Aaaah, Thanksgiving Cooking
Aaaah, Thanksgiving cooking. The flavors, the wine, the family, the distractions, the fires!!!!
Thanksgiving is the leading day for home cooking fires.
On average: Fire departments will respond to 170,200 home structure fires involving cooking equipment on Thanksgiving day across the country.
With that being said: As a new generation of connected fire and smoke detectors hits the market, it's important to know that not every detector billed as "smart" delivers the maximum safety for your home and family.
If you're considering a connected detector or solution to protect against fire, smoke and carbon monoxide, there are three things you should know.
1: Your fire and smoke detectors should automatically alert emergency services
Fire/smoke detectors are life safety devices. As such, signaling inside the house isn't always enough. If a homeowner is away from the house during an unexpected emergency, the home will be unprotected. Neighbors are put at risk if the fire spreads. Pets are in danger.
Smart devices should automatically alert emergency services when they detect smoke or fire.
2: If your smoke detector depends on WiFi, you're taking a risk.
WiFi is fine for surfing the Internet, but depending on it for life safety puts your home and family at risk.
Loss of Internet service, power outages and WiFi signal reliability can all prevent a device from sending emergency alerts. Fire/smoke detectors in essential areas like basements or attics may not work properly due to weak WiFi signals.
In contrast, an always-on dedicated cellular connection provides a highly reliable signal, while battery backup keeps that signal strong during a power outage. Alerts are reliably delivered to emergency services and the property owner.
3: Detectors provide more safety when they're part of a connected home system
Standalone fire/smoke detectors only understand one aspect of your home, a potentially costly limitation when it comes to life safety devices.
A fully integrated Smart Home pulls information from devices inside and outside the home, and enables your home to take action in the event of an emergency.
In the case of a fire, the home knows to shut down the HVAC to reduce the spread of smoke and ash, locks can automatically open to facilitate a fast exit, lights can turn on, and neighbors can be alerted to the danger. In this way, your house becomes safer when your devices are connected to each other through a Smart Home platform.
Ask us your questions about Smart Smoke Detectors for your family.
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