No device in your home saves more lives per dollar than a working smoke alarm. Peak Property Electric installs and interconnects hardwired smoke detectors across the North Shore, so a fire that starts in the basement wakes everyone upstairs while there's still time to get out.
Why smoke detectors matter this much
Fire moves faster than people expect, a small flame can fill a home with deadly smoke in a couple of minutes, often while everyone is asleep. Home fire deaths fall by roughly half in homes with working smoke alarms, and most fatal fires happen in homes where alarms are missing or dead. Interconnected alarms matter because you need to hear the alarm from wherever the fire starts, not just in the room it's in.
A short history of the smoke alarm
The first affordable home smoke detector reached the market in the 1960s and 70s, and it changed home safety forever. In 1970 only a small fraction of U.S. homes had one; by the 1990s the vast majority did, and the home fire death rate fell dramatically over those same decades. Building codes now require hardwired, interconnected alarms with battery backup in new and renovated homes, and combination smoke and carbon monoxide alarms are increasingly the standard.
What we install
- Hardwired smoke detectors with battery backup
- Interconnected alarms, so one triggers all
- Combination smoke and carbon monoxide alarms
- Correct placement on every level and near every sleeping area
- Replacing alarms that are past their 10-year life
