Monday, October 18, 2004

Safety devices will be installed in rooms at Deaf School Huntsville, Alabama - UNDATED Deaf schools in Tennessee, Mississippi, North Carolina, Kentucky, South Carolina and Alabama have some of the highest fire death rates in the country.

To combat the problem, a 78-thousand dollar grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency is being used to put 583 strobe alarms in the schools.

To be distributed to deaf schools in Mississippi, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, South Carolina and Alabama, which have high fire death rates.

Mississippi had the highest fire death rate in the country for 2000, the most recent statistics available, according to the U.S. Fire Administration.

The Gentex model 7109 LS alarms light up and have a 95 decibel horn, compared with an 85 decibel horn on the average smoke detector.

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