PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING DO NOT HAVE THEM. >> SAINT CLAIR TOWNSHIP. HE ENGULFED HOUSE FIRE. >> ON JANUARY 27, THE TENNEY FAMILY NEARLY ESCAPED THEIR HOME. >> SMOKE DAMAGE, FIRE DAMAGE, EVERYTHING. WE LOST EVERYTHING BUT THE CLOTHES WE WERE WEARING. ? FOUR OUT OF THE FIVE FULLY MEMBERS HEARD THE SMOKE ALARM GOING OFF. NOT THEIR 13-YEAR-OLD SON. HE SAW AND FELT IT. HE WAS BORN WITH AURAL ATRESIA, LEAVING HIM COMPLETELY DEAF IN HIS RIGHT EAR. A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER OF 40 YEARS, ARIC'S DAD KNEW THE IMPORTANCE OF INSTALLING A SMOKE ALARM THAT WOULD WAKE ARIC, ONE THAT HE COULD SEE AND FEEL. IT'S FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING LIKE ARIC AND MYSELF. I AM 100% DEAF IN BOTH YEARS, BUT I PROCRASTINATED IN GETTING THIS LIFE-SAVING DEVICE. ACCORDING TO FEMA, IT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE COST PROHIBITIVE. >> IT COULD EASILY COST YOU $600. EACH PIECE IS SOLD SEPARATELY. >> THE UNIT INCLUDES SEVERAL PIECES, A TRADITIONAL SMOKE DETECTOR ON THE CEILING, WHICH TRANSMITS TO A RECEIVER EQUIPPED WITH A STROBE IT IT IS TYPICALLY SET ON A NIGHTSTAND LIKE THIS ONE. ATTACHED TO IT IS A VIBRATING DISC, WHICH WILL SHAKE THE ENTIRE BED FROM UNDERNEATH THE MATTRESS. SOME UNITS ALSO COME WITH A VIBRATING PAGER. THERE HAS BEEN A PUSH TO GET MORE OF THESE ALARMS INSTALLED IN HOMES. >> INSURANCE IS NOT GOING TO COVER IT. THERE IS NOT A FUNDING SOURCE. PEOPLE WHO NEED THIS EQUIPMENT ARE IN THAT SITUATION NOT BECAUSE THEY DO NOT WANT TO BE SAFE BUT BECAUSE THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO BE SAFE. >> THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, CENTER FOR HEARING SERVICES, WROTE THIS LETTER TO PITTSBURGH CHIEF DARRELL JOHNS ASKING HIM IF HE WAS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT FIRE PREVENTION EFFORTS FOR THE DEATH -- FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING. >> TO MY ENDORSEMENT, IT WAS NO. YOU WERE NOT. RECEIVING THAT LETTER, -- >> RECEIVING THAT LETTER, HE FILED -- HE UNDERSTANDS THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING FACE. HIS PERSISTENCE PAID OFF. A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, THE PITTSBURGH BEER OF FIRE RECEIVED A $1 MILLION FEDERAL GRANT TO PROVIDE ROUGHLY 2500 HOUSEHOLDS WITHIN CITY LIMITS WITH A SPECIAL SMOKE ALARMS. >> THIS IS NOT A LUXURY ITEM. THIS IS LIFE AND DEATH FOR SOME PEOPLE. >> THE HEARING DEVICE AND THE PROSTHETIC EAR BURNED IN THE FIRE. >> IF YOU NEED ONE, GET IT. BECAUSE, HE IS PROOF THAT IT WORKS. >> THE GRANT ALSO COVERS FIRE SAFETY TRAINING, WHICH SMOKE ALARM RECIPIENTS WILL HAVE TO ATTEND. THE CENTER FOR HEARING AND DEAF SERVICES ARE STILL WORKING ON HOW THEY WILL BE DISTRIBUTING THESE ALARMS. IF YOU THINK YOU CAN BENEFIT AND LIVE WITHIN CITY LIMITS, YOU CAN SEND THEM IN EMAIL TO GET PUT ON A LIST. WE HAVE THAT FOR YOU ON OUR WEBSITE. >> A WEALTH OF INFORMATION. I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE AT HOME SAYING, ARE THERE ANY AFFORDABLE OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY NEED THIS SMOKE ALARM, THEY DO NOT LIVE WITHIN CITY LIMITS? TWO THE AMERICAN RED CROSS IS A GREAT RESOURCE. A FEW YEARS AGO, THE INVALIDITY PROGRAM CALLED SOUND THE ALARM. THEY WILL PROVIDE AND INSTALL THE SMOKE ALARMS FOR FREE REGA