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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