NOTE: This program is intended for individual residents and is NOT for business owners, landlords, or condominium associations. If you are a renter, it is the responsibility of your landlord to provide you with a smoke detector.

“Be Alarmed!” is a fire safety education and smoke alarm installation program administered cooperatively between Camp I Am Me (CIAM) and the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal (OSFM). The program distributes fire safety education materials and 10-year sealed battery smoke alarms to fire departments in the state of Illinois. The fire departments then deliver the education while installing smoke alarms in at-risk homes within their communities. Both the educational materials and smoke alarms are provided at no cost as a result of funding from both the CIAM and OSFM.

The program was developed to educate Illinois residents on the dangers of fire in the home and how to prevent fires from occurring in the home, as well as to ensure there are working smoke alarms properly installed in homes. By providing 10-year concealed battery smoke alarms, it ensures that the power source cannot be removed from the unit and, if properly maintained, will last the life of the device.

The program seeks to:

Educate residents, young and old, on home fire safety and prevention methods,
Reduce the number of fire-related injuries,
Reduce the number of fire-related deaths, and
Identify the reason for non-functioning smoke alarms in homes across the state.

If you are a homeowner, residing in the Fire District and are in need of smoke alarms, please email publiceducation@rpfpd.org to schedule an appointment for a free smoke alarm installation.