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1. FIRE AND SMOKE 
2. CARBON MONOXIDE
3. HOME BREAKDOWN

FIRE AND SMOKE

The best way to protect against fire is to ensure you are practicing good fire prevention in the home. Begin by-

ADDING COMMUNICATING FIRE DEVICES, TO HELP SAVE YOUR FAMILY AND HOME!

• Contact your local fire department or the National Fire Protection Association for free information regarding home fire hazards.

• Make fire prevention a family affair.  Involve everyone in a home fire safety program. Identify and remove potential hazards like frayed electrical cords, overloaded sockets, and piles of rags.

• Keep matches and lighters out of the reach of children.

In addition to prevention, you must make certain that your family is protected in the event of a fire. Studies have shown that three leading causes of death due to home fires are--

• No smoke detectors
  
• No batteries in smoke detectors
  
• No escape plan

Why are smoke detectors so important? Statistics show that more than half of all fatal home fires occur at night when people are asleep. The sooner a sleeping person awakens and begins an escape, the greater the chances of surviving the fire.

For these reasons, installing smoke detectors and creating an escape plan that everyone knows how to use are vitally important steps you can take today for the safety and well-being of your home and family.

Smoke detectors should be installed on every level of your home, including the basement. Contact your local fire department or security dealer for professional advice on smoke detector placement. And make sure your smoke detectors are working. Roughly one-third of the tens-of-millions of smoke detectors in homes are not in proper working condition and therefore cannot help save lives.

If you install battery-operated detectors, replace batteries according to the manufacturer's directions and test detectors at least once a month. Your security dealer has information on how wireless security systems use a variety of sensors to detect smoke, fire, and other threats.

Stand-alone smoke detectors only warn occupants inside the home who then must act to protect property. A complete life safety system will warn the occupants of the home and also make certain the appropriate authorities respond to your emergency.

If the electronic sensor detects a problem, it warns you and relays an electronic signal to a Central Monitoring Station, which immediately dispatches the help you need. In this manner, your home is protected even when you are not at home. And because wireless systems are self-testing and supervised, you know that your system is working 24 hours a day, every day of the year.

Remember: roughly two-thirds of home-fire deaths are caused by inhaling smoke and toxic fumes. Smoke detectors alert you to deadly smoke, which allows you time to escape. Take steps today to make sure your home has smoke detectors and an escape plan that everyone knows and practices!

CARBON MONOXIDE

Carbon Monoxide is an odorless, silent killer. There is no way to know if carbon monoxide is in the air without the use of some form of detector. Carbon monoxide in the home is most likely to come from one of two sources: your furnace, or a running automobile.

To prevent carbon monoxide poising FirstChoice installs carbon monoxide communicating devices that will active the alarm.

Protect your home from this silent killer:

Do not run your car in an enclosed space, such as an attached garage. Carbon monoxide fumes could quickly fill the area and overtake anyone present.
Keep your furnace in good working order, following manufacturer's directions, and maintain a program of maintenance and inspection.

Carbon monoxide detectors are available to protect your family and home. Battery-operated detectors for carbon monoxide must be maintained with routine battery replacement and checks. Battery-operated detectors do not work for both smoke and for carbon monoxide. You must purchase a carbon monoxide detector separately from a smoke sensor.

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HOME BREAKDOWN

The failure of a furnace, especially in colder climates, can have disastrous results. If the occupants are gone for the weekend, freezing temperatures inside a home can freeze and crack water pipes, toilet bowls, and other plumbing.

While the consequences of freezing pipes are seldom life-threatening, they do represent a threat of substantial economic damage to your home--and disruption of family and work routines.

You can protect against these threats to your home with wireless technology. When the temperature in your home drops below 42°, freeze sensors send a signal to a control panel which in turn relays the message to a central monitoring station. If no one is at home to correct the problem, your personal call list will be used to notify a responsible party to correct the problem.

Secure your greatest assets today

To prevent reparable damage Firstchoice can install water detection devices in key locations.

Take the actions necessary to protect and secure your greatest assets--your family and your home--with the following common-sense measures:

• use working smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors
  
• have a fire escape plan
  
• secure all doors and windows
  
• maintain a safe and efficient furnace

No matter how you choose to protect your home and family, take action today to guard against the potential tragedies brought by fire, smoke, carbon monoxide, furnace breakdowns, and intrusions. The action you take today may well prove life-saving tomorrow. 

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