The World Fire Safety Foundation PHAA: Smoke Alarms in Residential Housing Policy
 
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Smoke Alarms in Residential Housing Policy

September, 2011

The Public Health Association of Australia Inc (PHAA) provides a forum for the exchange
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The Public Health Association of Australia Inc (PHAA) Smoke Alarms in Residential Housing Policy - September, 2011
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The Public Health Association of Australia recommends that:

  1. 22.All homes should be fitted with photoelectric smoke alarms to allow occupants sufficient time to safely escape.


23. Dwellings should exclusively use non-ionisation smoke alarms given that:

  1. • Ionisation smoke alarms have an unacceptable false alarm rate


  1. • Ionisation smoke alarms cannot be relied upon solely to detect fires at an early stage in dwellings


  1. • Ionisation smoke alarms depend on the nuclear industry for their manufacture and they generate long
        lived low level radioactive waste


Summary:

PHAA will advocate for Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments to enact legislation or regulations (where not currently in place) to mandate the installation of photoelectric smoke alarms in all residential facilities. PHAA will also seek complementary education campaigns to raise awareness and address related maintenance and disposal issues.

All ionization smoke alarms contain radioactive material.
Information about PHAA’s concerns with the safe
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