Local News

Check Your Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarms When You Spring Forward

WIth clocks springing forward, it is a good time to check your smoke alarms. The Illinois Fire Safety Alliance is reminding all Illinoisans to not only check your smoke alarms but to also check your carbon monoxide detectors as well.  The National Fire Protection Association reports that 81% of all battery operated smoke alarms that failed to operate in home fires had missing, disconnected, or dead batteries 

 

In order to fix this major problem, the Illinois General Assembly updated a law that requires residents to replace their old smoke alarms with a new type that has a long term, ten year sealed battery by the end of 2022. IFSA Executive Director Philip Zaleski says that with a ten year battery alarm, there is no need for battery replacement.  This will save the average homeowner between $40 and $60 in battery costs over the life of each alarm. The new smoke alarms are around $15 per unit. 

 

The exemptions to the new updated law include homes that are built after 1988 that already have hardwired smoke alarms and homes with wireless integrated alarms. Smoke alarms should be installed in every bedroom, outside each sleeping area, and on every level of the home including the basement. 

 

To learn more about fire safety and what to do in an emergency, visit www.IFSA.org. 
 

Townhall Top of the Hour News

Weather - Sponsored By:

TAYLORVILLE WEATHER

Local News

Facebook Feed - Sponsored By: