SMOKE ALARM WARNING!
Most People have the Wrong Smoke Alarms in their Home
There Are Two Smoke Alarm Technologies
Note: It's about the technology, not the power supply, i.e. battery or hard-wired.
IONIZATION
PHOTOELECTRIC/OPTICAL
DEFECTIVE | DEADLY
EFFECTIVE | SAFE
Most Homes
Most Commercial Buildings
Scientific Testing Under Australian & U.S. Government Standards
Is the smoke alarm capable of detecting smoke in the early, smoldering stage of fire?
YES
YES
NO
NO
For Decades Ionization Alarms have been Certified as Safe,
Despite Repeated Warnings of Flawed Smoke Alarm Standards
"The problem stems right back to the fact
..that the standards themselves are faulty."
Adrian Butler, Chairman, Co-Founder, WFSF
TV New Zealand | 'Close Up' | 22 Feb 2005
Adrian Butler, Chairman
World Fire Safety Foundation
The WFSF Does Not Sell Anything,
Solicit or Accept Donations
"Ionization smoke alarms should be banned..
. . .the standard (AS3786-1993) is flawed."
Greg Mullins, Commissioner, FRNSW, President AFAC
Australian Senate Smoke Alarm Hearing | 4 Dec 2015
Greg Mullins, Commissioner
Fire & Rescue New South Wales
FRNSW is one of the world's
largest Metropolitan fire brigades
OPEN LETTER
Sincerely,
Adrian Butler & Karl Westwell
Co-Founders
World Fire Safety Foundation
16 September 2020
IONIZATION Smoke Alarms Are DEADLY
THE ALARMING TRUTH
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The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) union represents over 300,000 U.S. and Canadian fire fighters. The Australasian Fire & Emergency Service Authorities Council (AFAC) is the peak representative body for all Australian and New Zealand fire brigades. The official positions on smoke alarms for both AFAC (June 2006) and the IAFF (August 2008) state:
"Ionization smoke alarms may not operate in time to alert
occupants early enough to escape from smoldering fires."
When smoke alarms fail to operate in time due to flawed smoke alarm standards that allow them to pass when they shouldn't, homes are lost and innocent people are injured and killed.
Tragically, due to legal, financial and political reasons, the public have not been told the truth: ionization smoke alarms are a defective, unsafe device. Despite overwhelming evidence of flawed smoke alarm standards, some authorities still defend them claiming, "Any working smoke alarm will provide some degree of early warning," or "any smoke alarm is better than none."
'New Firefighters' Page
Watch the two short videos below and discover the truth for yourself. to find out more visit our Firefighters page and the new pages detailing our twenty year battle to expose 'The Alarming Truth.'
Install Photoelectric Alarms
After replacing your ionization with photoelectric alarms, please help by spreading this message.
Thank You!
Adrian Butler
Former Full Time Firefighter
Chairman, Co-Founder
Karl Westwell
Director of Research
Co-Founder
World Fire Safety Foundation
15 Kurara Court, Narangba, Queensland 4504, AUSTRALIA
Founded: March 2000 | Self (privately) Funded | The WFSF Does Not Sell Anything, Solicit or Accept Donations | Mission: Stop The Children Burning
1976
Report: 'The Smoke Detector Fraud' | "One of the
cleverest and most lucrative cons ever pulled off in America..."
Richard M Patton FPE
Fire Protection Engineer, Author
1980
"In fact, they (ionization alarms) might be so slow to..
activate in a smoldering fire that lives may be in danger."
International Association
of Fire Chiefs (USA)
2006
"Ionization smoke alarms may not operate in time to alert
.occupants early enough to escape from smoldering fires."
Australasian Fire
Authorities Council
2006
"How many lives have been lost because..
the public was not told the truth?"
Chief Jay Fleming
Boston Fire Dept, MA, USA
2007
". . .ionization smoke detectors may fail in the time of need."
SFM Roger Johnson (ret.)
Indiana State Fire Marshal
"Using better (photoelectric) smoke alarms drastically..
reduce loss of life among citizens and firefighters."
2008
International Association
of Fire Fighters (USA)
2011
"It's about banning the ionization technology. . ."
Chief Marc McGinn (ret.)
Albany Fire Dept, CA, USA
2015
"Again, it (the ionization alarm) is not fit for purpose."
Mr Chris Orr
Technical Director | Fire
Protection Association Australia
2015
"Ionization smoke alarms should be banned."
Commissioner Greg Mullins
Commissioner FRNSW (ret.)
2018
"We think ionization alarms should not be sold. . ."
Dr Paul Smith
Head of Testing
Consumer New Zealand
'Fire Commissioner's Warning'
"Ionization Alarms Should be Banned"
Find out What Sort of Smoke Alarms are in Your
Home and How You Can Properly Protect Your Family
Channel 7 News | NSW, Australia | 12 Jan 2016 | 1 minute, 46 seconds
Want to Know More?
Watch 'The Aquarium Test':
Just 6 More Minutes. . .
The Aquarium Test - See For Yourself
Why Ionization 'Smoke' Alarms Should Be Banned
1. They Detect Invisible/Sub-Micron Particles - Not Visible Smoke:
Bob Segall Conducting the WFSF's 'Aquarium Test' | IN, USA | July 07
2. They Lull You into a False Sense of Security:
Watch them fail in a smoldering fire - when you need them most. . .
. . .then go off (false alarm) when cooking toast - when you need them least!
"We think Ionization alarms should not be sold..."
Dr Paul Smith, Head of Testing, Consumer N.Z.
Former Commissioner Greg Mullins, FRNSW, NSW, Australia
Chief Marc McGinn, Albany, CA, U.S.A.
Dr Paul Smith
New Zealand
Australia
U.S.A.
"Ionization smoke alarms should be banned."
"I call for the immediate removal of the fraudulent,.
deadly, ionization so-called smoke alarm."
Commissioner
Greg Mullins
THE ALARMING TRUTH
How the Deadly Defect With Ionization alarms
Has Been Kept from the Public and our Fire Fighters
M O R E > > >
"The world is a dangerous
place to live; not because
of the people who are evil,
but because of the people
who do nothing about it."
Albert Einstein
"Ignorance, allied with..
power, is the most.. ferocious enemy..
justice can have."
James A Baldwin
"The only thing..
necessary for the.. triumph of evil is that..
good men do nothing."
Edmund Burke