So far this year, house fires have killed 11 people in Washington State, according to Rick Marshall, chief of the Renton Regional Fire Authority.
Thankfully, Kathy Grainger wasn't one of them.
She was asleep in bed in February when her smoke alarm woke her up.
"It's overwhelming," she said. "I was traumatized that night."
Grainger was getting dressed and ready to leave her home when the phone rang. It was ADT.
Her security alarm company wanted to make sure she was okay while also calling the fire department.
It was that call to the fire department that likely allowed firefighters to save her home, her cat and protect her neighbors' homes.