Smoke alarms save lives. How often do you test the one in the home of the elderly person you care for ?
We are all advised to have a smoke alarms for the elderly are even more essential as they are at more at risk of having a fire at home and less able to escape.
Costing only a few pounds these inexpensive lifesavers
For the active we can hop on a chair and test them but for the elderly this is inadvisable and we need to remember to test them for them.
My local paper highlighted a new invention from the FireService, a finger on a stick !
This is the latest innovation by my local Devon and Somerset Fire Service to keep people safe by helping the elderly or disabled test their smoke alarms. I am unable as yet to find a picture of this device but will add one as soon as I am able.
