Have A Working Smoke Alarm? You May Get Free Pizza

To celebrate Fire Prevention Week, Domino’s Pizza and the Courtenay and Comox fire departments are once again partnering to reward residents who have working smoke alarms in their homes with free pizza.

On Friday, October 11, when Comox and Courtenay residents in single residential homes, duplexes and townhouses call Domino’s Pizza between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m., they may find their pizza is delivered with the help of Comox or Courtenay fire fighters.

Domino's Pizza

• 581 Ryan Road, Courtenay, 250-334-3333
• Comox Mall, 778-431-0222

With the customer’s permission, fire fighters will arrive by fire truck and inspect household smoke alarms to make sure they are working. Those with functioning smoke alarms will get their pizza for free. Households will be chosen at random and as resources are available.

If a smoke alarm requires new batteries, the firefighters will replace them. For eligible residents without a working smoke alarm, fire fighters may arrange for a return visit to install a battery-powered smoke alarm for free.

This is the eighth year the Courtenay Fire Department has partnered with Domino’s Pizza to reward customers with the potential for a free pizza during Fire Prevention Week. Comox Fire Rescue joined the initiative in 2020.

Fire Prevention Week runs from October 6 to 12. This year’s theme is “Smoke alarms: Make them work for you! TM.” This year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign reinforces the critical importance of smoke alarms and what’s needed to install, test, and maintain them properly.

Key tips to remember:

• Install smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside each separate sleeping area (like a hallway), and on each level (including the basement) of the home.
• Make sure smoke alarms meet the needs of all family members, including those with sensory or physical disabilities.
• Test smoke alarms at least once a month by pushing the test button.
• Replace all smoke alarms when they are 10 years old or don’t respond when tested.
• Know two ways out of your house; and when a smoke alarm sounds, get outside and stay outside.
• Install smoke alarms outside each sleeping area and on every level of your home.
• Test your smoke alarm monthly. Replace the batteries annually.
• Replacing your smoke alarm every 10 years is recommended.

Having working smoke alarms in the home reduces the risk of dying in a home fire by more than half (54 percent). However, roughly three out of five fire deaths occur in homes with either no smoke alarms or no working smoke alarms.

More than one-third (38 percent) of home fire deaths result from fires in which no smoke alarms are present. Contrary to popular belief, the smell of smoke may not wake you. Serving as your nose when you are asleep, working smoke alarms can mean the difference between the life and death of loved ones in the event of a fire. Working smoke alarms give you and your family time to get out.