A fire alarm is also known as a smoke alarm and a smoke detector. It is basically a device that emits a signal, whether it is a siren, horn or buzzer, as an alert that a fire has started. Advantages of fire alarms include an early warning benefit, low cost and the opportunity to place the device in chosen locations. Many fires occur at night or in a room or section that no one may be in at the time. The audible alert from the fire alarm can wake individuals up who may otherwise sleep while inhaling smoke. The alert can also provide an early signal during the day to individuals who, if not for the alarm, would not have the time needed to escape the home or building before the fire spreads out of control.
Since the beginning of May 2018, specialists of the Complex Social Service Centre in cooperation with officers of Fire and Salvage Unit of Mendeleyevsk municipal district 54 raids to households of senior citizens living along and families at risk have been organized. The action dedicated to 73th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War was organized upon the initiative of the Ministry for Civil Defense and Emergency Situations of the Republic of Tatarstan in cooperation with Social Service of Mendeleyevsk municipal district.