- Author
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Baileys, T. P.
- Title
- Automatic Residential Remote Alarm System Survey. Final Report.
- Coporate
- U.S. Fire Administration, Washington, DC
- Report
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Final Report,
September 1979,
16 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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fire alarm systems
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residential buildings
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false alarms
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fire safety
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fire departments
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warning systems
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surveys
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questionnaires
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smoke detectors
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alarm responses
- Abstract
- This is a compilation of the results of a survey conducted by the United States Fire Administration and the International Association of Fire Chiefs Foundations to study the impact of smoke detector use and to obtain the views of fire chiefs with respect to an Automatic Residential Remote Fire Alarm System (ARRAS). Results indicated interest in the remote alarm concept. About 75 percent of the respondents linked increased smoke detector use to a reduction in fire losses in their respective jurisdictions. More than 90 percent felt that notification 15 minutes earlier would be important in reducing fire losses, and agreed with large-scale ARRAS implementation assuming false alarms were maintained at an acceptable level. For 65 percent of the chiefs, five to ten false alarms per thousand homes per year would be acceptable. Nearly half favored use of a telephone call-back or a manual abort-switch to prevent false alarms. A majority thought they could modify their present first alarm response assignment to single family residences when given early notification.