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Smoke Detectors - The Need For Installing Them
Tue 20 Oct 2009 - 13:18
Smoke Detectors - The Need For Installing Them
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Katrina_Marie_Santes]Katrina Marie Santes
Fire accidents are one of the leading causes of deaths around the world. In 2008, United States had suffered 3,320 deaths from fire. Around 16,705 people survived but got hurt. Moreover, 84% of the people who died in the fires of 2008 happened in their own home.
United States Fire Administration has released these numbers as part of the last year's statistics. They do this every year. From the looks of it, there seems not much of a drop in the numbers. Still millions of fire incidences happen every year and people continue to get hurt.
These numbers are an eye opener for everyone. It clearly shows that being complacent with fire is not a good idea. You can be part of the thousands of lives that were lost because of it. In fact, the thought that most of the deaths occurred in residential homes should already be a warning.
It is important that everybody should be prepared for fire. There are many ways to instigate fire preparedness and you can do it through smoke detectors.
Facts about Smoke Detectors
Smoke detectors are devices that warn homeowners about impending fires. It has several types: ionization, optical or combined. These devices can be electrically or battery operated. They would send out an electrical bell sound once it senses smoke. But the alarm is triggered depending on the sensitivity of the device to smoke.
Smoke detectors are now part of most homes in United States. The only problem is people fail to recognize its importance. Some people neglect to maintain these devices that at time of fire, it fails to work. According to statistics, around 40% of fire deaths happened from homes that did not have this device. Another 20% of the deaths were caused by smoke alarms that were not working. Had been this people had working smoke detectors, they could have had greater chances of escaping before the fire grows worse. On the other hand, they can also find time to put out small to medium-scale fires through fire extinguisher.
Installation of Smoke Detectors
When you buy this device, it is not enough that you install them and let them do their own thing. Owning them entails various responsibility like replacing batteries, maintenance and testing for functionality.
When you pick out a smoke detectors for a particular room, please note of the kind of fires a particular alarm is sensitive to. If this room is prone to smoldering fire, you might want photoelectric alarms. If it is more on flaming fires, ionization works perfectly. However, it is still best if you get the mixed type, although it costs more.
Smoke detectors are even more effective in preventing fire if use it together with your fire systems. Nowadays, there are more advanced functions for smoke detectors. People can now interconnect them with communication devices to be able to notify the fire department of an impending fire without having to dial 911. On the other hand, they can have automatic functions. When the alarm is sound and with a particular dense of smoke, automatic sprinklers will be triggered. This just makes layman firefighting so easy.
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