Smoke Alarms

SMOKE ALARMS SAVE LIVES!  

AVAILABLE YEAR-ROUND Smoke detector/battery replacement program 

Our crew members will bring and install new smoke detectors and batteries in island homes, free of charge. 

Smoke alarms that are properly installed and maintained play a vital role in reducing fire deaths and injuries.  If there is a fire in your home, smoke spreads fast and you need smoke alarms to give you time to get out. 

Call VIFR, at 206-463-2405, or email staff, at administration@vifr.org, to schedule a free appointment for VIFR crew members to come to your home to install smoke detectors or install fresh smoke-detector batteries.

Hardwired smoke alarms must be installed or removed by a licensed electrician.  VIFR cannot provide this service.  

The safety of our community is a priority every day on Vashon. 

3 OF 5 HOME FIRE DEATHS HAPPEN IN HOMES WITH NO WORKING SMOKE ALARMS.
HERE’S WHAT YOU CAN DO TO PROTECT YOUR FAMILY:

  • Install smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside all sleeping areas, and on every level of home including basement.
  • Place smoke alarms on the ceiling or high on a wall.
  • To reduce false alarms, place at least 10 feet (3 meters) from the kitchen stove.
  • In most homes closed doors may slow the spread of smoke, heat, and fire.
  • Consider installing connected smoke alarms; when one sounds, they all sound.
  • Consider acquiring smoke alarms that have strobe lights and bed shakers for people who are hard of hearing or deaf.
  • Make sure your smoke alarms work. Test all smoke alarms at least once a month.
  • Press the test button to be sure the alarm is working.
  • Replace all smoke alarms when they are 10 years old.

Smoke alarm check/replacement request form

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