Queensland's Photoelectric-Only
Smoke Alarm Legislation
The Story Behind the Legislation. . .
Part 2
21 September 2015
QLD Fire & Emergency Services Commissioner
Wants photoelectric
alarms in all homes
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Part 3
23 September 2015
Logan City
Mayor
Wants photoelectric
alarms in all homes
Part 4
3 November 2015
Cr Luke Smith &
Louie Naumovski
Wants photoelectric
alarms in all homes
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01 September 2015
Part 1
Logan House Fire
Support Network
Want ionization
smoke alarms banned
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The Legislation. . .
Part 3
23 September 2015
'TODAY Investigates: Smoke Alarms'
Channel 9 Australia | 23 September 2015
Since June 2006 Australian and New Zealand Fire Brigades
have been advocating for photoelectric smoke alarms.
"There are more calls to make photoelectric smoke
alarms compulsory in all homes to protect families."
01:53 Logan City Mayor, Pam Parker:
"The federal government needs to legislate that every household in Australia
has a photoelectric smoke detector installed."
02:11 Acting Commissioner, QLD Fire & Emergency Services (QFES) Neil Reid:
"All fire services throughout Australasia (Australia & New Zealand) support
photoelectric smoke alarms and have done since 2006."
02:58 Aislin Kriukelis, Reporter, Channel 9 News:
"But the biggest problem with ionization alarms lies in the kitchen ... they're more likely to cause false alarms."
02:40 Acting Commissioner, QFES, Neil Reid:
"The ionization smoke alarm may never go off in this scenario..."
03:22 Aislin Kriukelis, Reporter, Channel 9 News:
"After an inquest into the deadly 2011 Slacks Creek fire, a Queensland Coroner
recommended laws be changed as soon as possible to force the installation of
photoelectric alarms in every building where people sleep. It's now been almost
a year since that advice was given, and still no laws have changed.
But the strongest warning comes from a Mum, like Belinda, who wishes it wasn't
too late.
03:44Belinda Warwick, Mother, Fire Victim:
"It should be compulsory now to have the photoelectric alarms."
03:57 Belinda Warwick, Mother, Fire Victim:
"Roman would still be here if we would have had them."
03:57 Karl Stefanovic, Channel 9 Today Show Co-Host, 60 Minutes Reporter:
"After we did 60 Minutes last year we got all the alarms
changed in our house. It's worth doing just to ease your mind."
Lisa Wilkinson, Channel 9 Today Show Co-Host:
"We've got all ours being changed on Monday, really important."
"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