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Queensland Fire and Rescue Service&#10;Photoelectric Smoke Alarm Campaign - October, 2011

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Queensland Fire and Rescue Service (QFRS)&#10;Photoelectric Smoke Alarm Campaign

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“In a house fire saving seconds saves lives.&#10;&#10;     Is your smoke alarm a photoelectric type?&#10;&#10;     They give early warning and less nuisance alarms. . .”

Queensland Fire and Rescue Service  (QFRS)&#10;Photoelectric Smoke Alarm Campaign&#10;October, 2011

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Note: Brochure on pages 2-3 sent to every Queensland home, October, 2011

“...education about the benefit&#10;of photoelectric technology to.. reduce nuisance alarms could.. save hundreds of lives each year.”

Chief Jay Fleming, Boston Fire Dept.&#10;MA, USA, October, 2011

Chief Fleming

Should US Fire Depts considering following Queensland &amp; the NT’s (see below) lead?

“...ionization alarms&#10;have failed* Australian Standards since 1993.”

QFRS Chief Superintendent Neil Reid&#10;“Photoelectric is a better option&#10;for a broader range of fires.”

Saving Seconds Save Lives&#10;QFRS 30 second Radio Ad, Oct, 2011:

Queensland Fire &amp; Rescue Service&#10;Urging a Switch to Photoelectric Smoke Alarms

Darren Curtis,&#10;Channel 9 News, May, 2011 Brisbane, Qld, Australia

Darren Curtis

PROBLEM

Ionization Smoke Alarms: *Unable to pass Standard   Australia’s visible smoke tests.

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Earlier Warning - Less Nuisance Alarms

“...photoelectric alarms,.&#10;  that

“It is in the critical early stages&#10;  of a fire that photoelectric smoke   alarms come into their own...”

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