How often should you, and this is a good question, relevant, how often should you test your smoke alarm? Is it the same interval that you would change the batteries if you had to?

No, you know, we would like you to test them really monthly, at least once a month.

Just use that test button, you know, and you'll become very familiar on how to do it.

And we want to make sure that these are functional.

You know, we've seen them save lives.

When it comes to an emergency such as this, minutes matter, especially in the middle of the night, families asleep.

This might be the thing that wakes you up in time to get you out of your home safely.

And while we're talking about smoke alarms, if you're getting a new smoke alarm, what are the best locations for placement? Where would you want, if you've got a smoke alarm or more than one in the house, where would you want those most importantly to be?