马里兰州消防局周末全州行动：免费上门检查并安装烟雾报警器
马里兰州州消防局局长办公室联合各地消防部门与美国红十字会，于10月17日至18日这个周末在全州范围内开展"社区风险降低周末"行动，为居民提供免费的烟雾报警器检查、安装服务及家庭防火安全教育。
消防人员和志愿者将走访居民住宅，检查现有烟雾报警器是否正常工作，在需要时免费安装新的报警器，并向居民普及预防火灾的知识，目标是减少火灾伤亡事故。州消防局局长卡罗尔·H·斯普里格斯二世（Caroll H. Spriggs II）表示，这是他上任后主持的第一个"社区风险降低周末"，州与地方公共安全机构的合作对预防火灾、挽救生命至关重要。
州消防局在公告中特别提到西马里兰州的两起真实案例：基茨米勒（Kitzmiller）和罗林斯（Rawling s）的两户家庭此前通过该项目获得了免费烟雾报警器，不久前家中发生火灾时，正是这些报警器发出的预警让全家及时逃生，无人受伤。
马里兰州消防官员提醒，烟雾报警器应安装在每个卧室、卧室外的走廊以及住宅的每一层，并建议每月测试一次、每年更换电池。
Maryland Fire Marshal's Statewide Weekend: Free In-Home Smoke Alarm Checks and Installations
The Maryland Office of the State Fire Marshal, together with local fire departments and the American Red Cross, is running a "Community Risk Reduction Weekend" across the state on Oct. 17-18, offering residents free smoke alarm checks and installations plus home fire-safety education.
Firefighters and volunteers will visit homes to check whether existing smoke alarms work, install new alarms free of charge where needed, and share fire-prevention guidance, with the goal of reducing fire deaths and injuries. State Fire Marshal Caroll H. Spriggs II said this is the first Community Risk Reduction Weekend he has led since taking office, and that cooperation between state and local public-safety agencies is vital to preventing fires and saving lives.
The fire marshal's announcement cited two real cases in western Maryland: households in Kitzmiller and Rawlings had previously received free smoke alarms through the program, and when fires broke out in their homes recently, those alarms alerted the families in time to escape unharmed.
Maryland fire officials remind residents that smoke alarms should be installed in every bedroom, in hallways outside bedrooms and on every level of the home, tested monthly, with batteries replaced annually.
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图片来源：图：居民在家中测试烟雾报警器（资料图）。照片：Wikimedia Commons（公有领域）。A resident testing a home smoke alarm (file photo). Photo via Wikimedia Commons (public domain).
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