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News Release from: Aico | Subject: RadioLINK
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
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Aico has joined the call for landlords in both the public and private sectors to give serious consideration to adopting the new build recommendations contained in BS 5839 Pt.6: 2004.
Domestic fire safety specialist Aico has joined the call for landlords in both the public and private sectors to give serious consideration to adopting the new build recommendations contained in BS 5839 Pt.6: 2004 as best practice following the publication of the new Fire Statistics, United Kingdom, 2004 report Although the recommendations apply only to new build properties, Aico believes that the findings of the government report strongly suggest that existing properties would benefit from the kind of extended fire safety coverage required by BS 5839 Pt.6
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 25 Feb 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Under this document, optical smoke alarms will need to be installed in circulation areas on all floors, heat alarms will be required in kitchens and either heat or smoke alarms positioned in living rooms.
Malcolm Brown, Sales and Marketing Director of Aico, says: "according to Fire Statistics 2004, 41% of accidental dwelling fires started in the living room or dining room.
The Statistics point out that fires that start here are those most likely to result in a fatality.
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One of the big problems is that smoke from a fire in these rooms may take a relatively long time to reach an alarm traditionally positioned in a hallway - and time is always the most vital factor in escaping a fire.
That's why it makes good sense to have an additional alarm in these areas, as per BS 5839 Pt.6." Aico also supports the idea of a heat alarm in the kitchen if for no other reason than Fire Statistics 2004 points out that cooking appliances are the main source of ignition in 57% of accidental fires in the home.
"At one time, such extensive coverage would have meant a huge wiring job - especially interconnecting the alarms,' says Malcolm Brown.
"That's one of the reasons that the basic system of one alarm in the downstairs hallway and one alarm in the upstairs hallway has dominated the thinking of the industry.
Interconnection is essential and hard-wiring multiple alarms together in a home would simply have been too messy, disruptive, time consuming and expensive.
"Now however, with the new generation of wireless interconnect systems such as RadioLINK that don't need hard wiring together, it's suddenly much more feasible in terms of both time and money to extend the smoke alarm coverage in a property.
We think that the BS 5839 Pt.6 new build recommendations definitely represents best practice in this area.
There's no reason why people living in an existing property are any safer than those in a new build, so it's.
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