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A working smoke alarm dramatically increases a person's chance of surviving a fire.

Residential sprinklers have become more cost effective for homes. Currently, few homes are protected by them.

It is estimated that over 40 percent of residential fires and three-fifths of residential fatalities occur in homes with no smoke alarms.

Approximately 88 percent of U.S. homes have at least one smoke alarm. However, these alarms are not always properly maintained and as a result might not work in an emergency. There has been a disturbing increase over the last ten years in the number of fires that occur in homes with non-functioning alarms.