A recent tragedy occurred in Brooklyn as a faulty electric appliance sparked a fire and a lack of smoke alarms caused the deaths of seven children

By signing this petition, you are aware the following:

1. Seven children were recently killed in a Brooklyn fire due to a faulty electric appliance and a lack of smoke alarms.

2.Smoke alarms are fundamental to home and apartment safety

3.The need for smoke alarms should be further enforced by the city of NYC

4.If a household cannot afford smoke alarms, it is the city's responsibility to give and/or install approved smoke alarms*

5.Smoke alarms should also by law be required to be inspected and their batteries renewed every year by the homeowner.*

6. Apartments must have at least one smoke alarm*

*not a part of the current law