ALFPD 100% Club

An estimated 20% of U.S. homes do not have working smoke alarms. In nearly all of these homes the reason for smoke alarms not working properly is a dead or missing battery. Nearly one third of residential fires and over two thirds or residential fire fatalities occur in homes with no working smoke alarms. Fire kills an estimated 4,000 Americans every year. Another 30,000 people are seriously injured by fire each year. Property damage from fire loss costs at least $11.2 billion yearly.

The Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District has announced a new program called “The 100% Club, a club everyone should belong to” in which they will provide and install smoke alarms and batteries to the residents of the District FREE OF CHARGE in those homes that do not have working smoke alarms. The program’s goal is to ensure that every resident in the District has some type of early warning device whether it is a smoke alarm or fire alarm system.

Fire District crews will be conducting door to door canvassing of the entire Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District starting April 1, 2012. In addition to verifying that smoke alarms work, crews will be asking residents some basic fire safety questions which can be used to update responding crews in the event of an emergency. Residents that wish to make an appointment for their inspection are asked to call the Headquarters station at 847-658-8233.