Domestic Smoke Alarms and Sprinklers
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Frank Swann
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| Transactions of the VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, Safety Engineering Series |
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2012, Volume 7, Issue 2, Pages 63-68
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Doi: 10.2478/v10281-012-0013-x
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Making further inroads into the reduction of fire deaths and injuries in the home is a clear ambition of the UK Chief Fire Officers Association (UK CFOA) and fire-fighters alike. Despite significant falls in the number of people whose lives are blighted by the effects of a domestic fire, the UK still feels it can do more to eradicate fired deaths and injuries. As this paper will show a consistent campaign to get smoke detectors installed in all properties, existing and new build, has had a dramatic effect. However the UK CFOA has now identified that the next steps to achieve their ambition of 0 fire deaths is to ensure that properties have installed domestic sprinkler systems that will activate in the early stages of a fire. The campaign has started and the evidence is already starting to build that more lives can be saved!
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