Waterford council reminds people of importance of working fire alarms after city fire

By Reporter
Published 3rd Jun 2022, 17:53 BST
The advice is to test smoke alarms weekly and carbon monoxide detectors once a month, but many Irish households don’t check either of these even once a yearplaceholder image
The advice is to test smoke alarms weekly and carbon monoxide detectors once a month, but many Irish households don’t check either of these even once a year

Waterford City and County Council is reminding people of the importance of working smoke alarms. 

It comes after an unresponsive male was discovered in a house in Waterford City on Wednesday (June 1) after neighbours heard his smoke alarm going off. 

According to a tweet on social media from Waterford Council, his neighbours called 999 and crews from Waterford City Fire Service attended the scene. 

The casualty was then removed, revived and transferred to hospital. 

According to a report by WLRFM, the man's condition is understood to be stable.

In their tweet, the council issued a reminder: "Working smoke alarms save lives." 

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