Important reminder - please read!
Hi,
This is going out to all of my closest family and friends and some acquaintances, so some of you already know this, since I sent this out in an e-mail, and posted it on Facebook, and now here on LiveJournal. It bears repeating.
A few days ago some friends of mine (of whom it must be said up front ARE ALL OK, the PEOPLE AND THE PETS), lost their home to a 3 alarm fire. The dad was out of town for work, and the mom of their three children (all four of whom were home), were in their basement when the smoke detector went off. The door in the basement that they tried was on fire, and thankfully the door on the first floor was accessible, they all had had fire safety training (even the dog), and they got the people and the pets safely out.
I went out and got a replacement battery for our smoke detector, which had a dead battery when I first started moving in to the house, and which I had set aside to get a new battery, and then promptly forgot about it. I'm not stupid, and I've known the importance of smoke alarms for years. We have a CO detector, and now we have a working smoke detector. But I am forgetful and the move (as most of you know) was stressful, and difficult, and felt like it would never end. That's no excuse for this lapse.
My friend credits their smoke detector with saving their lives.
Please, please, please, check the batteries on your smoke and CO detectors, and if you don't have those, please GET THEM. I already had one friend several years back die in a fire, and I never want to hear about another again.
Thank you, and pass this message on to as many people as you can.
Hugs,
Sue
This is going out to all of my closest family and friends and some acquaintances, so some of you already know this, since I sent this out in an e-mail, and posted it on Facebook, and now here on LiveJournal. It bears repeating.
A few days ago some friends of mine (of whom it must be said up front ARE ALL OK, the PEOPLE AND THE PETS), lost their home to a 3 alarm fire. The dad was out of town for work, and the mom of their three children (all four of whom were home), were in their basement when the smoke detector went off. The door in the basement that they tried was on fire, and thankfully the door on the first floor was accessible, they all had had fire safety training (even the dog), and they got the people and the pets safely out.
I went out and got a replacement battery for our smoke detector, which had a dead battery when I first started moving in to the house, and which I had set aside to get a new battery, and then promptly forgot about it. I'm not stupid, and I've known the importance of smoke alarms for years. We have a CO detector, and now we have a working smoke detector. But I am forgetful and the move (as most of you know) was stressful, and difficult, and felt like it would never end. That's no excuse for this lapse.
My friend credits their smoke detector with saving their lives.
Please, please, please, check the batteries on your smoke and CO detectors, and if you don't have those, please GET THEM. I already had one friend several years back die in a fire, and I never want to hear about another again.
Thank you, and pass this message on to as many people as you can.
Hugs,
Sue