DETECTOR. TODAY THEY TEAMED UP TO HELP SAVE LIVES. >> A WORKING SMOKE DETECTOR CAN BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE OR DEATH. THESE FIREFIGHTERS HAVE SEEN IT. THAT'S WHY THEY ARE OUT HERE IN THE SHAWNEE NEIGHBORHOOD PASSING OUT FREE SMOKE DETECTORS. >> FIRE DEPARTMENT. >> IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SORT OF TAKE FOR GRANTED. >> IT'S SOMETHING PEOPLE DON'T THINK ABOUT UNTIL THEY NEED IT. UNTIL THEY SEE SOMETHING TRAGIC ON THE NEWS, PEOPLE DON'T THINK ABOUT IT. THAT'S WHY WE'RE CONSTANTLY OUT HERE. >> WE'RE CHECKING SMOKE DETECTORS. >> IT'S A SMALL DEVICE LOUISVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT WANTS TO MAKE SURE THOSE IN THE SHAWNEE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE ACCESS TO >> WE'LL COME AND DO IT FOR FREE. IT'S FREE. WE'RE IN AND OUT IN FIVE TO 10 MINUTES. >> THEY ARE STRESSING THE IMPORTANCE BECAUSE LAST MONTH ONE OF THEIR NEIGHBORS, A 90-YEAR-OLD DIED, AFTER BEING PULLED OUT OF HIS BURNING HOME. >> TO LEARN THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL DID NOT HAVE A WORKING SMOKE DETECTOR AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN THE RESULT OF HIS DEATH REALLY BOTHERED ME. >> HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY? GOOD. >> SO ON THIS SATURDAY EVENING, DISTRICT COUNCILWOMAN PURVIS AND FIRE CREWS WEN KNOCKING DOOR-TO-DOOR. [KNOCKING ON DOOR] >> MAKE SURE THERE IS ONE ON EACH FLOOR, THAT THEY ARE WORKING, THAT THEY ARE OUTSIDE BEDROOM AREAS. >> CHECKING DETECTORS AND INSTALLING NEW ONES, SO THAT EVERYONE IS MADE AWARE THAT WHEN WORKING THIS DEVICE CAN LITERALLY SAVE LIVES. >> 30 YEARS AGO, YOU HAD ABOUT 15 MINUTES TO ESCAPE A HOUSE ON FIRE. NOWADAYS IT'S CLOSER TO ABOUT THREE MINUTES.