In a former life, I went through some emergency services training. One of the less pleasant portions of that training involved seeing the aftermath of house fires, both human and otherwise. Without going into graphic detail, the training vividly imprinted the importance of smoke detectors on me. If there’s a fire brewing in your home, you most definitely want to know about it, ASAP. When I realized our current detector layout was comprised of a new unit I put in, and a couple legacy units that appeared to be artifacts of the cold war, I knew it was time for a change. Putting off your home’s fire safety is a game of chance you don’t want to play. Read More