Plain Truth About Life Safety Threats

It is only a myth that tragedies like home fires happen in other communities and to other people. In fact, ASC can testify that home fires have a lasting impaact upon an entire family network. Unlike many things that can get postponed for a day or two with little consequence, planning and practicing for life safety emergencies should not be postponed.

All of the statistics collected on home fires point to the fact residential fires are expensive and deadly. Smoke Alarm statistics also reveal that the fire death rate in homes with working smoke alarms is 51% less than the rate for homes without this protection.

The ASC Life Safety Monitor is vital for homeowners because fire is an indiscriminant killer with a ferocious tenacity that will kill, maim or injure those trapped in its path, unless there is a reliable escape plan. Unlike cooking and smoking-related fires, Clothes dryer fires are unpredicatable and can occur suddenly and overtake the residents of a home / building.

The ASC Life Safety Monitor also protects you from carbon monoxide poisoning, which is commonly referred to as "the silent killer." Carbon Monoxide is colorless, odorless and tasteless, none of your senses can detect it. Carbon Monoxide is a deadly gas that is produced by fuel-burning heating equipment, such as furnaces, wood stoves, fireplaces, and kerosene heaters.

The Consumer Product Safety Council provides a home fire safety checklist in the nationwide effort to prevent fatalities dues to fires and carbon monoxide poisoning. The United States Environmental Protection Agency provides a detailed statement on Carbon Monoxide as a part of its Indoor Air Quality publication.

The ASC Life Safety Monitor is a critical household asset because no insurance company can recover losses such as fatalities, damaged files, pictures and irreplaceable family heirlooms. Insurance coverage cannot restore you the delay and the time lost due to the hassles in filing for a claim.

The ASC Life Safety Monitor is the most reliable escape plan that you can have in a residential emergency because you are instantly connected to fire, police and EMS.