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Firefighters from the Greensboro Fire Department routinely visit neighborhoods to remind residents to check their smoke alarms and to install new alarms upon request at no charge.
Smoke alarms should be tested weekly and batteries changed twice a year. Residents should have an alarm on every level of the home and outside every bedroom.
What smoke alarm system do you have in your house?
Did you know that smoke alarm technology has changed drastically in the past few years? Did you know that depending on the year that your house is built, we can predict what sort of smoke alarm system (fire protection) you have in your house? It's true!
Houses built prior to 1976 were required by building code to have battery or electric smoke alarms installed only outside of sleeping areas. Houses built between 1976-1999 were required by building code to have electric (no longer battery) smoke alarms placed outside sleeping areas. Anything built in 1999, or more recent, are required to have smoke alarms in every sleeping room, outside bedrooms, and all other areas on an interconnected system.
What is an interconnected smoke alarm and how is it different than the old ones? Great question! Interconnected smoke alarms (unlike electric or battery) are all connected. If one alarm goes off, they all go off. If a fire starts in one room, but you're in another, the entire system will sound on all alarms that are interconnected. 
This is important to know because fire prevention is the key to avoiding fires and keeping your friends, family and community safe. When your smoke alarms need to be replaced (every 10 years or less) you need to know what smoke alarm system you have.
For more information or questions, please call the Greensboro Fire Department Alarm Line at 336-373-ALRM!
If you would like to have your smoke alarm checked or would like one installed and you live inside the Greensboro city limits, call the Fire and Life Safety Division office at 336-373-2576 or submit this Smoke Alarm Request Form and provide your name, address and phone number.
If you are a resident of Guilford County (not within Greensboro city limits), call 336-641-7565.