# Where Can I Get Free Carbon Monoxide Detectors?
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Free Detectors
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Many local professional and volunteer fire departments offer periodic free giveaways that include carbon monoxide detectors and/or smoke detectors. Check the websites of or contact directly your local and municipal fire departments to find information on their free carbon monoxide detector and similar programs.
Benefits
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Carbon monoxide detectors sound an alarm that serves as an early warning of invisible but toxic gasses in a structure. In January 2008, according to the Martinsville, Virginia, Bulletin, a free carbon monoxide detector alerted a family to the presence of carbon monoxide gas. The family, including one young child and one infant, escaped the home unharmed.
Considerations
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According to the Home-Wizard website, carbon monoxide kills more than 200 people each year. To help prevent carbon monoxide-related illness or death, Home-Wizard recommends changing the batteries in a carbon monoxide detector at least once per year. In addition, detector owners should clean the devices once or twice per year.
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