Reduce Fire Risk in Your Home with Smoke Detectors

What happens when there is a fire in your home? Statistically you will be at home when fire breaks out and most likely asleep. The fire will start with a common household activity (cooking, heating, lighting, etc.). A single flame, such as a candle, can turn into a full-fledged fire in 30-60 seconds. Temperatures in rooms adjacent to the fire will rise to hundreds of degrees before bursting into flames themselves. In five minutes, or less, one-half of your home is engulfed in flames. The fire rapidly replaces oxygen in the house with carbon monoxide and causes you to become drowsy and disorientated. Pitch black burning smoke, the leading cause of fire-related injuries, quickly fills the house, spreading faster than the fire itself. Breathing this smoke instantly damages your lungs. Your obvious instinct is to escape but visibility is low. At this point, many fire victims become lost in their own homes. Unable to see or think straight, they die within steps of an exit. Depending on where the fire starts and the rate at which the fire spreads, you