- Author
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Birch, D.
- Title
- Smoke Alarm Policy: Is It Working?
- Coporate
- West Midlands Fire Service, UK
- Journal
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Fire Engineers Journal,
Vol. 61,
No. 211,
9-11,
March 2001
- Keywords
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smoke detectors
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fire alarm systems
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electric batteries
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casualties
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statistics
- Identifiers
- FDR1 alarm performance data (accidental dwelling fires); fire casualties by presence of mains alarms in dwelling fires 1994-1999; fatal casualties by presence of battery alarms in dwelling fires 1994-1999; performance comparison between mains and battery alarms (1999); rise in battery defects against working alarms 1994-1999; casualties in accidental dwelling fires by type and operation of smoke detectors (fatal and non-fatal); battery alarm performance in accidential dwelling fires 1994-1999