Wood burning stove and pets

Em

I recently moved into a house with a wood burning insert. I never thought about this but my bf was thinking we should get like a smoke detector or camera so when the fire is going and we’re not home since we have a dog we can take some type of action god forbid a fire was to happen when we aren’t home. Do you think we should I had a wood burning stove before with pets but we never had a camera. Just smoke detectors. Is he crazy or is it normal?