The Install. Inspect. Protect. Campaign is part of the U.S. Fire Administration’s effort to reduce fire deaths and injuries across the nation by urging residents to install smoke alarms in their homes and inspect and maintain them on a regular basis. Working smoke alarms and sprinklers save lives.

Statistics show that, each year in the U.S., about 2,500 human lives are lost in home fires. Most of those deaths occur in residences that did not have working smoke detectors.

A working smoke alarm can help you and your family escape a deadly home fire. It can also help save the lives of firefighters who would otherwise have to risk their lives by searching a burning home for residents. A working smoke alarm continuously scans the air for smoke, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It never sleeps.

The USFA is encouraging everyone to practice fire safety and do their part to get out, before firefighters have to come in.

In Warsaw, the Warsaw-Wayne Township Fire Territory provides free smoke detectors to anyone who lives in Warsaw and Wayne Township. Residents can stop by either Fire Station 1, located on Main Street in downtown Warsaw, or Fire Station 2, on East Center Street in Warsaw, for more information, or call 574-372-9552.