Re: House fire blamed on smoke detector

[JoeRaisin <joeraisin2001@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jim Rojas wrote:
> They first required smoke detectors in the hall to adjoining bedrooms.
> Split bedroom plans required a smoke in each hallway. Now they require a
> smoke detector inside each bedroom, Heat Detectors in the laundry room,
> kitchen area, the boiler, the hot water heater, the air handler, the
> attic, the basement, the garage...CO Detectors, NG detectors, Flood
> detectors, fart detectors, This & That detector, only to increase the
> chance ten fold that of one of these devices may be faulty, or what say
> you.
>
> Yet the statistic haven't changed. Homes burn down just as quickly, and
> people still die of smoke inhalation, with or without these devices in
> place. I have no AC powered smokes in my home. In fact, I have Ademco
> wireless smokes & heats, and I also have 9v lithium powered smokes as a
> standby. One set has built in escape lights, and temporal sync sounders.
>
> Jim Rojas

Actually, IIRC the use of smoke detectors in homes has cut the
fatalities in residential fires in half