Consider the following:

Question 1) How many of these do you have?

There should be a minimum of one on each level, with one located near entrances for each bedroom. If they’re too far away, you won’t hear them when you need to.

Question 2) When did you last change the batteries?

Batteries should be changed twice yearly, and alarms should be tested for function. For those of you who have daylight savings time, it’s a great reminder.

Question 3) Do you have at least one of these?

Carbon monoxide is produced by car exhaust and furnace malfunction primarily. Since it is colorless and odorless, you will not know that you are being exposed until you start to have symptoms, signs that you are being poisoned. A detector will be the first signal to elevated levels in your home. If it goes off, don’t assume it has malfunctioned; it is better to leave the house and find out it was a false alarm than to turn it off, ignore it and have tragedy strike.

Question 4) How close is this….

…to each of these?

Question 5) How do you use one of these, anyway?

P – Pull: yank the safety pin out

A – Aim: at the base of the flames

S – Squeeze the nozzle

S – Sweep back and forth

Question 6) When did your family last have a fire drill?