Fire District #1, Pittsgrove Township, Salem County New Jersey

Salem County, New Jersey

Smoke Alarms

Smoke alarms save lives.  Smoke alarms that are properly installed and maintained play a vital role in reducing fire deaths and injuries.  If there is a fire in your home, smoke spreads fast and you need smoke alarms to give you time to get out.

Here is what you need to know.

(1) A closed door may slow the spread of smoke, heat and fire.  Install smoke alarms in every sleeping room and outside each separate sleeping area.  Install alarms on every level of the home.

(2) Smoke alarms should be interconnected when they are directly wired in the house.  When one sounds, they all sound.  Battery operated ones sound off individually.

(3) Large homes may need extra smoke alarms.

(4) Test your smoke alarm at least once a month.    Press the test button to be sure the alarm is working.

(5) There are two kinds of alarms.  Ionization smoke alarms are quicker to warn about flaming fires.  Photoelectric alarms are quicker to warn about smoldering fires.  It is best to use both types of alarms in the home.

(6) When a smoke alarm sounds, get outside and stay outside.

(7) Replace all smoke alarms in your home every 10 years, and remember to change you batteries in your smoke alarm when you set your clocks back in the fall and again when you set your clocks ahead in the spring.

  • Home
  • Mission Statement
  • Fire Commissioners & Staff
  • District Policies & Forms
  • News
  • Communications
    • Norma The Fire House Cat
    • Smoke Alarms
    • 911 And Pediatrics
    • Fire Prevention Week
    • Fire Extinguishers
  • Calendar
  • Apparatus
  • Meeting Schedules
  • Meeting Agendas
    • Agenda Year 2012
    • Agenda Year 2013
    • Agenda Year 2014
    • Agenda Year 2015
    • Agenda Year 2016
    • Agenda Year 2017
    • Agenda Year 2018
    • Agenda Year 2019
    • Agenda Year 2020
    • Agenda Year 2021
    • Agenda Year 2022
  • Meeting Minutes
    • Meeting Minutes Year 2012
    • Meeting Minutes Year 2013
    • Meeting Minutes Year 2014
    • Meeting Minutes Year 2015
    • Meeting Minutes Year 2016
    • Meeting Minutes Year 2017
    • Meeting Minutes Year 2018
    • Meeting Minutes Year 2019
    • Meeting Minutes Year 2020
    • Meeting Minutes Year 2021
    • Meeting Minutes Year 2022
  • Budgets
  • Audits
  • Elections
  • Professional Resources
  • Resolutions
    • Resolutions Year 2012
    • Resolutions Year 2013
    • Resolutions Year 2014
    • Resolutions Year 2015
    • Resolutions Year 2016
    • Resolutions Year 2017
    • Resolutions Year 2018
    • Resolutions Year 2019
    • Resolutions Year 2020
    • Resolutions Year 2021
    • Resolutions Year 2022
  • History
    • Fire Company History From 1945 to 1958
      • 10th Anniversary Program Book Pictures
      • Norma-Alliance Fire Company History 1945
      • Norma-Alliance 10th Anniversary Sponsors
  • Links

Weather Forecast

Pittsgrove, NJ
70°
mostly cloudy
46% humidity
wind: 12mph SW
H 70 • L 51
72°
Fri
67°
Sat
68°
Sun
78°
Mon

Contact Information

Board Of Fire Commissioners Fire District # 1
Pittsgrove Township
Salem County, New Jersey

Follow Us

Phone

Emergency: 911

Website Statistics

Visits Today: 35 Visits Yesterday: 76 Visits Past Year: 18,652

Member Links

  • Member Login
  • Member Only News
  • Store
  • Account
Site proudly maintained by the Fire Commissioners Fire District Number 1 Salem County
Site designed and hosted by FireCompanies.com

Copyright © 2022