When most people think about home security, they picture cameras, alarms, and motion detectors. While these are essential for stopping break-ins, they don’t address some of the most dangerous threats inside your home—threats that are invisible, silent, and potentially deadly. At KMT Systems, we know that a truly secure home protects against more than intruders. It’s about safeguarding your family from hidden dangers like fire, carbon monoxide, and water damage.
🔥 Smoke and Fire Detection
House fires can start and spread faster than you might think. A forgotten candle, a kitchen mishap, or faulty wiring can lead to disaster in minutes. Modern smoke detectors do more than sound a loud alarm—they can send instant alerts to your phone and to a 24/7 monitoring center, ensuring help is on the way even if you’re not home.
☠️ Carbon Monoxide Detectors
Carbon monoxide (CO) is known as the “silent killer” for a reason. It has no smell, taste, or color, and can cause illness or death without warning. CO leaks often come from gas appliances, fireplaces, or heating systems. Having monitored CO detectors means you’ll be alerted immediately if dangerous levels are detected, giving you time to get your family to safety.
💧 Water Leak Sensors
A burst pipe or leaking water heater can cause thousands of dollars in damage before you even notice. Placing smart leak sensors near appliances, under sinks, or in basements helps detect water early. With integrated monitoring, you’ll get alerts right away so you can take action before a small leak turns into a major repair bill.
📱 Why Integration Matters
While you can buy standalone devices, integrating these safety sensors with your smart security system takes protection to another level. With KMT Systems, all your life safety devices work together and can trigger other smart features—like shutting off your HVAC during a CO alert or turning on lights during a fire alarm to help guide you out safely.
🛠️ Professional Installation for Peace of Mind
We don’t just install devices—we make sure they’re placed in the most effective locations, connected to your monitoring system, and tested to work when you need them most. Our local Georgia technicians know the specific risks homes in our area face and design systems accordingly.
📞 Don’t Overlook Your Home’s Hidden Threats
A strong security plan protects your home from all dangers, not just break-ins. If your current system doesn’t include smoke, CO, and water leak detection, now is the time to upgrade. 📞 Call us at (770) 284-3144 📝 Request your free home safety consultation at kmtsystems.com KMT Systems can help you create a complete security solution that keeps your family safe from every angle.
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Are carbon monoxide (CO) alarms installed and maintained in your home? Often called the invisible killer, carbon monoxide is an odorless gas created when fuels burn incompletely. The only way to detect carbon monoxide is with a working carbon monoxide alarm.
Approximately 50,000 people in the U.S. visit the emergency department each year due to accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. More than 430 people die per year on average in the U.S. from carbon monoxide poisoning. This doesn’t have to happen, carbon monoxide deaths are preventable. Follow these safety tips from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC):
Never use a portable generator inside your home, garage, basement, crawlspace, or shed or on your porch. carbon monoxide can seep into the house through open windows, doors, or any type of vents such as for the dryer, exhaust fans, and even openings into the attic in the roof’s overhang.
Use a portable generator outside only, and place portable generators at least 20 feet away from your house. Use outdoor-rated, long extension cords to run power into your home.
Have your furnace, fireplace, and fuel-burning appliances checked by a qualified professional once every year.
Never burn charcoal inside homes or in semi-enclosed areas.
Don’t leave a car running in the garage.
Install carbon monoxide alarms on every level of your home and outside each separate sleeping area. carbon monoxide alarms should have battery backup.
Test carbon monoxide alarms once a month, and replace carbon monoxide alarms if they fail to respond correctly when tested.
Know the symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning: headache, dizziness, weakness, nausea, vomiting, sleepiness and confusion.
If you suspect carbon monoxide poisoning, or your carbon monoxide alarm sounds, get outside to fresh air immediately, and then call 911. If you live in an area without access to 911, call your fire department.
Each year over 3000 people die in house fires. Smoke detectors are a great prevention for house fire deaths. But which smoke detector is best? Watch this short video and learn the difference in ther common smoke detectors you purshase over the counter.
It’s National Fire Prevention Week. Let me share with you 5 Tips from Money US Newsabout the biggest dangers for house fires and what you can do about them.
Five Tips for Preventing House Fires
Fire Threat 1: Cooking
Fire safety starts in the kitchen. Cooking—particularly stove-top cooking—represents the leading cause of home fires. Many such fires occur after residents put something on the stove but become distracted and forget about it. “They lose track of it, and then before they know it, the fire is very large,” Appy says.
Solution: Stand by your pan Because cooking causes so many home fires, it’s essential to give anything that’s on top of your stove has your undivided attention. “I sometimes make a joke about the Tammy Wynette song [“Stand by Your Man”]: ‘Stand by Your Pan,’ ” Appy says. “If you have to leave [the kitchen], turn the heat off [the burner] before you answer the phone or leave the room.”
Fire Threat 2: Heating
The second-most-common cause of home fires is heating—although in the winter months, it becomes the leading concern. Portable, electric space heaters start a great deal of trouble, as sheets or window curtains accidentally come in contact with the unit and ignite.
Solution: Give heaters space People using space heaters should ensure that they are far enough away from other objects to avoid danger. “A space heater needs 3 feet of clear space all around it in all directions, keeping it away from draperies, furniture, bedspreads, people, and pets,” Appy says. In addition, homeowners should have their central heating equipment professionally inspected and serviced each heating season. And if you regularly have logs burning in your fireplace, get your chimney inspected and cleaned annually as well.
Fire Threat 3: Smoking
In addition to its health dangers, smoking is the third-most-common cause of home fires—and the top cause of home fire deaths. Such fires can occur as smokers lose track of their still-smoldering butts, which then come in contact with flammable surfaces such as couch cushions.
Solution: Take it outside If you have a smoker in the house, the best way to prevent cigarette-related home fires is to institute a policy of no smoking indoors. “Do it outside, because that typically will remove folks from dangerous spots like upholstered furniture. Most people do not have as many combustible items around outside,” Appy says. In addition, cigarettes should be doused with water before they are thrown away to make sure they are completely extinguished.
Fire Threat 4: Electrical
Faulty or deteriorating electrical cords are another top cause of home fires. Cords that become frayed or cracked can send sparks to flammable surfaces and start a fire.
Solution: Cord checkup Check all of your electrical cords to ensure that they are in good shape, and replace any that are worn out. In addition, “make sure you are not overloading circuits,” Appy says. “It should be one plug per receptacle—you don’t want that octopus thing going on.”
Fire Threat 5: Candles
Since they have open flames and are fixtures in many households, candles are also among the most common sources of home fires.
Solution: Think about batteries Instead of using traditional, open-flame candles, consider switching to battery-operated candles that look and perform like real ones. If you do use traditional candles, make sure there is always an adult paying attention in the room when one is burning. (The flame should be extinguished when the adult leaves the room.) “Get out of the habit of lighting a candle in a room and just leaving it burning,” Appy says. “You are inviting disaster.” Finally, candles should not be lit in your bedroom.
October 5th through October 11th is National Fire Prevention Week. It is one week where we focus on ways to prevent home fires.
In 2013, there were 1,240,000 fires reported in the United States. These fires caused 3,240 civilian deaths, 15,925 civilian injuries, and $11.5 billion in property damage. Children make up 20% of all fire deaths.
Because of their age, children are especially vulnerable to house fires. Here at ten tips you can use with your children to prepare them for escaping a house fire.
Escape Route Planning
Designate two ways out of every room, if at all possible. Today’s media rooms (rooms created without windows) can create a particular fire entrapment issue, and parents should evaluate their home and establish a plan in those instances.
Windows Are For More Than Fresh Air
Make sure that windows are not stuck closed, that screens can be removed quickly, and that security bars can be opened. For parents in particular, if a child’s bedroom is upstairs, they should be able to complete these tasks in the event of an emergency.
Second Floor Safety
Escape ladders should be placed near second floor windows, and children should practice using them. For extremely young kids, a “mini-exercise” from a first-floor window can at least educate the child as to expectations.
Feeling Way to Safety
Children should practice feeling their way out of the home in the dark or with their eyes closed. Parents and providers can turn this into a game by blindfolding a child and placing in a room and asking them to feel their way to a designated area. Daycares and child care providers can set it up an obstacle course, and then provide cues and help so that when they reach a designated end point, a special treat awaits! (It could be as simple as lunch served outside!)
Use Songs to Teach What to Do
Consider teaching a fire escape song to reinforce the need to get out of a burning building. This one can be sung to Frere Jacques: There’s a fire! There’s a fire! Must get out! Must get out! Stay away from fire! Stay away from fire! It is hot. It is hot.
Smoke Detectors 101
Teach children about smoke detectors, why they are installed, how they work, and the sound that they make. Children need to be able to associate the sound going off with a fire as part of fire safety for kids. Adults should change batteries regularly to avoid having the alarm go off because batteries are running low, and risk frightening a child.
Out Means Stay Out
Teach children that once they are out of a burning house or building, they must go to the designated place and never, ever venture back in. If someone or a family pet is missing, they should inform a fire fighter or adult. There are too many tragedies that could have been avoided in the cases where an individual who has gotten out safely to venture back in the home or building, only to perish.
It’s In The Touch
Instruct kids how to check doors to see if they are hot, and if so, how to find another way out. Fire safety for kids includes having them find a towel to use for handling, touching or grabbing items to avoid burns, and to also use the towel or cover to protect their faces and cover their mouths.
Stop, Drop and Roll
Teach kids what to do in the event that their clothes catch fire. Make sure they understand “stop, drop and roll.” Many a fire-related injury could have been avoided or greatly minimized if a child heeded this advice instead of the natural instinct of running.
Practice Monthly
Practice your escape plan at least twice a year with children as part of fire safety for kids, preferably monthly. Families and providers should also practice fire drills and alter areas affected by fire.
Conclusion
Child care providers, teachers and parents alike should partner together to teach children of all ages, and especially youngsters, about fire safety. Here are 10 tips for teaching fire safety for kids.
A commercial fire can be a catastrophic event leading to property destruction and even loss of life. As a small business owner, you have the responsibility to have a fire safety plan in place. There are four key ingredients in this plan. We hare some tips from Small Business Chronical on your fire safety plan.
Fire Prevention
OSHA regulations require all businesses with 10 or more employees to have a fire prevention plan. The plan must be in writing, must be kept on the company premises and be available for all employees to review. Minimum requirements for the fire prevention plan include a list of all potential fire hazards in the workplace, handling and storage procedures for any hazardous materials, and information on ways to prevent or control the ignition of fires. The plan must also include the names or job titles of employees and their various fire prevention responsibilities.
Emergency Evacuation
An emergency evacuation plan is critical to an office fire policy, and all employees must be aware of the plan and the procedures to follow in case an evacuation is necessary. The plan should include information on the roles of employees in an evacuation, names of those designated as authorized fire marshals, and next-of-kin contact information for all staff members. Include a list of emergency exits for employees to use, such as stairwells instead of elevators. Establish evacuation procedures such as orderly filing out of the building, and make note of a specific assembly point at a safe distance from the premises.
Fire Equipment
A comprehensive office fire policy includes full information on the type of fire-fighting equipment available, such as fire alarms, sprinkler systems and fire extinguishers. The policy lists the names of employees responsible for maintenance and operation of the equipment. It outlines a schedule to ensure that all designated staff receive training necessary to carry out these duties, and names those employees who are responsible for monitoring attendance at training.
Business Continuity
The business continuity section of the fire policy should also cover the impact of a fire on business and strategies for recovery. After a fire, business must continue if the company is to survive. Backups of all company information and records are necessary to enable operations to proceed, so the fire policy includes responsibility for making regular backups in advance, storing critical materials offsite in a secure location and following a contingency plan for temporary premises that can accommodate all staff.
Conclusion
If you need help with your commercial fire safety plan, give us a call. We will work with you to develop a plan that will meet your needs as well as your budget.
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