Exception:
Smoke detectors are not required in the return air system where all portions of the building served by the air distribution system are protected by area
smoke detectors connected to a fire alarm system in accordance with the International Fire Code.
It's really simple to test your
smoke detectors to make sure they're working.
"If there were
smoke detectors in this building, the landlord would not have been facing manslaughter charges."
When asked about the need for fire alarms and
smoke detectors in buildings, the expert, who wished to remain anonymous, said these types of alarm are an important measure that everyone should take to reduce the risk of a fire claiming lives.
He also stressed the importance of
smoke detectors following the blaze at the home of 76-year-old Carl Tufft in Croydon Road, Erdington.
A domestic flight from Helsinki to Rovaniemi, operated by the Finnish airline Finnair, had to turn back to Helsinki yesterday (1 April) as the
smoke detector in the toilet went off.
No case has been brought before the court where a subsequent tenant has been harmed by a non-working
smoke detector, and it is unclear how the court would rule in such a case.
Other factors that affect a detector's response include the distance the particulate matter travels, particle agglomeration, chamber design, color of smoke, and the
smoke detector's sensitivity setting.
In a May 13 letter to Carol Hallett, president of the Air Transport Association, the airline industry's most powerful lobby group, National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Jim Hall wrote, "I urge your members to follow through on the commitment they made six months ago to retrofit their Class D cargo compartments." Hallet responded with a strongly-worded reply challenging Hall's technical competence and declaring that the task of equipping airliners with
smoke detectors is being "expeditiously accomplished." Yet the time line she provided Hall showed that her member airlines plan to take five years to complete the job.
Williams Holdings PLC, the parent company of Walter Kidde Portables and Nighthawk Industries, quietly purchased
smoke detector maker Fyrnetics in February, and has kept a low profile until distribution was streamlined, and a brand strategy was worked out.
* Install a
smoke detector on every level of your home, including the basement.
If you sleep with your bedroom doors closed, you should install a
smoke detector inside each bedroom or in any other areas of the home where people sleep.