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He also urged residents to use hard-wired smoke detectors with a battery backup. There should be at least one working smoke detector on each floor of a house, he added.There were no working smoke ...

After all this praise, however, we’d be remiss if we didn’t point out one of the biggest flaws of these devices: Even the smartest smoke detector lives but only 10 years.

"The bottom line is very simple: smoke detectors save lives," he stressed. Walraven offers these steps to remember in case of fire: 1. Raise the Alarm: Shout fire and evacuate immediately.