KP Fire Prevention

This year’s theme for National Fire Prevention Safety Week is ‘Learn the Sounds of Fire Safety.’ The National Fire Protection Association and local fire departments such as in Kingsport want people to recognize what different sounds from their smoke detectors are alerting.“If you hear three beeps and after a few seconds it’s followed by three more and it continues, that means it has alerted smoke inside your home,” said Barry Brickey, KFD Public Education and Information Officer. “If it’s a combination smoke and carbon monoxide fire alarm, it’ll also beep to alert you carbon monoxide is there.”