KEY FINDINGS IN THE REPORT

The death rate per 100 reported fires was twice as high in homes without a working smoke alarm as it was in home fires with smoke alarm protection.
Out of all home fire deaths, 38 percent resulted from fires in which no smoke alarms were present.
Hardwired smoke alarms are more reliable than those powered solely by batteries.
Many homes do not have the protection recommended in recent editions of NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, which requires interconnected smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside each sleeping area, and on every level of the home.

--- National Fire Protection Association

HOME FIRE DEATHS