Smoke Detection is Fire ProtectionNew Hampshire residents get help protecting their homes from fire.
By Lafe Low, Red Cross writer As the days get shorter and the air grows cooler, it portends the approach of winter. That’s the season when folks start to heat their homes, whether that means stoking the wood stove or turning on the furnace. And as more people start heating their homes, the risk of home fires increases dramatically. The American Red Cross of Northern New England recently teamed up with the North Conway and Center Conway fire departments to install 78 smoke alarms for families throughout the Mount Washington Valley free of charge. The goal of the program is to protect more residents as the home heating season gets underway. This event is a critical part of the national American Red Cross Home Fire Campaign, which has helped save at least 2,489 lives since the program’s inception in October of 2014. Locally, the American Red Cross, local fire departments, and other partners have installed more than 11,300 free smoke alarms in homes across New ...
