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Accessible Smoke Alarm Project
Through a generous grant from West
Virginia Division
of
Reha
b
ilitatio
n
Services, WVCDHH distributes accessible smoke alarms to provide homeowners who are deaf or hard of hearing with a higher level of safety.
Smoke alarms are distributed at no cost to the homeowner.
Application and more information:
ASAP Application
ASAP Brochure
ASAP Installation Guide
Types of Alarms
First Alert
This alarm sounds an 85dB
warning when fire danger is sensed.
Lifetone
This is an alarm clock that “hears” the First Alert alarm. When the First Alert sounds, the Lifetone sends three different signals
designed to awaken and alert a sleeping
person who is deaf or hard of hearing:
A 520 Hz square-wave alarm
designed to be more likely heard by a
person with a hearing loss
An a
ttached bed shaker vibrates to
provide a tactile signal
The clock flash
es the word FIRE.
Gentex
This alarm sounds a 90db warning and has a strobe light, providing visual notification of danger from multiple locations in the home.