Fire Prevention
2025 Fire Prevention Week – October 5 – 11
Each year a new theme is announced by the NFPA in June. https://www.nfpa.org/Events/Fire-Prevention-Week
2024 Theme – Smoke Alarms. Make Them Work For You.
NFPA recommends replacing all smoke alarms when they are 10 years old or don’t respond when tested. Smoke alarms reduce the risk of dying in a home fire by more than half, but roughly three out of five fire deaths happen in homes with either no smoke alarms or no working smoke alarms. This year’s campaign, “Smoke alarms: Make them work for you!”, strives to educate everyone about the importance of having working smoke alarms in the home.
Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Alarms
Homeowners and landlords with fuel burning appliances should comply with the new Wisconsin laws requiring the installation of carbon monoxide alarms. The alarms shall bear the mark of a listing agency. All single family homes and rentals where people sleep, new and existing, must install…Read more »