Smoke Detectors (San Antonio, Anton: apartments, rentals, homes)

[sapphire]

The fire department provides and installs detectors at no charge for owners of single-family homes in San Antonio. If you need one, call the United Way at 211 Monday through Friday between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., and press phone option 1 for local community services.

I just read this in the paper this morning and thought it was good info to pass on. Maybe you know someone who needs one! We just bought a new one, and a carbon monoxide detector for our house. Although dying in my sleep is how I want to go, I just don't want it to be soon.

[ShaneSA]

That reminds me. I put smoke detectors in all my rentals. When a new tenant moves in I put in a new detector and new batteries. It is in the lease that they are responsible to change the battery every 6 months with the time change. Half the time, when an apartment is vacated, I find the detector without a battery.
How do people live like that? I would be scared to death to go to sleep!!!!!
I'm now going to institute a policy of checking detectors in apartments every 6 months and if the detector is without a battery or has a dead battery for lack of changing it out, I will charge $25.00 to change the detector and make it operational.
Maybe some of you who have rentals may want to consider this.
I understand the city has the free ones and they are not getting the requests for them that they expected.
I fortunatly have never had the experience of needing one to function for a fire, but I would not be without the protection.....and it's free. Can't beat that with a stick.