Fire Alarms with Strobe Lights

When there's a fire in your house, you need to know about it -- right now! You need to be able to get out of the house to safety. You need to call the fire department. Deaf people are exactly like hearing people, except that they may not be able to hear their smoke alarm going off. There are, however, fire alarms and smoke detectors with strobe lights and very loud audible alarms.

These flash an extremely bright light to warn deaf people of smoke or fire danger. The light is bright enough to wake a person from a sound sleep. They can see the light and many can either hear the alarm or feel the vibrations of the sound.

Special dogs for the Deaf can also alert a deaf person that the smoke detector is going off.

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