Nanaimo Fire Rescue will be going door-to-door downtown this October to educate people about fire alarms.
Nanaimo Fire Rescue is launching an education campaign downtown, where the percentage of working smoke alarms in residential fires was 18 per cent between 2012-2015, according to a press release.
“This is the highest-risk area for non-working smoke alarms in the city and Nanaimo Fire Rescue needs to be sure that we do everything we can to provide the occupants with enough time to evacuate safely if they do have a fire,” said Karen Fry, fire chief.
Public awareness around smoke alarms is a goal of Nanaimo Fire Rescue. The door-to-door campaign, which begins in October, will have firefighters educating residents and checking their smoke alarms.
The fire department wants the public to check their smoke alarms monthly, change the batteries every six months and get a new smoke alarm every 10 years.