How to use the smoke alarm

With the increase in the use of fire and electricity in modern homes, the frequency of home fires is increasing. Once a family fire occurs, it is easy to have unfavorable factors such as untimely rescue, lack of fire-fighting equipment, panic and loss of attendance, and delay in life, leading to major loss of life and property. The main cause of family fires is numbness and no preventive measures are taken in a timely manner. The smoke alarm is an inductive sensor for detecting smoke. In the event of a fire hazard, its internal electronic speakers will alert people in time.

In some large and medium-sized cities in China, family fires occur almost every day, so fire prevention is a problem that every family must pay attention to at all times. If simple fire prevention measures can be taken in advance according to the actual situation of each family, some tragedies can be completely avoided.

According to statistics from the fire department, home fires account for about 30% of all fires in the country. The reasons for family fires may be hidden in places where we can't notice them. If smoke alarms are widely used in residential buildings, the serious damage caused by fires can be effectively reduced.

According to the National Fire Protection Association, in 1997, more than 230 million smoke alarms were used in the United States. 94% of residential houses are equipped with more than one smoke alarm. 94% means 15 out of 16 homes are in use. 80% of fire accident deaths occur in residential homes. Every year, children under the age of 14 die nearly 800 people, with an average of 17 people per week. In the residential houses with independent smoke alarms, nearly 50% of the escape opportunities have been added. In 6% of houses without smoke detectors, the death toll accounted for half of all deaths.

Why do people in the fire department recommend residents to use smoke alarms? Because they think smoke detectors can increase their chances of escape by 50%.

Numerous data show that the benefits of using a household smoke alarm are: 1. It can quickly find a fire when it catches fire; 2. Reduce the casualty rate; 3. Reduce the loss of fire, the fire is often the first thing that catches fire. Fire statistics also show that the shorter the interval between fire and fire, the lower the fire mortality rate. In fact, the family fire mortality rate protected by smoke alarms is lower than the family fire mortality rate without such protection.

In summary, it is known that the use of smoke alarms in residential buildings is essential. The following recommendations are made for the lack of awareness of the use of smoke detectors in my residential buildings:

1. The national legislative department may formulate corresponding regulations to force the installation of smoke detectors in residential areas; in addition, the government participates in adjusting the price range of smoke detectors and appropriately subsidizes policies so that ordinary families can afford and are willing to purchase.

Second, in response to residents' ignorance of residential fire prevention, relevant government departments have carried out in-depth social propaganda work and widely publicized the importance, necessity and specific measures of residential fire prevention. Vigorously mobilize the civilians to install residential smoke detectors until the domestic urban and rural residents are all widely used.

Third, the fire protection association can cooperate with the legal and insurance departments, and the family property insurance department will fund the fireworks alarms for each residential building to reduce the risk of residential fires.

4. For newly built residential buildings, relevant departments should emphasize the need to install smoke detectors. It should also be organized to check whether the smoke detectors are installed reasonably in public places such as city hotels, hotels, shopping malls, etc. To ensure that the hazard is reduced to a low level after a fire has occurred.