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Author: City of Ottawa - Media Relations / Ville d'Ottawa - Relations avec les médias
Publication Date: September 19, 2024 - 09:49
Saved by the beep! Wake Up and check your alarms with Ottawa Fire Services
September 19, 2024
As part of the fall Wake Up! program, firefighters from Ottawa Fire Services will visit homes across the city next week to ensure smoke and carbon monoxide alarms are present and working.
Ontario’s Fire Code requires that homes have a working smoke alarm on each floor and outside each sleeping area. Carbon monoxide alarms are also required outside sleeping areas if the home has an attached garage, a wood stove or a fuel-fired appliance.
From Monday, September 23 to Monday, September 30, uniformed firefighters will:
- Visit select residential areas during a two-hour period between 3 and 8 pm on weekdays and 2 and 4 pm on weekends.
- Offer to inspect and test alarms.
- Install smoke alarms and provide new batteries.
- Share information on fire safety and home escape planning.
- Leave fire safety information in the mailbox if no one is home.
- Test your alarms once per month.
- Replace the alarms’ batteries once per year.
- Install new alarms once every 10 years (or as instructed by the manufacturer).
- Review your fire safety habits and escape plan with your household regularly.
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