Home Fires Polling
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| Fielded Sept 25-28, 2008 by ORC/Caravan |
| 1,003 Respondents |
| QD1S01 - Do you CURRENTLY have the following items in your home? |
| |
Percent |
| A smoke alarm |
96 |
| A fire extinguisher |
74 |
| A carbon monoxide alarm |
50 |
| A sprinkler system |
17 |
| None of these |
2 |
| Don't know/Not sure |
0 |
| Total |
100 |
| QD2 - Are ALL of the smoke alarms in your home working properly? |
| Base=957 who have smoke alarms |
Percent |
| Yes |
95 |
| No |
4 |
| Don't know/Not sure |
1 |
| Total |
100 |
| QD3S01 - How do you know that your smoke alarms are working properly? |
| Base=906 who say alarm is working |
Percent |
| Because I've tested them recently |
71 |
| Because they've gone off recently |
10 |
| Because they're new |
5 |
| Other |
18 |
| None |
1 |
| Don't know/Not sure |
0 |
| Total |
100 |
| QD4 - When was the last time you replaced the battery in your smoke alarm? Would you say... |
| Base=957 who have smoke alarms |
Percent |
| Within the past month |
22 |
| Within the past six months |
42 |
| Within the past year |
12 |
| Over a year ago |
2 |
| Last spring when the clocks changed |
9 |
| Or, you have not changed the batteries in more than a year |
5 |
| Smoke alarm does not have batteries |
5 |
| Don't know/Not sure |
2 |
| Total |
100 |
| QD5 - Has your smoke alarm ever gone off when you weren't testing it? |
| Base is 957 who have smoke alarms |
Percent |
| Yes |
57 |
| No |
43 |
| Total |
100 |
| QD6S01 - Thinking about the MOST RECENT time this happened, did you take any of the following steps? Did you... |
| Base is 544 whose alarms have gone off when they weren't testing it |
Percent |
| Check for a fire |
44 |
| Get everyone out of the home |
8 |
| Disable alarm by taking battery out or unplugging it |
37 |
| Push the hush button |
32 |
| None of these |
20 |
| Don't know/Not sure |
0 |
| Total |
100 |
| QD7 - Has anyone in your household ever slept through the smoke alarm when it went off? |
| Base is 957 who have smoke alarms |
Percent |
| Yes |
5 |
| No |
94 |
| Don't know/Refused |
1 |
| Total |
100 |
| QD8S01 - Did that include anyone who was . . . |
| Base is 48 who said someone had slept through the alarm |
Percent |
| Under the age of 5 |
42 |
| 5 to 12 years old |
31 |
| 13 to 17 years old |
23 |
| 18 to 64 years old |
45 |
| 65 or older |
3 |
| Total |
100< |
| QD9 - Have you ever experienced a fire of any size in your home? |
| |
Percent |
| Yes |
12 |
| No |
88 |
| Total |
100 |
