The Hook’s Alarming Exposé
January, 2010
The Hook’s ionization smoke alarm exposé commenced in early 2008 . . .
The Hook’s Alarming Exposé
January, 2010
The Hook’s ionization smoke alarm exposé commenced in early 2008 . . .
Volunteer Fire Fighters Association Australia
October, 2009
It has been alleged that tens of thousands of needless fire deaths have occurred over the past four decades. Thankfully the fact that ionization smoke alarms are dangerously defective is finally beginning to be revealed.
Fire Fighters have not been told the truth
“It almost sounds like a joke that the popular type of smoke detector doesn’t detect smoke,
but it’s no laughing matter to the people who die or suffer serious injuries every year because
the relied on an ionization smoke detector.”
Courteney Stuart, Senior Editor, from ‘ALARMING - Most Smoke Detectors Don’t Detect Deadly Smoke’, Oct 2008
Page 1: October, 2009 ~ November, 2011
The Colerain Township & Fire Department Letters
January, 2010
The Colerain Township and Fire Department’s letters warn about ionization smoke alarms . . .
URGENT MESSAGE FROM YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT
Studies have shown that Ionization Smoke Detectors have a failure rate over 55% of the time in smoldering fires. Studies have also shown a high fatality rate related to smoldering fires which are the most common type fire . . .”
CBS Atlanta - “Deadly Smoke Detectors” Exposé
February, 2010
“If you think the smoke detector you have in your home will save your life if there’s a fire, you could be
deadly wrong. Firefighters say almost one out of every two people who die in a house fire die when
there’s a working smoke detector in the home.”
Jennifer Mayerle, CBS Emmy Award-winning, Atlanta Journalist’s ‘Deadly Smoke Detectors’ Exposé, Feb 2010
The World Fire Safety
Foundation is non profit
Our Mission:
Stop The Children Burning
Australian Building Codes Board - “Open Debate An Essential Right”
April, 2010
Standards Australia’s acknowledgement of flawed testing of ionization smoke alarms is based on empirical scientific
evidence held by the Australian Government’s CSIRO and points to Scientific Misconduct having been committed in
relation to the standard’s testing of ionization smoke alarms globally . . .
Australian Evidence
of flawed Global Standards
Choice Australia: Smoke Alarms - What to look for
March, 2010
“The photoelectric alarm will detect that situation almost always far, far sooner than an ionization
alarm will, and that’s why it’s really important that you have photoelectric alarms in your house.”
Smoke Alarms - What to Look For
Chris Barnes, CHOICE Australia Household Product Specialist, March, 2010
HBSS Proposed Class Action
Alleged misrepresentations by
world’s largest smoke alarm manufacturers
The Combo Con
Why the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) Said “No”
to Combination Ionization/Photoelectric Smoke Alarms
August, 2010
The International Association of Fire Chiefs explained the reasons against combination ionization/photoelectric
smoke alarms in their official ‘Residential Smoke Alarm Report of September 1980 . . .
Smoke Detector Seminar - University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
June, 2010
Why are the Public, Fire Fighters and Fire Industry
Personnel STILL Not being Told the Truth about Smoke Alarms?
October, 2010
“Australia’s acknowledgement of flawed Standards testing exposes the global
ionization smoke alarm scandal and is key to to saving thousands of lives.”
Californian Governor’s Open Letters
Open letters to Governor Jerry Brown and former Governor Schwarzenegger
July, 2011
Will Governor Brown rectify the Californian State Fire Marshal’s ‘Seal of Approval’ required on
ionization smoke alarms, and warn the public, before more people are needlessly maimed or killed?
World Fire Safety Foundation’s ‘Deadly Smoke Alarms Tour’
Australian & New Zealand Tour exposing flawed Ionization smoke Alarms
May, 2011
Californian Fire Chief Marc McGinn and World Fire Safety Foundation's Chairman Adrian Butler’s
tour exposing the deadly defects with ionization smoke alarms.
Californian Legislative Assembly Resolution
Admission by Californian Government that ionization alarms are NOT smoke alarms
April, 2011
The Californian Government’s resolution presented to retiring Fire Chief Marc McGinn admitting ionization alarms are a flame and NOT a smoke detector
Scientific evidence, legal precedence and real-world,
firefighter testing provide unequivocal proof that
ionization smoke alarms have dangerous defects.
Is failing to warn adequately warn the public of this life-threatening danger a criminal act of negligence?*
California Real Estate Inspection Association
Official Position on Ionization Smoke Alarms
August, 2011
Not All Smoke Detectors Are Alike
Tests show smoke smoke detectors don’t perform as well in slow smoldering fires
November, 2011