Firehouse Community Program

Firehouse Community Program reminds everyone, with Daylight Savings Time ending on Nov. 5, 2023….. to Fall back time . To also check your SMOKE DETECTORS 🔥

Smoke alarms save lives. Smoke alarms that are properly installed and maintained play a vital role in reducing fire deaths and injuries. If there is a fire in your home, smoke spreads fast and you need smoke alarms to give you time to get out.

🚨 Firehouse Community Program in cooperation with Hidalgo County Fire Marshal’s Office responded to the needs of the community. This morning we passed out much needed smoke alarms and fire extinguishers in the North Donna area free of charge.♥️ This neighborhood was devastated by a fatal fire that occurred earlier this year in which a 9 year old lost his life. Firehouse Community Program is committed to helping in times of need. ❤️

Facts and figures about smoke alarms

In 2014-2018, smoke alarms sounded in more than half (54%) of the home fires reported to U.S. fire departments.
Almost three of every five home fire deaths resulted from fires in homes with no smoke alarms (41%) or no working smoke alarms (16%).
The death rate per 1,000 reported home fires was more than twice as high in homes that did not have any working smoke alarms compared to the rate in homes with working smoke alarms (13.0 deaths vs. 5.8 deaths per 1,000 fires).
In fires in which the smoke alarms were present but did not operate, two of every five (41%) of the smoke alarms had missing or disconnected batteries.
Dead batteries caused one-quarter (26%) of the smoke alarm failures.