- Author
- Hall, J. R., Jr.
- Title
- U.S. Experience With Smoke Detectors and Other Fire Detectors: Who Has Them? How Well Do They Work? When Don't They Work?
- Coporate
- National Fire Protection Assoc., Quincy, MA
- Keywords
- smoke detectors | fire statistics | residential buildings | methodology
- Identifiers
- who has smoke detectors; how effective are smoke detectors; what percentage of home smoke detectors are operational; what does all this mean for detector protection of homes; why are so many smoke detectors non-operational; what other issues related to home smoke detectors remain to be addressed; how operational are detectors outside the home; alternative formulas for estimating detector impact on reporting of fires; methodology for estimating detector operationality