Hear the Beep, Save Your Life: Test Your Smoke Alarms on September 28

The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) and the Office of the Fire Marshal (OFM) are calling on all residents to participate in Test Your Smoke Alarm Day on Sunday, September 28, 2025. You can take part by testing smoke alarms in your house to ensure they’re in good working situation.

The theme for Test Your Smoke Alarm Day, noticed yearly, is “Saved by the Beep.”

Smoke alarms save lives. Every house within the Northwest Territories (NWT) ought to have working smoke alarms put in. On September 28, take a couple of seconds to press the check button, guarantee alarms should not expired, and evaluation your private home hearth escape plan.

To preserve your private home and household secure, bear in mind the next:

• Smoke alarms are required on each degree of the house and outdoors sleeping areas.
  • For added safety, set up smoke alarms in every sleeping room as required within the 2020 National Building Code.
• Smoke alarms ought to be examined month-to-month with batteries modified at the very least yearly.
• Smoke alarms with non-replaceable (long-life) batteries are designed to stay efficient for as much as 10 years.
• All smoke alarms ought to be changed after 10 years of service.
• Renters should notify their landlord as quickly as they turn into conscious {that a} smoke alarm is both lacking, disconnected, or not working.

Take motion: On Sunday, September 28, press the check button and ensure you hear the beep.

For extra info, go to www.maca.gov.nt.ca/en/services/test-your-smoke-alarm-day.

For media requests, please contact:
Peter Tah
Senior Communications and Planning Advisor
Department of Municipal and Community Affairs
Government of the Northwest Territories
Peter_Tah@gov.nt.ca
867 767-9162 Ext: 21012