Stamford's mayor and fire chief made pleas to lawmakers Tuesday to pass a law that would require smoke detectors to be installed in all homes and apartments in Connecticut.
The push for change, comes more than two months after the Christmas Day fire that killed three girls and their grandparents.
Officials said their deaths should not be in vain.
"This was the most tragic Christmas in this history of the City of Stamford," Mayor Michael Pavia told lawmakers at a hearing of the committee on Public Safety and Security.
The Badger family home did not have working smoke detectors and no carbon monoxide alarms.
"The family did not have enough warning to exit the building," Pavia said.
Currently, smoke and carbon monoxide detectors are required in newly constructed homes, but not older homes.
Fire Chief Antonio Conte said that horrible day will haunt his firefighters forever.
Since then the department has held smoke detector giveaways.
Stamford officials stressed that if this law is passed, it will save lives.
"I know Mr. Badger is a proponent of this," Chief Conte said. "I think it would mean a lot to them, I really do."
The proposal extends an existing requirement for CO and smoke detectors in new residential buildings to all residential buildings, including one and two-family homes.
