A spokesman for the Iowa Fire Marshal’s office says they are making progress in getting smoke detectors in every home. The Fire Marshal has provided over 20-thousand smoke detectors to local fire departments since 2010 to be installed in homes. Special Agent, Dan Wood, says they’re keeping track of the number of lives saved.

 
Wood says the saves by the devices hit triple digits last year.

 
The numbers show smoke detectors have helped save over 600 lives across Iowa in the last four years.

Five people died in an Arlington home without smoke detectors during a fire in January. Burlington, Waterloo and Bondurant all had deadly house fires last year in which there was no working smoke detector.