North High School issued the following announcement on Nov. 29.
-If you hear a loud, high-pitched chirp in your home (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXQkGSO9kH0), at least one of your smoke or carbon monoxide detectors' battery backup needs to be replaced.
--Even if the detector is tied into your home's main power, that power can easily go out before you detect smoke or fire, especially at night.
--Carbon monoxide can be produced by overworked or damaged furnaces and slowly displaces oxygen from the ground upward. It is completely odorless and invisible, and without a working detector, a household can asphyxiate without ever knowing there was a problem.
-By law, it is the responsibility of landlords in Minnesota to install and upkeep smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and this includes battery replacements - contact them to replace these if you can.
-If you need batteries, send an email or text to our school nurse with your contact information and number of needed batteries: stefanie.holman@mpls.k12.mn.us -- (612) 504-5496.
-If you need a smoke detector, we can also provide them while supplies last.
-To better limit contact and control the risk of COVID spread, we will arrange a drop-off of batteries and detectors to you.
Original source can be found here.
Source: North High School
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