Many Americans lose their lives annually as a result of residential fires. The combination of the flames, gases such as carbon monoxide, and smoke cause many to suffocate and pass out before having the opportunity to escape. Therefore, installing a fire alarm is key to keeping you and your family safe when a fire breaks out. It can effectively detect fire and smoke to provide an early warning for you to escape from your house before a potentially fatal fire overwhelms your home. Here are five more important reasons you should have a fire alarm system in your home.

Alerts You and Detects Fires Early

A fire alarm system can effectively alert you and detect a fire early, even when you don’t see it. This allows you to take the appropriate course of action, such as using a fire extinguisher to control the spread of the flame, calling the firefighters earlier, and preventing the fire from getting out of hand. In the long term, this is a cost-effective way of saving you thousands of dollars in property damages – helping you avoid the trouble of renovating your home and going through the hassle of filing for insurance claims.

Having a fire alarm system is also integral in helping you to avoid smoke inhalation as carbon monoxide and other toxic gases emitted from the flames are often responsible for causing fire-related deaths. This is especially important during the nighttime when you and your family are asleep, as you will be unaware if a fire has started before it is too late. Without a fire alarm system, this could only spell a potentially disastrous and fatal incident. When your fire alarm is triggered, this sound will inform you that it has detected smoke and help you and your family make a timely escape without inhaling the smoke. 

Lowers Your Home Insurance Premium Costs

Do you know that you could be saving up to 15% in home insurance premiums if you have a fire alarm system installed? When you do not have a fire alarm or sprinkler installed, your policies will usually be more expensive as your insurance company will have to bear more property damages costs in the event of a fire. Being proactive in installing your fire alarm systems will demonstrate to the insurer that you are taking responsibility and are prepared for any accident. Therefore, this would lead to you paying less for your home insurance premiums.

Monitors Your Home Consistently

One underrated feature that many people tend to forget about is that a fire alarm system can help to monitor your home consistently. It will be operational 24/7, even when traveling for a vacation or busy at work. Then, at night, you get to sleep knowing that you have a failsafe system that will protect you and your family members in the event of a potential fire. In other words, it provides you the peace of mind with the knowledge that your home is monitored at all times.

Affordable and Cost-Effective

Fires do not only destroy your property, but they also take away the sanctity of a safe space, and the precious memories and sentiments stored in photos, gifts, memoirs, and books are stolen. These are what is more important to us as any damages are irreversible. The initial costs and occasional price you have to pay for the fire alarm system maintenance will pale compared to the irreplaceable and irreversible losses you will experience from not taking action in time.

Keeping You Safe and Sound

ASCO Fire is highly qualified and experienced in meeting all types of fire protection needs for all residential and commercial properties. We also offer value-added services such as testing, inspection, maintenance, and repair services for all types of fire protection systems and equipment to help you to be proactive in preventing any fire incidents. Moreover, our professional team of experts will provide engineering services that adhere to the fire code requirements, such as hazard analysis, hydraulic calculations, and fire plan review.