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My name is Joe Zago, President and CEO of The Carpet Guys and also BWM Basement Waterproofing of Michigan. Mia's parents, Steve and Jasmina Radosavac, asked me to be Mia's Godfather 16 years ago when Mia was just an infant. I accepted that major responsibility honoring the opportunity, however, I never imagined that I would ever really need to step up to the plate. Sixteen years ago I never would have thought that I would lose one of my best friends and his wife at such a young age to a house fire. It wasn't just my loss. Here is my God-Daughter that is left without both parents along with losing her little sister, Anja. This horrific event that took place was a tragedy like no other for Mia, myself, family, friends, and even the local communities that came together to help. Everyone has been touched deeply by this horrific tragedy. Mia has been dealing with a tremendous amount of difficult and often painful emotions. With the help of everyone, Mia has been able to fight her way through these challenging times.

Mia's goal is to develop a strong foundation and to help bring awareness, prevent house fires, and save lives. We hope to help her accomplish this goal. Mia, The Carpet Guys Community Outreach Department, and I have recently partnered up with The American Red Cross to assist with installing smoke detectors for the "Sound The Alarm" Campaign. It is our intention to help save lives and perhaps even prevent future tragedies like this one from impacting other local Michigan families. Through our efforts with the American Red Cross, anyone who lives in the Metropolitan Detroit, Lansing, or the Grand Rapids areas of Michigan can receive a free smoke detector and have it installed by the American Red Cross. Please simply fill out all of your information in the form located above. After that, The American Red Cross will get in touch with you to schedule a time they can come to your home and install your free smoke detector.

There is no purchase necessary and no strings attached. We want to help Mia and The American Red Cross educate Michigan residents about fire safety in order to try to help prevent future tragedies such as this one that has hit so close to home. If you know anyone that may need a smoke detector installed please share this information with them. We will be working very closely with Mia Radosavac and The American Red Cross to help get free smoke detectors installed in as many homes as possible.

Helpful Tips

• Smoke alarms should be interconnected. When one sounds off, they all sound off.
• Smoke alarms and carbon monoxide senors should be checked once every month.
• A safe exit strategy should be planned, reviewed and practied every year.
• When a serious situation arises and your smoke alarm does go off, get outside and stay there until the local authorities arrive.
• Larger homes may require extra smoke alarms.

Facts on Smoke Alarms

• In 2012-2016, smoke alarms sounded in more than half (53%) of the home fires reported to U.S. fire departments.
• Almost three of every five home fire deaths resulted from fires in homes with no smoke alarms (40%) or no working smoke alarms (17%).
• No smoke alarms were present in two out of every five (40%) home fire deaths.
• The death rate per 1,000 reported home fires was more than twice as high in homes that did not have any working smoke alarms compared to the rate in homes with working smoke alarms (12.3 deaths vs. 5.7 deaths per 1,000 fires).
• In fires in which the smoke alarms were present but did not operate, more than two of every five (43%) of the smoke alarms had missing or disconnected batteries.
• Dead batteries caused one-quarter (25%) of the smoke alarm failures.