Visual Smoke Alarm Program
About our 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 hav accumulated 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.
Program Guidelines
| Family Size |
Gross Yearly Income |
| 1 |
$14,700 |
| 2 |
$19,800 |
| 3 |
$24,900 |
| 4 |
$30,000 |
| 5 |
$35,100 |
| 6 |
$40,200 |
| 7 |
$45,300 |
| 8 |
$50,400 |
If you are below these requirements we encourage you to fill out the application by clicking here to qualify for a smoke alarm.
If you would like a paper version of this application, please click hereApplication
For those who do not qualify because of income guidelines, we encourage you to make a donation to the Foundation for Safer Housing, to help us fund this project and to keep it going for many years. Donation Form
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