Kidde Fire Systems

Before going to sleep at night, we close our doors and shut our lights. We never, however, think that if our families dream of a fire will start and our fire alarms will fail to warn us. Smoke alarms are essential requirements to protect our families against the devastating effects of fire. We count on them every night and rarely does it cross our mind that they might somehow fail. defective products are recalled every day in this country by the Consumer Product Safety Commission and Fire Alarm are no exception.

Unfortunately, smoke alarms are often lacking. The failure of fire alarms to go during a fire can be attributed to several factors, including:

· Not to change the batteries. The batteries in standard smoke detectors should be changed every eight years.

· Some smoke alarms contain long-life batteries, in which case the entire device must be replaced. instruction booklet of your device must have advice on how often to change the device and whether or not the device you bought has a long battery life.

aec If your smoke alarm has batteries as a back-up batteries should be checked every two months and the entire alarm should be replaced every eight years.

· Always check the alarms. Whatever the type of alarm you have, or whether or not he even uses batteries (instead of being connected to the electricity supply of the household), you should test your alarm a few months to be sure they are functioning properly.

Recently, the Consumer Product Safety Commission issued recalls SKA700 Kidde Smoke and fire alarm made by Walter Kidde Portable Equipment. The Consumer Product Safety Commission recommends that anyone who bought an alarm of fire from July 10, 1992 to check the label and make sure it is not involved in the recall. Fire safety is something that should not be neglected and must be both a smoke alarm and an informed consumer to ensure that these alarms alert you when the first signs of a fire.

It is the work of the Consumer Product Safety Commission to alert consumers when products are defective, but if you were injured or killed due to a defective product you may be entitled to compensation.