PLEASE can everyone test their fire alarms NOW!

[McCadburysDreamyegg]

In light of the tragic events that happened here this week I feel so helpless and so I thought if I could just bring the subject up and get you all to check then at least I feel I would have done something!

We use the fire angels which are connected to the light fittings so permanantly charged

What happened?

How is everyone over there mcdreamy? I've been thinking of you

A house burnt down on camp and a mother lost her 2 children and husband - awful Hillary, has been a terribly sad week as we live in a very small community and so everyone has been affected.

good god I'm so sorry

Things are going back to normalish. The radio is playing the usual shows etc, events are slowly starting again. Unfortunately life goes on but it did stand still for a moment.

I never heard of fire angels - sound like a great idea!

Checked, working.

I checked mine when you first told me what had happened. It works.

I think everybody here checked theirs this week! But I have to say I can't remember the last time I checked it.

oh that's so sad, checked mine

Oh, no!

I've gone so cold reading that

Poor, poor woman - how utterly tragic.

We have Fire Angels too - brilliant inventions.

thats terrible. what a horrible thing to happen.
mine is working as dp is cooking and has just set it off.
really should remind my dad to check his.

Our local fire service (lovely men, just lovely ) told us to change the batteries of every fire alarm on our eldest child's birthday.

I never thought it would work ie I'd never remember, but actually I do.

I'm not sure why this particular thread, but my sympathy goes out to anyone involved. It's a cause close to my heart too...

orlando thats a really good idea!

That is a really good idea orlando

Perhaps it works because I like the remember the firemen once a year too

We have a gas check every year, the lovely man who does it, put up a Carbon Moo detector, when he found out I was a CM, without asking and checks every fire alarm and extinguisher for me to.

Its important to have a photoelectric alarm too (detects the slow burning fires better than the normal alarms) for electrical fires, tv, fridge etc. I also have individual cut off devices on all my plugs which are permanantly on ie. fridge, just in case.

I have mains alarms as I was so bad at checking the batteries. I am so sorry to hear of this hillary

I'm just going to keep on bumping this until enough of you have told me you've checked

mains alarms here too but should definitely be 'bumped' lots to remind everyone

where can you get fireangels

done - going to get some fire angels too now though as they sound much better.

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