The KIDDE Worry Free Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm features a voice warning system and is powered by a sealed lithium battery. Its voice warning system features photoelectric and electrochemical sensing technology with a Smart Hush feature. This combination alarm combines the detection capabilities of a photoelectric sensor with. Kidde Worry Free Smoke Alarms are powered by a long-life lithium battery, which means you don’t have to replace any batteriesever. Once you install the Kidde alarm, it automatically turns “on” and doesn’t need to be replaced for 10 years. Not to get too “mathy”, but replacing your smoke alarm’s 9V battery twice a year costs at. In the rare event that a nuisance alarm does occur, Kidde’s Worry-Free Alarms have a hush button feature that will temporarily silence the smoke alarm if a non-emergency condition activates it. Simply push the button on the alarm to temporarily silence the system for about seven minutes. This button will also test the operation of the alarm.

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This post is sponsored by Kidde Worry-Free Alarms. Florida residents can enter to win 1 Kidde Worry-Free Smoke Alarm to comply with new state regulations for fire safety; enter at the bottom of this post.

The state of Florida passed a new law (reference: Fire Safety Laws by State) Jan. 1, 2015 that says any newly installed or replacement smoke alarms must be powered by a sealed-in 10 year battery. That means if you are completing a minor level one alterations to your home or if you’re replacing an old battery-powered smoke alarm, that you need to install a sealed-battery alarm. Our home was built in the 80’s and only has 1 old-fashioned smoke alarm in the hallway. It still works and we will continue to replace the battery in that one six months when it chirps at us in the middle of the night. We have decided though to update our smoke alarms and add a few extra. Why?

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Do you know how many smoke alarms are recommended for your home? According to Kidde and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), you should have at least one smoke alarm on every floor of your home, one inside EACH bedroom, and one outside of sleeping areas. Now go look around your home, do you have enough??

We didn’t have enough and the one we had wasn’t powered by a sealed-in 10 year battery. On average, families only have 3 minutes from the time the smoke alarm sounds to get out of a burning home. THREE MINUTES!!! When you’re sound asleep and trying to wrangle little kids that’s not a long time. They recommend putting a smoke alarm in EVERY bedroom to help alert everyone quicker. This is especially important if anyone sleeps with the doors closed or if bedrooms are split/spread out in your home.

A Kidde Worry-Free (affiliate link) Bedroom Smoke alarm runs about $30-35 and is powered by a long life lithium battery that will last for 10 years. They also have both a chirp and a voice alarm. The voice alarm is recommended for small children who may sleep through noises and chirps. I really wanted to be the one to install the smoke alarm so that I could see just how hard they are to install. The directions were very simple and gave you suggestions on where to place your new smoke alarm. While it is safest to place them on the ceiling in the center of the room, I decided to place it on the wall at one of the highest spots due to our constantly running ceiling fan.

The only tools I needed were my ladder and a screw driver. I did grab a hammer and nail to help make the initial hole. The mounting plate screws directly to the wall or ceiling with one large screw (included) and then the smoke alarm mounts on top of the plate. It took me less than 5 minutes and there were no wires or electrical work to do! Once the smoke alarm attaches to the mounting plate the power is turned on. With a press of the button you can test to make sure it’s working.

BEEP BEEP FIRE FIRE!

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Yep, it worked and it really was that easy! No husbands or handymen required. (Although I did have mine for moral support and to take a picture.)

Guess what? Kidde is going to give one of my readers from Florida a little help making their home a little bit safer for their family. They are giving away one Kidde Worry-Free Bedroom smoke alarm (that complies with the new 2015 regulations). The only catch is that you have to live in the state of Florida! To enter complete the Rafflecopter form below.

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To learn more about the Kidde Worry-Free Smoke Alarms watch the video below. To view on YouTube: http://youtu.be/xkRRDFRcvak

Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Kidde Safety and I was compensated to share this new law and giveaway with you. I also received a Kidde Smoke Alarm to install in our home. All opinions in this post are my own and/or supported by research I’ve linked above.

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