Decades Research Show that
Photoelectric
Smoke Alarms Save MORE Lives!
Change Your Alarms To
Photoelectric Alarms Today
and
Double Your Chances of Survival in a Fire........
The International Association of Fire Fighters
(IAFF), the
American Society of Home Inspectors and the
California Real Estate Inspection
Association (CREIA) Recommend Photoelectric
ONLY Smoke Alarms - NO Combination Alarms!
Ionization versus Photoelectric Smoke Alarms:
In
Real-World Fires The
Differences Are Deadly
Imagine
your car air bags deploying randomly when you hit a
pothole, but failing over half the time in a
collision. As unthinkable as this seems, that is the
harsh reality with the smoke alarms found in most US
and Canadian homes. Like most, I always assumed that
a smoke alarm was a smoke alarm. What I now know is
that there are two basic types of smoke alarms;
Ionization and Photoelectric. In real-world fatal
fires, these alarms behave very differently. In this
case – different is not good. Knowing the difference
could very well save your life.
“A
smoke detector that sounds approximately nineteen
minutes after smoke reached its sensing chamber is
like an airbag that does not deploy until nineteen
minutes after a car accident.”
-Judge
David E. Schoenthaler, Mercer v. Pitway/BRK Brands
(First Alert)
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Click to See Official Position
Click to See Official Position
CREIA Supports NYC Photoelectric Alarm
Legislation - Intro 865,
Oct 23, 2013
Click to see letter
CREIA Supports NY State Photoelectric Alarm
Legislation - Averyanas Law,
May 7, 2013
Click
to see letter
NY City Building and Housing Committee Hearing on
Intro 865: Proposed Legislation Requiring
Photoelectric Alarms in Residential Dwelling Units,
Oct 24, 2013
Photoelectric Smoke Alarm Research
& TV Segments:
CBS 5 San Francisco ConsumerWatch Report, "Certain
Smoke Alarms May Not Warn of Deadly Fires",
Nov. 16, 2012
Columbus Ohio Dispatch: "Inspector Sounds Off
On Best Smoke Alarms"
March
17, 2013
Collection of
Residential Smoke Alarm Research
BRK/First Alert Letter Supporting Vermont Move to
Photoelectric Alarm Technology:
"...We Support and
encourage fire service and lawmakers that are moving
towards the use of photoelectric smoke sensing
technology."
BRK Executive Admits in ABC Interview That
Ionization Alarms Are Slow to Respond
Texas A&M Study: “Risk Analysis of Residential Fire
Detector Performance”
Silent Alarms - Canadian TV 5 Documents the
Poor Performance of Ionization
Alarms in Smoldering Fires
Excerpts from CA TV Silent Alarms Documentary
Video Used in Skip's Ion vs. Photo Presentation
Cincinnati CBS Local 12 Reports:
Father Remembers Daughters Death in Ohio State
Off-Campus Dorm Fire.....
North Eastern Ohio Fire Prevention Association Tells
Us "Photoelectric Smoke Alarms Save More Lives!"
The North Eastern Ohio Fire
Prevention Association (NEOFPA) is a regional
association of Ohio Fire Chiefs and Fire Service
Professionals.
Click to learn more about their campaign targeting
fire departments and residences in Ohio.....
WHNT: "Smoke
Detector Fail: A Taking Action Investigation",
July 16, 2012
WHNT: "Smoke
Detector Fail: A Taking Action Update - The Tapp's
Story",
August 1, 2012
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