{"id":315313,"date":"2014-10-06T14:33:20","date_gmt":"2014-10-06T19:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=315313"},"modified":"2014-10-07T19:02:05","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T00:02:05","slug":"tyler-fire-department-working-smoke-alarms-save-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=315313","title":{"rendered":"Tyler Fire Department: Working Smoke Alarms Save Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"thumb_tyler-fire-dept-logo\"<\/a>TYLER — Working smoke alarms can make a life-saving difference in a fire. That\u2019s the message behind this year\u2019s Fire Prevention Week campaign, \u201cWorking Smoke Alarms Save Lives: Test Yours Every Month!\u201d Along with firefighters and safety advocates nationwide, the Tyler Fire Department is joining forces with the nonprofit National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) during Fire Prevention Week, October 5-11, to remind local residents about the importance of having working smoke alarms in the home and testing them monthly. <\/p>\n

According to the latest NFPA research, working smoke alarms cut the chance of dying in a fire in half. Meanwhile, almost two-thirds of home fire deaths resulted from fires in homes with no smoke alarms or no working smoke alarms. \u201cIn a fire, seconds count,\u201d said Paul Findley, Fire Marshal, in a Tyler Fire Department news release. \u201cRoughly half of home fire deaths result from fires reported at night between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. when most people are asleep. Home smoke alarms can alert people to a fire before it spreads, giving everyone enough time to get out.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s Fire Prevention Week campaign includes the following smoke alarm messages:<\/p>\n

* Install smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside each separate sleeping area and on every level of the home, including the basement.
\n * Interconnect all smoke alarms throughout the home. This way, when one sounds, they all do.
\n * Test alarms at least monthly by pushing the test button.
\n * Replace all smoke alarms when they are 10 years old or sooner if they don\u2019t respond properly.
\n * Make sure everyone in the home knows the sound of the smoke alarm and understands what to do when they hear it.<\/p>\n

The Tyler Fire Department will be participating in several activities during Fire Prevention Week to promote \u201cWorking Smoke Alarms Save Lives!\u201d Through these educational, family-oriented activities, residents can learn more about the importance of working smoke alarms and testing them monthly. Specific activities planned throughout the month of October include:<\/p>\n

* Annual emergency evacuation drills will be conducted at each school within the City of Tyler;
\n * Various fire safety presentations throughout the month;
\n * Ongoing smoke alarm installation program.<\/p>\n

To find out more about Fire Prevention Week programs and activities in Tyler, contact the Tyler Fire Department at 903-535-0005. visit NFPA\u2019s Web site at http:\/\/www.firepreventionweek.org<\/a> to learn more about smoke alarms and \u201cWorking Smoke Alarms Saves Lives.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TYLER — Working smoke alarms can make a life-saving difference in a fire. That\u2019s the message behind this year\u2019s Fire Prevention Week campaign, \u201cWorking Smoke Alarms Save Lives: Test Yours Every Month!\u201d Along with firefighters and safety advocates nationwide, the Tyler Fire Department is joining forces with the nonprofit National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) during … Continue reading Tyler Fire Department: Working Smoke Alarms Save Lives<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-315313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-12 21:53:29","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=315313"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":315318,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315313\/revisions\/315318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=315313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=315313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=315313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}