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(New law for smoke alarms)…It went into effect with the new fiscal year.
The new law requires any battery powered smoke or combination smoke and carbon monoxide alarm approved for sale by the Office of the California State Fire Marshall be powered by a sealed, 10-year battery. By June 20, 2015, all alarms on store shelves must be powered by the sealed 10-year battery. The state says a recent survey indicates that one in three California homes need to replace their smoke alarms, leaving millions of Californians at risk to suffer serious injury or even perish in a residential fire.
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IFA — Nest Labs, Inc. (www.nest.com) announced today that the Nest Learning ThermostatTM and Nest Protect: Smoke + Carbon MonoxideTM alarm will be available in Belgium, France, Ireland and the Netherlands later this month. Nest products will initially be sold in approximately 400 retail stores across Europe with another 150 stores to be added by the end of the year. Nest also announced three new European energy partnerships, adding Direct Energie, Essent and Lampiris, to offer more people the opportunity to save energy as part of their energy plans.
Nest Protect: Smoke + Carbon Monoxide
Nest data suggests that at least one million households in the U.S., U.K. and Canada are exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide each year. Because safety is knowing, Nest Protect does much more than just sound a shrill alarm when there’s danger in your home. Nest Protect speaks to you, in your local language, telling you what and where the problem is. It will even alert your phone when something’s wrong. Before it sounds a piercing alarm, Nest Protect gives you a friendly Heads-Up warning. And Nest Protect’s Pathlight glows white at night to light your way in the dark as you pass below it.
The More You Nest, The Better it Gets
Nest products can do even more by working together. For example, if Nest Protect’s carbon monoxide alarm goes off and there is an active WiFi connection at the time of the event, the Nest Thermostat automatically turns off the gas furnace – a frequent source of carbon monoxide leaks. In addition, Nest Protect’s activity sensors improve the Auto-Away feature of the Nest Thermostat.
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Mayor Eric Garcetti Monday announced new Los Angeles Fire Department initiatives to reduce residential fire fatalities, including the availability of free smoke alarms at LA fire stations.
KNX 1070’s Claudia Peschiutta reports residents in need of smoke alarms can get them for free at any of the 106 neighborhood fire stations across the city.
LAFD Offers Free Smoke Alarms To Reduce Deadly House Fires
Garcetti and LAFD Chief Ralph Terrazas were joined by city officials and representatives of the American Red Cross and My Safe LA in front of a home along the 1500 block of West 36th Place that was destroyed July 29 by a house fire.
Officials later announced there were no functioning smoke alarms in the home.
The fire alarms will be available to the public free of charge courtesy of First Alert, a home safety company that donates 500 alarms every month to the Los Angeles Fire Department, according to officials.
So far this year, 20 people have been killed in LA in building fires, a number that Capt. Jamie Moore said was in large part due to a lack of working smoke alarms.
Among the victims is a 98-year-old woman who died from smoke inhalation in February after being rescued from a house fire in the 200 block of East 47th Place.
According to Moore, the elderly are especially vulnerable to potential fires.
“Those who care for them are really concerned that they have food and making sure that they get their medication, but they’re not thinking of emergency plans,” said Moore.
Under a new three-month expansion of the Smoke Alarm Field Education Program, firefighters will also canvas certain residential blocks throughout the city to provide smoke alarms, batteries, and fire safety education, as well as discuss the importance of a family escape plan in the event of a fire.
Click here for a list of participating fire stations.
