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Marty Ahrens
Fire Analysis and Research Division
National Fire Protection Association
November 2004
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1/3 of alarms cited for nuisance activations were located incorrectly.
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Nuisance alarm problems often can be addressed by moving the device to a different location or by switching from ionization-type to photoelectric-type devices.
One-third of the devices studied for nuisance alarms in the National Smoke Detector Project were reportedly in locations that made nuisance alarms more likely, often less than five feet from a potential source of smoke, steam, or moisture sufficient to produce nuisance alarms.
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In a study by Marty Ahrens of the NFPA a suggestion was made for eliminating nuisance alarms . . .
SWITCH TO A PHOTOELECTRIC DETECTOR.