoke alarms on every floor of your home, inside and outside of the bedrooms.
Smoke rises, so mount smoke alarms high on a wall or on the ceiling.
Ceiling-mounted smoke alarms should be placed at least 4 inches from the nearest wall. In rooms with pitched ceilings the smoke alarm should be placed at the highest point. In stairways with no doors at the bottom, install smoke alarms anywhere along the path smoke would follow as it traveled up the stairs. But, always position smoke alarms at the bottom of closed stairways, such as those leading to the basement. Dead air that may be trapped near the top of the stairway could prevent smoke from reaching the smoke alarms.