Free Visual Smoke Alarms-Low Income
                        Family and Individual

                              Visual Smoke Alarm Program

Through a Federal Grant, The Foundation for Safer Housing is
able to offer free visual smoke alarms to the deaf and hard of
hearing meeting certain financial requirements. The program
is designed to offer protection to those who would otherwise
have no protection. The alarms are free of cost and are simple
to apply for. Just fill out the application below.

                                         About The Alarms

Many of the people that die in fires in the home have no smoke
alarms, or ones that do not work. Fact is, your chances of
surviving a fire are more than doubled if you have working
smoke alarms. Unfortunately, visual smoke alarms designed
to wake the deaf and hard of hearing are very costly,
sometimes more than $200 for one alarm. On top of that, hard
wiring requires an electrician. This all means that protection
can cost thousands. Many deaf and hard of hearing are living
on little money.

Our program offers these households a minimal level of protection when they would otherwise have no protection. The alarms we offer are plug in units that can be placed in the bedroom, preferably near a door. These would alert the individual of the presence of a fire. Studies show that the smell of smoke does not always wake a sleeping person. In fact, a United States Fire Administration Study showed that 80% of test subjects did not wake from a sleep to the smell of smoke. These alarms offer a ways of waking the deaf or hard of hearing, hopefully offering them enough time to escape before the fire has progressed or the gases havaccumulated enough to overcome the individual.

Application Instructions:

When filling out the application for a free visual smoke alarm, please fill in all the fields to your best knowledge. Incomplete applications will be discarded and you may not receive consideration for your alarm.

Also our program falls under very stringent guidelines for income levels. Listed below are the income requirements for consideration for our program. (go to website to see list)

The Foundation for Safer Housing welcomes your questions or comments about our program. For the fastest response to your questions please fill our our contact form at our website, or you may contact us by phone or mail at:

Office: 303-591-9895