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Every year, approximately 2,600 Americans die in home
fires. Over half of these deaths (52%) occur between the
hours of 10:00pm and 7:00am,
 when
residents are typically sleeping. Smoke and toxic gases from
a home fire are as deadly as heat and flames.
Smoke alarms save lives, prevent injuries, and minimize
property damage by detecting fires early and alerting
residents, allowing crucial time to escape. The risk of
dying from a fire in a home without working smoke alarms is
twice as high as in a home that has working smoke alarms.
With that being said and daylight savings
time upon us, the Warwick Fire Department would like to
remind all of its District residents not only do we need to
remember to change our clocks but to change our batteries in
our smoke alarms and make sure that they work properly.
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