- Author
- Ahrens, M.
- Title
- Home Smoke Alarms: The Data as Context for Decision.
- Coporate
- National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA
- Journal
- Fire Technology, Vol. 44, No. 4, 313-327, December 2008
- Keywords
- smoke detectors | fire detection | false alarms | fire statistics | home fires | residential buildings | decision making | methodology | death | damage | effectiveness | injureis | fire fatalities | human factors engineering | wakefulness | noise (sound) | nuisance alarms | electric batteries | ionization detectors | photoelectric detectors | NFIRS
- Identifiers
- National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS); home structure fires by smoke alarm performance 2000-2004 annual aAverages; 2000-2004 civilian death rate in home fires by smoke alarm status; 2000-2004 extent of flame damage by working smoke alarm power source; factors limiting smoke alarm effectiveness; sound and waking effectiveness; non-working smoke alarms and nuiscance alarms; nuisance activations by type of smoke alarm; type of smoke alarm and battery by operational status; smoke alarm activation to developing hazard