- Author
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
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U.S. Fire Administration
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National Fire Protection Association
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Congressional Fire Services Institute
- Title
- National Smoke Detector Project. Smoke Detectors Log of Meeting. June 6, 1996.
- Coporate
- Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC
U.S. Fire Administration, Washington, DC
National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA
Congressional Fire Services Institute, Washington, DC
- Report
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Log of Meeting,
June 6, 1996,
8 p.
- Keywords
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smoke detectors
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consumer awareness
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residential buildings
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fire safety
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fire prevention
- Abstract
- This was the final meeting of the National Smoke Detector Project Steering Committee. The Project was established in 1990 to address the problem of smoke detectors that do not work, creating a risk of injury and death in residential fires. The project was organized into four operating committees. The Investigations Committee ws to study the extent of non-working detectors and determine the major causes. The Codes and Standards Committee was to encourage the expansion and improvement of codes and standards to require working detectors. The Technology Committee was to help stimulate technology to solve identified non-working detector problems. The Consumer Awareness Committee was to develop updated consumer messages to better inform and educate consumers. The membership of the Steering Committee included representatives of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, the U.S. Fire Administraion, the National Fire Protection Association, the Congressional Fire Services Institute, and the Chairpersons of the four operating Committees. Participants in the project included virtually every organization and individual concerned with smoke detectors. This public-private partnership included the fire services, Federal agencies involved in fire and injury prevention, consumer groups, business and industry, community organizations, codes and standard groups, home builders, insurance groups, and others.