Tested, Approved, and Preferred Don't just take our word for it. Simply note that the highly regarded Underwriters Labs approved Smoke Detector Tester after subjecting the product to a series of rigorous torture tests. This independent lab not only approved Home Safeguard products but also used Home Safeguard's Smoke Detector Tester themselves to test smoke detectors submitted to them for approval.

A number of smoke detector manufacturers also use the product in their manufacturing process, but that's not all. We are also the preferred choice of many government agencies, including all U.S. Veterans Administration hospitals (and many private hospitals, as well), Convalescent centers, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, U.S. Embassies and military installations at home and abroad and municipal fire departments who also recommend the product to owners and managers of multiple-family dwellings and Fortune 500 companies are among our regular customers.

Properly Testing Your Smoke Detector
According to a 1995 government-conducted survey, more than 16 million smoke detectors in homes across the country are not working properly, seriously jeopardizing the safety of people living in the those homes. What should you be doing? Reprint of a letter from Leon Cooper, founder of Home Safeguard Industries LLC.

+16,000,000 Defective Smoke Detectors
In 1994, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission found that there were more homes with non-functioning smoke detectors than there were homes without smoke detectors.

Family Safety: Evacuation Planning
Post this information in a prominent place in the home. Make sure all family members read and understand the plan. Practice the plan regularly.

Does Your Smoke Detector Work?
Find out if your smoke detector will work at that critical moment when it is needed most. Also, find out why the "test button" is not the most effective way to test a smoke detector.

Testing Home Smoke Detectors
One of our most important articles. Includes a court room scenario of an attorney interrogating the CEO of a mythical smoke detector manufacturer.