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Maine Governor Urges Fire Safety After Several Fatal Fires

Maine officials are working to install smoke detectors in homes for free. State Fire Marshal Joseph Thomas said his office received 1,000 smoke detectors from the Southern Maine Community College, which is using a grant to distribute the devices. Thomas …

Louisiana Residents Can Get Free Smoke Detectors

Residents of Houma, La., are being offered free smoke detectors by the city’s fire department. The Courier reports that residents can get one by contacting the fire department at 985-873-6391. The smoke detectors are offered under the department’s Save a …

Firefighters Will Hand Out Free Smoke Detectors After Deadly Georgia Fire

Firefighters plan to hand out free smoke detectors in the neighborhood where four children were killed in a fire at their duplex in Conyers, Ga. Rockdale County spokeswoman Tonya Parker tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that firefighters will go door-to-door Thursday …