Test your smoke alarms, Greater Sudbury Fire Services is urging residents today, Test Your Smoke Alarm Day.
“Being prepared in the event of a fire begins with simply pressing the test button on your smoke alarms,” Fire and Paramedic Services chief and general manager of community safety Joe Nicholls said in a media release.
“Test smoke alarms at least once a month, refresh batteries at least once a year and replace smoke alarms after 10 years. Having working smoke alarms in your home can save lives.”
Last year in Ontario, there were 133 fire-related deaths, which is the highest number in more than 20 years.
“In Ontario, we’ve seen a significant rise in fatal fires, and the number of people we have lost in these fires is very concerning,” Ontario Fire Marshal Jon Pegg said in a media release.
“Entire families have been lost to fire and the most troubling part is that the majority of these fires did not have a working smoke alarm in the home. Had there been working smoke alarms, and a well thought out and practised home fire escape plan, these deaths may have been prevented.”
For more information, visit SavedbbytheBeep.ca.
