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Please, Just Do It.
By marionduffy | March 16, 2008
I attended the City of Lake Forest Leadership Luncheon a couple of weeks ago. The City holds this event every year to thank volunteers for their community service for Lake Forest. I was invited because I am a member of the 4th of July Parade Committee. Every year there is a guest speaker and this year it was Chief Chip Prather of the Orange County Fire Authority. After his speech, Chief Prather answered questions from the audience. And then he said, “Now I want to ask you some questions”. He started out asking why people do not change the batteries in their smoke detectors or even worse, remove the batteries. Why do some people not even have smoke detectors in their homes? He said that of the 11 fire related deaths in Orange County, all the homes had either inoperable smoke detectors or no smoke detectors at all. Chief Prather stressed the importance of having smoke detectors and of changing the batteries twice a year. He also said that if you are unable to do it yourself, contact the OCFA and they will send someone out to help you.
The following week I read an article in the Orange County Register on the death of a woman whose house caught on fire in San Juan Capistrano. Apparently, there was a smoke detector in the home but it was not working properly. It is believed that she would be alive today if the smoke detector had been operating properly so as to warn her of the fire. She was living in a home that was built in 1973. Other homes in the tract were checked and although most of them had smoke detectors, many were not working properly.
The article advised that over time the sensors in the smoke detector may weaken and therefore may not work as well as they should, even if the alarms beeps when tested. The article stressed that all smoke detectors should be replaced every 8 to 10 years.
Smoke detectors are very inexpensive and they do save lives. So I ask you, please:
1. Change the batteries in your smoke detectors twice a year. An easy way to remember is to change the batteries when you change your clocks to and from day-light savings time.
2. Install new smoke detectors about every 8 years.
3. If you don’t have smoke detectors in your home, install them today!
Don’t put it off. Please just do it. It could save your life and the lives of your family.
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March 20th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
That property is gorgeous. It’s hard to find nice lake front property for a reasonable price anymore.