Linked smoke alarms significantly contribute to home fire safety this winter. They not only protect you, your property, and other material assets, they also keep your furry friends safe from fires. If you consider your pets important members of the family, you’ll do everything to provide them with a safe shelter that can protect them no matter what season of the year.

Here’s why linked smoke alarms are the best investment you can make to keep your pets safe this winter.

1. Linked smoke alarms alert you of the fire, no matter where you are in the house.

Installation of interconnected photoelectric smoke alarms is an important change in the new Queensland Smoke Alarm legislation. This simply means that when one alarm goes off, all other alarms will be triggered. When a fire starts in the kitchen while you and your pets are playing in the room upstairs, you will still be alerted of the fire.

2. Interconnected photoelectric smoke alarms give you an early warning.

Fire evacuations are challenging. They become even more daunting when animals are involved. What if you only have a small window of opportunity to escape the property with your four-legged family member? What if carrying them around would only slow down your exit? Are you going to leave them behind?

No pet owner would want to be in a situation where they’d have to choose between leaving their pets behind and getting out of the burning property alive. We can change the situation if you have more time to escape. With photoelectric and linked smoke alarms, you are alerted to the fire emergency in its early stages. Hence you have more time to make your escape with your beloved pets.

3. Train your pets to recognise a fire alarm.

When you have Linked smoke alarms, you will be alerted of the fire wherever you are inside the house. But what if your pet is left alone in the property when a fire emergency occurs?

When leaving home without your pet, put them in a room near the home entrance. It’s best to put up a pet alert signage on the front window. This way, rescuers are aware that a pet is inside the home and will be able to look for them.

You take care of your pets like they’re family. What’s stopping you from doing things to keep them safe this winter?

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