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WHAT’S YOUR FIRE SAFETY/HOME FIRE IQ?

By Jene Lyons, Deputy General Manager

Watergate residents about the American Red Cross
Sound the Alarm program coming to Watergate at Land-
mark beginning in July.

As part of the program, volunteers will come to Watergate
at Landmark and:

Program Services Offered Cost
Test all of your unit’s existing smoke alarms FREE
Replace the battery (if needed) FREE
Install new smoke alarms with FREE
10-year lithium batteries
Assess current locations of alarms FREE
Install additional alarms (if recommended) FREE
Answer questions on home fire safety practices FREE

The program begins with Building 1, where it will pro-
Don’t risk coming home or waking up to a fire. Sign up for the
FREE Sound the Alarm Program today! gress to the other buildings over a period of several weeks.

Think you’re well-informed about fire safety? Take this Have you signed up yet?
five-question quiz. You might be surprised.
If not, please email dgm@watergateatlandmark.com with
1. How often should a smoke detector in your home be your name, building, unit number and phone number or
checked? complete the form below and drop it off at Resident Ser-
vices.
2. How often should you change your smoke alarms?
Don’t miss out on this FREE opportunity. An uncontrolled
3. What is the average time to get out of a home fire? fire could happen in moments and cost you more than
you’d want to pay.
4. With regard to fire safety, is it better to sleep with
your bedroom door open or closed?

5. In order to see if there is fire behind a door, which more sensitive.
side of your hand (palms or back) should you touch hand. The palms have more nerve endings and therefore
the door with? time for you to get to a safe place. 5. The back of the sleeping with your door closed. This provides a little extra

These were just some of the topics discussed and answered time is two minutes. 4. The Fire Department recommends ing or not, the alarm should be replaced.) 3. The average
at an event sponsored by the Seniors Committee last 1. Once a month. 2. Every 10 years. (Whether function-
month. David Chessler, Disaster Program Manager for the
American Red Cross, National Capital Region, spoke to Quiz Answers

YES, I WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE AMERICAN RED CROSS
“SOUND THE ALARM” PROGRAM!

Name:

Building: _________ Unit: _________ Phone Number: _____________________________________

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