AFACs 2006 Smoke Alarm Position Statement - Implementation

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Published by The World Fire Safety Foundation | Oct 2014

Greg MullinsAFSMCommissioner FRNSW

President AFAC

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FRNSW does NOT support thefitting and installation of ionisationala rms. We ONLY recommend

photoelectric alarms.Commissioner Mullins message to all Fire andRescue New South Wales (FRNSW) staff after 60Minutes special investigation into ionisationsmoke alarms | 20 October 2014

Link to 60 Minutes special investigation below

Commissioner Mullins message on page 12

www.SmokeAlarmWarning.org

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False Alarms andDisconnections

Failure to Activate

Ionisation

Insignificant

Insignificant

Safer forFire FightersTM

Yes

Recommended

by Fire Fighters

Safer For You | Safer For Fire Fighters

Yes

Disposal Not Radioactive

Price Affordable Affordable

Located Most HomesCommercial

Buildings

Photoelectric

Photoelectric Smoke AlarmsS a v e M o r e L i v e s

Overview, Background & Research on AFACs Position on Smoke Alarms

AFAC Position on Smoke Alarms in Residential Accomodation | 01June, 2006

New Zealand Fire Service Photoelectric Advertising Campaign

Queensland Fire & Emergency Service Photoelectric Smoke Alarm Information Sheet

Northern Territory Laws on Smoke Alarms

Commissioner Mullins, AFAC President, Smoke Alarm Message to FRNSW Staff

Graphic from World Fire Safety Foundation report on 60Minutes, October 2014 The Alarming Truth investigation:

www.SmokeAlarmWarning.org/wfsf.html

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06/2006

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Significant

Significant

No

No

Radioactive
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The photoelectric alarms; the tests.. are showing they react faster,..

particularly in smouldering fires which are.. the main type of fire you get in a home...

So youll get your family out faster.

Greg MullinsAFSMCommissioner, FRNSWPresident, AFAC

WIN TV News | NSW, Australia | 18 June, 2012

AFAC Posit ion - Background & Research

The Australasian Fire & Emergency

Service Authorities Council (AFAC) is the

peak representative body for all Australian

and New Zealand Fire Brigades.

Naomi Brown, former AFAC CEO in letter to Commissioner

Roderick Fraser, Boston Fire Department, MA, USA Feb, 2007

Research undertaken by AFAC for

their 2006 position on smoke

alarms included the 1980 paper by

the In ternat iona l F i re Chie fs

Association, the Indiana Dunes Test,

NIST Technical Note 1455, the

Kemano Fire Studies, NFPA and

Homeland Security papers, several

works by Bukowski, Johnson and

Milke and many other publications.

Their literature review plus research

www.afac.com.au/docs/position/smoke-alarm.pdf

Fire & Rescue New South Wales is one of the

largest urban fire services in the world, with more

than 6,900 fire fighters serving 338 fire stationsthroughout the state of New South Wales, Australia.

AFACs Official Position on

Smoke Alarms June, 2006

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In June 2006 after extensive global

research, AFAC publ ished a

position statement on smoke alarms

in residential accommodation.

into the Australian statistics allowed

AFAC to develop a position on

Residential Smoke Alarms which is the

guideline for all fire services in

Australia. The papers written by Deputy

Chief Fleming especially his paper

titled, "Photoelectric and lonisation

detectors - a review of the literature

revisited" were considered an important

part of the research for the AFAC

Position on Domestic Smoke Alarms.

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Greg MullinsAFSM | WIN TV | June, 2012

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That all residential accommodation be fitted with photoelectric smoke alarms . . . Ionisation smoke alarms may not operate in time to alert occupants early enough to escape from smouldering fires.

AFACs Position on Smoke Alarms in Residential Accomodation | 01 June, 2006, page 3, clause 3

Extract: AFAC Position on Smoke Alarms | 01 June, 2006

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Report extracted from AFAC website: www.afac.com.au/docs/position/smoke-alarm.pdf
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AFACs 2006 Smoke Alarm Position Statement - Implementation