And, have a plan for an escape. Practice it. Share it with visitors, especially children spending the night with you. Have a meeting place. Show your guests where that is. It's not silly, people, it's life saving.
My heart breaks when I read another news flash that children, or adults, have perished in yet another house fire. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER take the battery out of your smoke detector. Change it, don't disarm it. If that doesn't work, replace the detector...they average a life expectancy of about 5-7 years. Skip the Starbucks for a couple days, and buy a new smoke detector.
Change your smoke detector batteries and test the alarms once a month. Want a reminder, go to Twitter.com...there's a site that offers you a monthly tweet as a reminder. Search smoke alarms. BE SAFE
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I recently attended a house signing party for a friend who lost her house in the Southern California fires. It was both a sad day remembering what she had gone through that horrible day, losing her cars, her mother's jewelry and generations of photos. Luckily I was able to get all her photos back that we had uploaded to www.CheetahScraps.com, as well as the photo book I'd made for her. At the party, I know that everyone was sad of the experience, yet fearful that it could have been them that particular day when it seemed no body was immune. I am so glad they have rebuild, and able to now move forward.
Having a simple plan really can save lives - that's certain. Everyone should have multiple working smoke detectors. A home is a huge investment - protect it!
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