United States Consumer Product Safety Commission
(CPSC) Letter to Underwriters Laboratories (UL)
18 November 2014
Key Admissions/Points:
1. Ionization smoke alarms have a 51 - 55% failure rate,
2. The industry claim that ionization alarms have reduced fire deaths by 50% since the 70's is false.
'An Alarming Failure'
News Channel 5 Ionization Smoke Alarm Investigation
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Leter to UL
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."
CPSC letter to UL explaining reasons for concerns with ionization smoke alarms
More:
The CPSC Petition:
Chief Fleming's Letter to the CPSC
Boston Fire Department's Deputy Chief Jay Fleming's letter
to the CPSC warning about ionization alarms in August, 2009:
World Fire Safety Foundation Report
'Can Australian and U.S. Smoke Alarm Standards be Trusted?':
www.SmokeAlarmWarning.org/wfsf.html
Senator John Kerry's Letter to the CPSC
In June 2006, Senator John Kerry's letter to the CPSC stated:
"American's are using inadequate and unsafe smoke detectors.":
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