Did you know, according to the American Red Cross, you may only have two minutes to escape a home fire?
The Southern Arizona Chapter of the American Red Cross, in partnership with students from the University of Arizona College of Nursing Master’s Program and the Northern Arizona University College of Nursing Bachelors Program, installed free smoke alarms Thursday on the Southside.
“Our goal is to make sure that every person has a working smoke alarm so that they have that early warning and that early alert in case they do experience a home fire so that they can get out safely,” said Courtney Slanaker, executive director for the American Red Cross of Southern Arizona.
Every day there are at least seven lives lost due to home fires across the United States according to the Red Cross, but having working smoke alarms can cut the risk of death by half.
With cooler temperatures and the holidays approaching, Slanaker emphasizes that home fires happen more often during winter. This is due to things like overloading circuits from Christmas lights to improper use of space heaters…