Install modern, working smoke detectors on every floor, outside every sleeping area, and inside every room where someone sleeps. Yes, that’s a lot of detectors. They are money well spent. If you can’t afford them, contact your local fire department or municipality as many of them have free smoke detector programs. NFPA advises that smoke alarms should be interconnected so when one sounds, they all sound. NFPA has more info on choosing detectors. Did you know there’s more than one kind of smoke detector? Yep. Photoelectric senses smoldering fires and ionization senses open flaming fires. We put dual detectors in our house. Please make sure you have working detectors. Without them, your risk of dying in a fire goes up signficantly. There have recently been several multi-fatality fires in residences with no working smoke detectors. Please get this basic protection for your family. Be safe.