Smoke and CO alarms
Coverage, testing, accessibility, and warning signs.
Concept preview • Not released
Home Safety Survey
A planned anonymous, branching self-assessment that helps households review practical home-safety topics while giving departments aggregate information about which outreach areas may deserve more attention.
Anonymous by defaultUp to 25 relevant questionsNo household safety score
Development preview: The working survey is unfinished, may change, and is provided only for testing and feedback. It is not a released assessment or home inspection.
Pool and water safety
Does this residence have access to a pool, spa, hot tub, or portable pool?
Your answer helps determine which questions are relevant next.How the concept works
Relevant questions, not a one-size-fits-all checklist.
Gateway questions identify which topics apply. The survey then presents a limited set of core and conditional questions without asking for a resident's name, exact address, school, diagnosis, or access credentials.
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Identify relevant conditions
Broad questions establish the residence type and whether features such as a pool, large rechargeable battery, supplemental heat source, or potential carbon-monoxide source are present.
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Branch to useful topics
Follow-up questions appear only when an earlier response makes them relevant. A household without a pool, for example, does not receive the pool-safety sequence.
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Review practical guidance
Participants receive topic-level guidance and areas to review—not a pass/fail grade, inspection result, code determination, or guarantee that the home is safe.
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Aggregate the outreach picture
Departments could review participation and topic patterns in aggregate without receiving household-level answer histories or identifying residents.
Potential topic coverage
A broad view of everyday home safety.
Final content, question wording, source references, local applicability, and department reporting remain under review.
Escape planning
Clear exits, household plans, and evacuation assistance.
Cooking and electrical
Everyday behaviors, damaged equipment, and overheating.
Batteries and heating
Charging, damaged batteries, space heaters, and fireplaces.
Pool and water safety
Barriers, supervision, emergency access, and chemicals.
Responder access
Address visibility and department-approved access arrangements.
Current boundaries
Educational support—not an inspection.
The concept does not certify code compliance, replace a professional inspection, diagnose risk, provide emergency guidance, or determine whether a residence is safe.
Planned optional follow-up: We are evaluating a consent-based feature that could allow participants to request contact from their local department. Contact information would be collected only when voluntarily provided and would remain separate from anonymous survey responses. The workflow, retention period, routing, and department controls are still under review.