Smoke Alarms

• Install a smoke alarm on every level of your home

• Test the alarms every week to make sure they are working

• The best places to fit them are at the bottom of the stairs, with further alarms on each stair landing

• The ideal position is on the ceiling, as near as possible to the center of the room, hallway or landing

• Take time to check on elderly relatives and neighbors as they are at greater risk from fire, and test their smoke alarms for them   
  
  

Looking after your smoke alarms

• Once a week – test the batteries

• Once a year – change the batteries (unless it is a ten-year alarm)

• Twice a year – gently vacuum to remove
  dust

• Every ten years – replace the entire smoke alarm