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'{% Looking for a novel gift that says j you really care? Your local fire dell * partment and the Virginia Fire >' Services Board suggest you consider ! smoke detectors, fire escape ladders i, and portable fire extinguishers as J ( gifts to family and friends. In addij ’ tion to providing an interesting gift, l these items can save lives. v. When shopping for smoke detecj, tors, buy the battery-operated kind | for protection even when the power \ is knocked out. Include some extra j batteries as well. It takes only a |. screwdriver and a stool to install
most detectors. In fact, install the i detector as part of your thoughtful , gift to ensure it is put up immedij ately. Detectors should be placed i. outside sleeping areas between the ' bedrooms and the rest of the house. < They should be located on the ceilJ ing, away from walls, corners and ;• air ducts.
Additional detectors should be J. installed in separate sleeping areas ; or to protect against garage and '■ basement fires. Your local fire de< - partment can provide details on the ) best locations for detectors in your * home. ; In several instances smoke de( tectors given as holiday gifts have > saved lives in the first few days. *. Even detectors still packed in their ‘, boxes under the Christmas tree ! have sounded in fires, saving their ■ surprised new owners from holiday > fires.
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