West Virginia Fire Safety Resource
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e-Guide Index: - Smoke Alarms:
The Importance of Smoke Alarms > It's the Law > Installing Smoke Alarms > Using a Smoke Alarm

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The Importance of Smoke Alarms: Don't Stay Home Without Them

A working smoke alarm doubles your chance of survival from a fire.

Smoke Alarms in Use

In West Virginia during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006 of structural fires reported during this period only 30 percent had working smoke alarms installed and over 40 percent did not.

View chart of smoke alarms in use in reported fires.

Working Smoke Alarms

In the structural fires reported during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006 only 62 percent of the smoke alarms in use in West Virginia were operational, with 15 percent failing to operate.

View chart of smoke alarms operational in reported fires.

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