FDNY- Promoting Awareness of Necessity of Smoke Detectors- Fire Prevention Is Where It All Starts

Published: March 23, 2015 FDNY Releases new Smoke Alarm Public Service Announcement FDNY Urges all New Yorkers to have a working smoke alarm and carbon monoxide detector in their home. Following the fire in Brooklyn on March 21 that took the lives of 7 children, the FDNY is urging all New Yorkers to have a working smoke alarm and carbon monoxide detector in their home.   Each year, in 75% of all fatal fires, there is no working smoke alarm.  An operable smoke alarm cuts your chances of dying in a fire nearly in half.  Smoke alarms should be placed on every floor of the home, and always near any place where people sleep. Click to learn more about how smoke alarms can help protect you and your family.