"Smoke alarms cut the risk of dying in a reported fire in half."
You should have many smoke alarms in your home, at least one on each level, including your garage. Also would be great to have one smoke detector in each bedroom. This is very important because if you or your kids are asleep you need the alarm to be close, so you can hear it through your sleep.
Ideally your smoke alarms will all be connected, meaning if one goes off they will all go off. This can help alert everyone at home, no matter where they are, that there is a fire. Professional electrician should be able to help you with this task. You should check a smoke alarm at least once per month.
If you can't do it monthly, at a minimum do it twice a year!
You should replace your smoke detector's batteries at least once a year, whether you think they need replacing or not. This is not the type of thing where you want to have dead batteries, and not know it.
So from our point of view the best advice we can give is to install at home at least several smoke alarms, in case you still don’t have it. The fastest way to get the best quote is to register your job on Household.ie
