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Free smoke alarm/installation - really? Yes, really.

Start 2019 with a call - you may save your family. No matter if you live in our region or beyond, you are within the territory for the Red Cross offer - free smoke alarms, installed, with a safety analysis and tips on how to get out alive.

By Linda Waggener


Whenever something is offered free I wonder about it. And I always want to help the Red Cross so I called the number on ColumbiaMagazine.com December 11, 2018 and the process worked exactly as Home Fire Campaign Volunteer Dan Thies had written.



One phone call to 859-951-7814, left my name and number with referrence to free smoke alarms and home fire safety check and within two weeks I received the promised call to set an appointment. He and his wife Gracie came at the appointed time and within half an hour I was the happy new owner of installed smoke alarms with 10-year barreries - and I know how and when to test them.

Beyond that, the conversation centered around what to do if/when a smoke alarm goes off - what's the plan in the home?

Gracie stressed, "No matter where you are in the home, you have two minutes to get out - two minutes - search for nothing, take nothing with you, nothing is worth your life."

Tips:

Plan your two minute route to safety and have drills.

Get out first, then call 911 - that's two minutes for each person within the house to get out and arrive at a pre-arranged meeting spot.

No one is allowed time to run back in - people who go back to get something are most frequently found dead by the exit.

Teach school children: stop, drop and roll.

Every day, Anything can be unplugged, do so.

Sign up with the American Red Cross for free alarms and installation at no cost by calling (859) 951-7814. You will be contacted to set up an appointment for installation by a local Red Cross volunteer. Is it for real? Yes.


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Helping people have free smoke alarms and training



2018-12-30 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com.
Gracie and Dan Thies, Adair County Home Fire Campaign Volunteers with the American Red Cross, help people take advantage of the free smoke alarms and safety checks available to all.

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Red Cross Home Fire Campaign Volunteer Dan Thies at work



2018-12-31 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com.
Dan Thies, Red Cross Home Fire Campaign Volunteer, installs the free smoke alarm with a ten-year battery. While he did that, his wife Gracie went over the information needed to escape from a burning building. There are only two minutes to get out from anywhere in the house - two minutes! She says to get out first, then call 911. To sign up with the American Red Cross for free alarms and installation at no cost, call 859-951-7814. You will be contacted to set up an appointment for installation by a local Red Cross volunteer. Is this for real? Yes.

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