Hate one thing in my new house

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Maybe the Internet will offer info.

Or phone the fire department and ask for the fire prevention office...it is this dept. that gets involved to educating the public about fire safety, what to do about smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors.

Whatever you do, do have one somewhere in the kitchen, nearby (your location sounds annoying). Some people permanently disable their smoke detectors.

Never do that. People have died because the the alert didn't sound...

Most people when they die from fires, die from smoke inhalation, not from being physically burnt alive. Smoke inhalation, here there's less oxygen and all sorts of toxic materials when they burn. ie. Plastic when it burns is highly toxic. And it is in an enclosed area, ie. indoors. Our homes are made up of many man-made materials...

How do I know this? I had a library which had research materials on fire deaths (smoke inhalation, people trampled to death, people too drunk/drugged, too weak, too frail, and couldn't get out fast enough, etc.), causes, toxicity of burning materials. The fire departments are serious in their campaign about keeping smoke detectors in working order.

From an ex-employee for a provincial fire marshal's office for 9 yrs.