{"id":12778,"date":"2019-09-17T11:32:05","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T16:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therealdaily.com\/?p=12778"},"modified":"2019-09-17T17:44:38","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T22:44:38","slug":"lifedoor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/homeownership\/lifedoor\/","title":{"rendered":"LifeDoor automatically closes doors to save homes and lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The way that we build our homes, with synthetic materials, furniture, and cheaper construction is making our homes more flammable \u2013 House fires spread 600% faster today than 40 years ago, according to the National Institute of Standards and Technology. This means that every second counts. <\/p>\n<p>And while most us have some warning system: smoke detectors, and maybe even fire suppression systems built into our homes, there is a very easy way to help slow the spread of fire in your home: closing your door. <\/p>\n<p>Research by the UL Fire Safety Research Institute concluded that closed doors do a number of things including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A closed door can help keep back heat and prevent rooms reaching dangerous temperatures.<\/li>\n<li>A closed door keeps more oxygen away from the fire so it allows you to breathe better.<\/li>\n<li>Closing the bedroom door at night gives you more time to react to a smoke alarm. <\/li>\n<li>Closed doors keep dangerous smoke away from you \u2013 smoke and toxic gasses can incapacitate you and keep you from escaping the fire.<\/li>\n<li>Closing door cuts fire off from a fuel source and can better contain the fire. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And of course, where there is an opportunity, our internet of things has a solution. <\/p>\n<p>In case you don\u2019t automatically shut your doors (perhaps you\u2019re a free spirit, a Gemini? Who knows?) There is a gadget for that. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifedoor.io\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Lifedoor is a gadget that integrates with existing smoke detectors<\/a> and does three things: it closes the door of the room, illuminates the room to help the occupant make a better decisions, and sounds a secondary alarm that can help wake your more heavier sleepers. <\/p>\n<p>The product easily installs onto the hinge of a door and then attaches to the door with screws or even double sided tape. It activates when it hears the tone of the triggered smoke alarm (which is standardized at 85 decibels, #FunFacts).<\/p>\n<p>For those of you who may fear the worst \u2013 this does not render the door unopenable and the battery should last 18-24 months depending on use. <\/p>\n<p>One particular note about this new product is that its support has largely come from firefighters \u2013 and those guys know their stuff.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, you won\u2019t have to experience a housefire. But even if you don\u2019t invest in LifeDoor \u2013 remember that closing your own door can keep you safe by giving you more time. And nothing is more important than being prepared: make sure you follow the best home fire practices you can \u2013 learn more from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redcross.org\/get-help\/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies\/types-of-emergencies\/fire\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">American Red Cross<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(TECH NEWS) LifeDoor is one of the smartest devices we&#8217;ve seen in ages and could save peoples&#8217; lives and protect their homes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":337697,"featured_media":12780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[602],"tags":[1234,455],"class_list":["post-12778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homeownership","tag-real-estate-news","tag-tech"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/lifedoor.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/337697"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12778"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14481,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12778\/revisions\/14481"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}