How to Hush a Smoke Alarm

Smoke alarms are often triggered by non-threatening situations, including smoke produced by cooking. There are few things more irritating than a blaring smoke alarm. Luckily, smoke alarms are designed with this in mind and can usually be easily hushed.

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Instructions

- 1
  Check your smoke alarm for a "hush" or "silence" button. The hush button will only silence the alarm for approximately 10 minutes before the alarm starts up again, unless the source of smoke is removed in that time period.
- 2
  Wave a towel near the alarm to silence an alarm that doesn't have a silencing button. This will cease the alarm only temporarily.
- 3
  Open doors and windows to ventilate the room with the smoke alarm. Fresh air will filter out the smoke that's causing your alarm to go off.
- 4
  Call your local fire department for instructions on what to do if your smoke alarm continues to go off even after the room has been ventilated.

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