- Author
- Birch, D.
- Title
- Smoke Alarm Policy: Is It Working?
- Coporate
- West Midlands Fire Service, UK
- Journal
- Fire Engineers Journal, Vol. 61, No. 211, 9-11, March 2001
- Keywords
- smoke detectors | fire alarm systems | electric batteries | casualties | 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