Older smoke alarms should be replaced

Decatur, Ill (WAND) – Fire and health experts are urging people to switch to sealed smoke detectors with a 10-year life before a 2022 deadline. Older smoke detectors require changing batteries every 6-months.  However, people frequently don’t remember to change the batteries or remove them without replacement batteries.  The number of fatal fires in mounting in 2018.  So far this year 98 people have died in fires in Illinois.  In 2017, there were 114 ...

The Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal, fire departments and organizations across Illinois are teaming up with the National Fire Protection Association, the official sponsor of Fire Prevention Week, to promote this year’s FPW campaign, “Charge into Fire Safety™: Lithium-Ion Batteries in Your Home.”