VIDEO: The Little Rock Fire Department has announced, with a FEMA grant, they will give smoke detectors and fans to residents in need. The grant, awarded by FEMA in September 2018, was worth $49,048 with a match bringing the total funds to $51,500. A portion of the funds has already been used to purchase 100 specialty smoke alarms for the visual and hearing impaired. Those have been installed through a partnership with the Arkansas Schools for the Deaf and Blind. Through the grant, LRFD received 2,500 smoke detectors that are available for free installation in Little Rock homes as part of the Save-A-Life Smoke Detector Program. The devices must be installed by the Fire Department. In a statement, LRFD stated that every year in the United States, about 2,000 people lose their lives in residential fires. In a fire, smoke and deadly gases tend to spread farther and faster than heat.