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Add Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Detectors

Sure, you’ve already got smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. But do they alert you by text or email if they detect a fire or CO when you’re away from home? We didn’t think so.

Neighbors won’t notice a fire in your home until the flames are leaping from the windows. That’s too late.

If you want to catch a house fire in the early stages, you need alarm-compatible smoke detectors. If you hook up to a monitoring service, they’ll call the fire department right away. If you don’t use a monitoring service, the system can call, text or email you and a list of friends and neighbors.

You’ll need one smoke detector in every bedroom, one in each hallway near the bedrooms and at least one on every level of your home.