Did You Know

According to the National Fire Prevention Association (NFPA), 80% of all fire deaths in North America are the result of house fires. And according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 51% of all deaths from residential fires occur between 11 pm and 7 am, when most people are sleeping. Because most house fires are preventable, we feel that it is important to share as much helpful information as we can to help you and your family to stay safe.

From the website https://eliteceu.com/blog/fire-safety-while-you-sleep/

The findings, published in a paper titled Waking Effectiveness of Alarms for Adults Who Are Hard of Hearing, showed that 43 percent of research subjects did not awaken to the high-pitched signals generated by smoke detectors, which emit sounds in the 3,150-Hz range, which is the range of a typical smoke alarm. Statistics show that this range (2000-8000 is the range that most people with high range hearing loss struggle the most.

More than 500 volunteer families are being sought across the UK to join a study testing new fire alarm sounds after initial research showed that more than 80% of children aged between two and 13 did not respond to a traditional alarm when it was sounding