"Committed to protecting
consumers and families
from products that pose
a fire, electrical, chemical,
or mechanical hazard or
can injure children.”
"This should be a no.
brainer. If (ionization).
smoke detectors are.
proven to be ineffective,.
why are they still.
being used?"
United States
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
Petition Update | Consumer Product Safety Commission Meeting | 24 June 2015, Washington D.C.
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Agenda & Priority Hearing
CPSC Executive Director & Chairman, Elliot F. Kaye addresses World Smoke
Alarm Expert and NEOFPA Honorary Member, Mr Dean Dennis | 24 June 2015
The Power Point presentations made in the testimony below have been converted to PDF format and are available for download.
Transcripts for each of the two presentations and the answer to Chairman Kaye's question addressed to Mr Dennis will be available shortly. The transcripts will have links to further information.
CPSC's Nov 2014 Leaked Document
Warns About Ionization Alarms
Leaked CPSC letter to U.L. expresses CPSC's concerns about 51 - 55%
failure rate with ionization alarms
TRANSCRIPT
COMING SOON
'Deadly Delay' | Dec 2007
WTHR Investigation Prompts Congressional Action
Lawmakers Want CPSC to End Silence on Photoelectric Alarms
by Bob Segall | 13 Investigates | WTHR, Indianapolis, Indianna | Dec 2007
"I'm asking for the consumer protection agency to take a look at what's going on with these smoke alarms ... The reports I've seen show there's a real problem out there."
Indiana Congressman Baron Hill after seeing WTHR's investigation
"The agency is not prepared to come down on one side or the other,"
said CPSC spokeswoman Julie Vallese. "We're just not ready yet."
Indiana Congressman Baron Hill introduced legislation require CPSC action.
CPSC Responds to 'Deadly Delay' Investigation - December 2007:
Bob Segal - Investigative Journalist
13 Investigates, WTHR Indiana
Julie Vallese - CPSC
Senior Spokesperson
'An Alarming Failure' | Dec 2009
News Channel 5 Ionization Smoke Alarm
Investigation Reveals Concerns with CPSC
03:33
"Our investigation found customers had been complaining to smoke
detector manufacturers about ionization detectors for nearly twenty years, while these documents we uncovered showed the Federal Government (CPSC) knew back in 1995 that ionization detectors often fail to detect smoke, a problem fire expert believe has killed thousands of people."
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Petition Update | Consumer Product Safety Commission Meeting | 24 June 2015, Washington D.C.
"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