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60 MINUTES
THE ALARMING TRUTH
“Why the smoke alarm in your home won't save you.”
"Australia’s most popular smoke alarm, the one
that’s likely fitted in your home, is unlikely to save you.”
Karl Stefanovic, Reporter, 60 Minutes
It was Australia's most deadly house fire. Ever. Eleven people, eight of them children, were killed as an inferno engulfed the home in which they were sleeping. Two families, together for a cousins sleepover, ripped apart by tragedy. Three years after that fatal fire at Slacks Creek, south of Brisbane, the scars remain raw for the survivors. Disturbingly for the rest of us, authorities have not heeded the lessons from the tragedy. As this 60 Minutes special investigation reveals, Australia's most popular fire alarm, the one that's likely fitted in your home, is unlikely to save you.
Reporter: Karl Stefanovic | Producer: Rebecca Le Tourneau
Aired Australia: 19 Oct 2014 | Aired New Zealand: 10 Nov 2014
'The Alarming Truth'
'Extra Minutes'
60 Minutes' Senate Inquiry Submission
FRNSW Commissioner's Email
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Extra Video Footage: David Isaac & Karl Stefanovic
Ionization Smoke Alarms: The Hidden Truth
Industry Politics: "Wasting Time and Risking More Lives"
NSW Fire Brigade: Committed to exposing ionization alarms
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FRNSW Commissioner's Email
Commissioner Mullin's
Read Commissioner Mullin's testimony to the Australian Senate Smoke Alarm
Inquiry where he warned:
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Australian Senate Smoke Alarm Inquiry
60 MINUTES Senate Inquiry Submission
28 August 2015
Industry Politics - Wasting Time and Risking More Lives
"It soon became clear that they (the Fire Service) actually did want..
to help but were frightened and concerned at the industry politics..
involved in this issue and the ramifications for them if they spoke..
out - industry politics which are wasting time and risking more lives."
Rebecca Le Tourneau, Producer, 60 Minutes | Australian Senate Inquiry Submission - 28 Aug 2015
Rebecca Le Tourneau
Producer, 60 Minutes
Note: This document is in the public domain. It was extracted from the Australian Government's Senate Inquiry website on 21 November 2015:
"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