Flossmoor Firefighter/Paramedic Kelly Thacker and Paw Patrol's Marshall will be visiting with Flossmoor students at schools the week of Oct. 7 to share fire prevention tips for National Fire Prevention Week. This year's them is Smoke Alarms: Make Them Work for You. Smoke alarm best practices include:

Installation

• Install smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside each separate sleeping area (like a hallway), and on each level (including the basement) of your home.

• When installing, follow the instructions that come with the smoke alarm.

• For the best protection, interconnect all smoke alarms. When one sounds, they all sound. It is important to have interconnected smoke alarms if you sleep with the bedroom doors closed.

• A smoke alarm should be on the ceiling or high on a wall.

How to Choose an Alarm

It is important to purchase a smoke alarm that is listed by a qualified testing laboratory. The two most common types of smoke alarms are ionization and photoelectric alarms.

• For the best protection, or where extra time is needed to wake up or help others, both types of alarms or dual sensor ionization-photoelectric alarms are recommended.

• An ionization smoke alarm is more responsive to flaming fires and a photoelectric smoke alarm is more responsive to smoldering fires.

• Photoelectric smoke alarms are the best type of alarms to be installed near the kitchen and bathrooms to reduce nuisance alarms.

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