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FAYETTEVILLE – Officials say a new law for rental properties that went into effect Jan. 1 will help save lives.

The law requires every rental property that uses fossil fuels or has an attached garage to have a carbon monoxide detector on every floor.

Landlords can install detectors that can detect both smoke and carbon monoxide, but they have to make a different sound for whether it’s carbon monoxide or smoke.

All-American Rental Management Co. had carbon monoxide detectors installed in every building they manage, even if the law didn’t require it.

"I just felt like it was better to do it whole across the board and make sure every house had one," Linda Bulla, rental property manager, said.

The threat of carbon monoxide is at its greatest when the mercury starts to drop.

"Most of the types of casualties and injuries and incidents occurring in the home involving carbon monoxide occur in December, January and February, which matches up when we have the coldest months of the year," State Fire Marshal Wayne Goodwin said.

Goodwin said carbon monoxide is called the silent killer because it’s odorless and colorless and the symptoms are like having the flu.

"Every month, you should test your carbon monoxide detector,” Goodwin said. “You should make sure the detector is located at every level and also particularly outside of bedroom units in your home."

Bulla was able to get carbon monoxide detectors into every one of the 600 properties the company manages. She says it’s the right thing to do.

“I think it is a good thing,” Bulla said. “Anything that prevents a death is a good thing."