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WHY STUDY DOMESTIC SMOKE ALARMS?


For as little as  a stand-alone smoke alarm can be purchased from a
supermarket, department or hardware store.

Provided with the alarm are a set of
instructions as to how to install and maintain the mechanism. Reputable brands,
registered to the standards acknowledged by the prefixes ANSI (American National
Standards Institute), AS (Australian Standard), BS (British Standard), ULC
(Underwriters Laboratories Canada) and ULI (Underwriters Laboratories Inc) assure,
if installed and maintained correctly, the reliability of the alarm as an early detector of
fire.

 Less reliable are the human behavioural aspects associated with the installation,
maintenance and response to the alarm signal.
The following research sets out to determine if a signal from an inexpensive domestic
smoke alarm is effective at providing early warning to a fire.


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