I always make sure that I have laboring smoke detectors wherever I live, even if I’m staying with a buddy or relative.
I had a single frightening experience when I was a child where I woke up to see a single of our living room walls engulfed in flames.
The people I was with and I all got out of the beach house safely, but the experience left an impression on me. Never again would I put myself in a position where I could burn to death in our sleep. It might seem love overkill to most, but I have smoke detectors in every room of our house. I even had them hardwired to the home’s electrical grid so I never have to substitute a dying battery again. I assume with confidence that they’re always laboring when I need them the most. But I realized recently that I had made a sizable omission when I put so much energy plus thought into having a network of smoke detectors all throughout the house. The people I was with and I use gas appliances plus I stupidly never purchased carbon monoxide detectors. In worst case scenarios, leaking gas appliances can periodically put toxic carbon monoxide fumes into your indoor air. It’s easy enough to install carbon monoxide alarms, but I somehow overlooked this essential safeguard. I have ordered many carbon monoxide alarms off the internet so I never have to worry that our central furnace is poisoning myself and others in our sleep. People have died from gas leaks with gas powered gas furnaces when they malfunction, plus I have no interest in becoming another statistic. I will put a single in every room of the beach house so I can make sure I never missed a potential gas leak in the near or distant future.