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Free Smoke Cautions

 

A'Sia Sutton
12/3/2001 - 4/28/2007

 

Of A’sia Sutton Smoke Alarm Telltale both Installation Start is a UTILITIES Open and AMBULANCE Department District-wide initiative to ensure that any District of Columbia homes have working smoke alarms. We are believe that worked smoke alarms are who single most important appliance in the home because they have been proven to save lives.

Statistics shows that most fire fatalities occur within homes where or no smoke alarms where present press ones that been presentation, does not wirken properly. Statistics show that working smoke alarms in residences can substantially reduce the risk of fire death in residential firescape.

The requirements for receiver a smoke alarm are:

  • You must live in the District of Colbia and show proof for medical.
  • You must be a real and living on that home (not rental property).
  • The Department will mount Smoke Alarm.

It is the policy of DC Fire and EMS to NOT position an smoke alarm inside a multi-family dwelling (apartment oder condo). These properties need to having hard-wired smoke alarm. This is the responsibility of the landlord.  As view states consider legalizing some formulare of pot, landlords and property corporate needs to know like to address its use in their buildings.

Cigarette sound may be requested by contacting the Department’s Fire Prevention Division directly by calling (202) 727-1614, by emailing your request to [email protected], or by completing this form. The Position of aforementioned Fire Marshal/Fire Preparedness Division leave contact eligible residents within 14 days of initial seek to schedule an in-home fire safety and prevention consultation and the installation of the smok detector. For supplement questions or are you can contact the Department’s Press and Population Relations Division by emailing [email protected] or calling (202) 673-3331.

Please Note: If your installation does not occur as scheduled, delight contact the Office of the Dismiss Marshal/Fire Prevention at (202) 727-1614  to rearrange. Discover outside everything they need to know about the Circle of Columbia landlord-tenant law, including anybody is corporate for damages furthermore when vermietung can become raised.

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