Edison Volunteers Help Install Smoke Detectors
The effort is part of the PrepareSoCal initiative, a partnership between Edison International and the Red Cross.
Oct 30, 2015 6:30 PM ET
You’re at home, fast asleep at 2 a.m. Down the hall, a lit candle falls to the ground and ignites a fire. You’re woken by a blaring smoke alarm and jump out of bed.
You escape with your life.
Not everyone is as fortunate. In September, fire blazed through a Van Nuys home, critically injuring a father and son. The Los Angeles Fire Department determined the home didn’t have working smoke alarms.
“The average family has about two minutes to escape if your house is catching on fire,” said Ben Green of the American Red Cross. “About 45 percent of those who die in fires are in houses that don’t have detectors.”
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