Check Your Safety Perishables

We all have them in our house: cute, sweet faces, who depend on us to take care. Be they young or older, they're what makes a house our home.

Mine just happens to have four paws.  Of course I'm not talking about David :)

This weekend, as we spring forward with the clocks, 

take a few minutes to take care, by:

 replacing batteries in Smoke Detectors

and 

checking the propellent gauge in Fire Extinguishers 

{Safety Reminder: Replace Batteries in Smoke Detectors this weekend AND Check the gauge on Fire Extinguishers to verify Full Power}

Both of these important safety devices silently become less effective over time, wearing down to a non-working level.

You have these items for the "never gonna happen but IF" scenario.

Make sure that If needed, they work.  

Do I Need To Replace Smoke Detector Backup Batteries In Hard Wired Units?
Absolutely ... here's why.

During most building fires the structure will lose electrical power.  If there's a fast spreading fire in your home, power could be lost before the smoke has an opportunity to trigger the sensor in a smoke detector.  If electrical power is lost, then the battery backup will enable the unit to still sound and warn your family.  Besides, if you just replace the batteries now they will be fully powered for the next six months and you won't have to hear that annoying weak beep indicating their power level is low.

Replace batteries to ensure operation and an alarm if needed.

Replace batteries to avoid an annoying "low power" beep.

Just replace those batteries.

Don't Have A Fire Extinguisher?
There are so many reasons why every house should have a few fire extinguishers but here's one that you may not have thought of and could appeal to your sense of financial security:

some Home Insurance Policies

require

the presence of a fire extinguisher in a dwelling.

Terms and Conditions of coverage.  Does yours?  Don't know?  What would happen if this requirement wasn't met?  Got ya' thinking, huh?

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