Smoke Alarm Installation and Recycling
The Elmhurst Fire Department installs smoke detectors through the “Be Alarmed!” fire safety education and smoke alarm installation program administered cooperatively between Camp I Am Me (CIAM) and the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal (OSFM).
The program distributes fire safety education materials and 10-year sealed battery smoke alarms to fire departments in the state of Illinois. The fire departments then deliver the education while installing smoke alarms in at-risk homes within their communities. Both the educational materials and smoke alarms are provided at no cost as a result of funding from both the CIAM and OSFM.
The program was developed to educate Illinois residents on the dangers of fire in the home and how to prevent fires from occurring in the home, as well as to ensure there are working smoke alarms properly installed in homes. By providing 10-year concealed battery smoke alarms, it ensures that the power source cannot be removed from the unit and, if properly maintained, will last the life of the device.
Please contact lauren.wulf@elmhurst.org to request this service. 
The Elmhurst Fire Department also recycles smoke detectors. Expired smoke detectors can be recycled at the following locations:
Fire Station 1:
404 N. York St.
Elmhurst, IL 60126
Fire Station 2:
605 S York St
Elmhurst, IL 60126
Elmhurst City Hall:
209 N. York St.
Elmhurst, IL 60126