How do smoke alarms save lives?
How do smoke alarms save lives?
Fires spread quickly. It can take only 3 minutes for a whole house to be on fire. This is how long you should brush your teeth!
Smoke alarms "smell" the smoke before you do and ring an alarm to tell you to: GET OUT FAST
When you are asleep your nose doesn't work so you need a smoke alarm to "smell" the smoke for you
what smoke alarms are
how they can safe lifes
how to test if they are working
Ask a pakeke/adult to help you test and clean all the smoke alarms in your house and see if any of them need replacing/changing of the battery.
CREATE ACTIVITY
Take a picture or short video of yourself checking the smoke alarms in your house.
SHARE
Share your picture/video with your kaiako/teacher and send it to us at this address: FireWiseTasmanMarlborough@fireandemergency.nz
Most supermarkets stock smoke alarms and batteries. They also count as an essential item and can be bought online and delivered to your doorstep by many hardware and homeware stores, even during Alert Level 4.