How many smoke alarms do you have in your home? and are they different types? ( Archived) (24)

Feb 17, 2011 9:16 AM CSTHow many smoke alarms do you have in your home? and are they different types?
Zellarrone1
Zellarrone1Zellarrone1Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK33 Threads 4 Polls 7,644 Posts

How many smoke alarms do you have in your home? and are they different types?(Vote Below)

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Between 1 -10 All the same type
18
60%
Between 1-10 Different types
3
10%
Don't bother with any smoke alarms
9
30%
Total Votes
30
How fire safety conscious are you?

Myself, I lost my best schoolpal to a fire caused by a discarded cigarette when I was aged 9 so always been very fire safety aware.

However, I hear of so many people dying in housefires lately in my area talk to hand This one is especially tragic. A woman lost her three kids in a fire last November and she herself has only just regained consciousness from a coma to realise she lost her kids in the fire.



So, anyway I've decided to add an extra alarm and just ordered a photosensitive one for the downstairs. Same as the one I have upstairs.

I know there are all different types, even carbon monoxide/smoke alarms combined etc dunno

Anyone have any ideas or thoughts on fire safety or just feel free to add your vote wave
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Feb 17, 2011 9:19 AM CST How many smoke alarms do you have in your home? and are they different types?
venusenvy
venusenvyvenusenvyCalgary, Alberta Canada27 Threads 20,003 Posts
None...nada zilch...Everything here is built out of concrete so fire isnt really a huge concern here dunno
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Feb 17, 2011 9:29 AM CST How many smoke alarms do you have in your home? and are they different types?
70Libra
70Libra70LibraCounty, Waterford Ireland43 Threads 6,782 Posts
Two.

One upstairs and one downstairs... and we're concrete built too.
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Feb 17, 2011 9:32 AM CST How many smoke alarms do you have in your home? and are they different types?
invinciblemuse
invinciblemuseinvinciblemuseDresden, Saxony Germany38 Threads 2 Polls 6,026 Posts
Sadly only two, and I had to force my parents to allow me to instal them. Both are battery-operated smoke detectors.

My mum also refuses to have a fire extinguisher in the house, which is totally beyond me, cos in my opinion it´s far more harmful not to have one when one is needed, than to have one without ever having to use it!! frustrated

In comparison to a lot of other countries the UK is miles ahead when it comes to fire safety.
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Feb 17, 2011 9:45 AM CST How many smoke alarms do you have in your home? and are they different types?
venusenvy
venusenvyvenusenvyCalgary, Alberta Canada27 Threads 20,003 Posts
invinciblemuse: Sadly only two, and I had to force my parents to allow me to instal them. Both are battery-operated smoke detectors.

My mum also refuses to have a fire extinguisher in the house, which is totally beyond me, cos in my opinion it´s far more harmful not to have one when one is needed, than to have one without ever having to use it!!

In comparison to a lot of other countries the UK is miles ahead when it comes to fire safety.


Canada is very regulated this way as well. I was shocked when I first moved to Mexico in this regard, but after living here for awhile, I realized why its not such a big thing here. I dont like concrete but I also see the practicality of it. wine
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Feb 17, 2011 9:47 AM CST How many smoke alarms do you have in your home? and are they different types?
darren9030
darren9030darren9030Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England UK56 Threads 1 Polls 9,665 Posts
3 in total . 1 downstairs in kichen, 1 on the stairs & 1 upstairs.


Hope Hull isn't as dreary today as it is 100 miles south wave
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Feb 17, 2011 9:49 AM CST How many smoke alarms do you have in your home? and are they different types?
las63
las63las63Lostinspace, Tennessee USA17 Threads 519 Posts
I have 3 and none of them work doh.Think I will take care of that today....wave
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Feb 17, 2011 10:39 AM CST How many smoke alarms do you have in your home? and are they different types?
tomcatwarne
tomcatwarnetomcatwarneOcean City, Plumouth, Devon, England UK289 Threads 7 Polls 17,106 Posts
I have ten ibn my house in UKgrin angel devil
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Feb 17, 2011 10:57 AM CST How many smoke alarms do you have in your home? and are they different types?
Fortunatly all of my family members dont smoke wine
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Feb 17, 2011 11:00 AM CST How many smoke alarms do you have in your home? and are they different types?
tomcatwarne
tomcatwarnetomcatwarneOcean City, Plumouth, Devon, England UK289 Threads 7 Polls 17,106 Posts
ali110: Fortunatly all of my family members dont smoke




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Feb 17, 2011 11:02 AM CST How many smoke alarms do you have in your home? and are they different types?
rightofwayone
rightofwayonerightofwayonefremont, California USA5 Posts
ali110: Fortunatly all of my family members dont smoke


Everyone in my family is smokin hot laugh
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Feb 17, 2011 11:04 AM CST How many smoke alarms do you have in your home? and are they different types?
tomcatwarne
tomcatwarnetomcatwarneOcean City, Plumouth, Devon, England UK289 Threads 7 Polls 17,106 Posts
rightofwayone: Everyone in my family is smokin hot




You all smoke pot????????????????grin angel devil
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Feb 17, 2011 11:07 AM CST How many smoke alarms do you have in your home? and are they different types?
rightofwayone
rightofwayonerightofwayonefremont, California USA5 Posts
invinciblemuse: What if I´m stronger than the two of you??


You will have to prove that, things will get sweety clothes ripped off and in the end you be penal-ized laugh
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Feb 17, 2011 11:09 AM CST How many smoke alarms do you have in your home? and are they different types?
invinciblemuse
invinciblemuseinvinciblemuseDresden, Saxony Germany38 Threads 2 Polls 6,026 Posts
rightofwayone: You will have to prove that, things will get sweety clothes ripped off and in the end you be penal-ized


Is that a threat or a promise?? tongue

And I somehow hope very much that you hadn´t included my mum in this scenario... uh oh devil
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Feb 17, 2011 11:15 AM CST How many smoke alarms do you have in your home? and are they different types?
invinciblemuse
invinciblemuseinvinciblemuseDresden, Saxony Germany38 Threads 2 Polls 6,026 Posts
rightofwayone: Everyone in my family is smokin hot


You all walk around in asbestos suits at home?? confused batting
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Feb 17, 2011 11:23 AM CST How many smoke alarms do you have in your home? and are they different types?
cuteynewh
cuteynewhcuteynewhrussell, New York USA6 Threads 30 Posts
My fire alarms keep me safe
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Feb 17, 2011 11:26 AM CST How many smoke alarms do you have in your home? and are they different types?
rightofwayone
rightofwayonerightofwayonefremont, California USA5 Posts
invinciblemuse: Is that a threat or a promise??

And I somehow hope very much that you hadn´t included my mum in this scenario...


Have no fear, when we touch everyone else will disapear from our universe and you and I will melt together as one and be in complete exstacy kiss
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Feb 17, 2011 11:30 AM CST How many smoke alarms do you have in your home? and are they different types?
rightofwayone
rightofwayonerightofwayonefremont, California USA5 Posts
invinciblemuse: You all walk around in asbestos suits at home??


We should because any woman who gets near us becomes all hot and wet laugh
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Feb 17, 2011 11:36 AM CST How many smoke alarms do you have in your home? and are they different types?
invinciblemuse
invinciblemuseinvinciblemuseDresden, Saxony Germany38 Threads 2 Polls 6,026 Posts
rightofwayone: Have no fear, when we touch everyone else will disapear from our universe and you and I will melt together as one and be in complete exstacy


So, you´re not just hot, you can be cheesy too?? You make me want a ham and cheese toasty now... daydream
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Feb 17, 2011 11:47 AM CST How many smoke alarms do you have in your home? and are they different types?
rightofwayone
rightofwayonerightofwayonefremont, California USA5 Posts
invinciblemuse: So, you´re not just hot, you can be cheesy too?? You make me want a ham and cheese toasty now...


Its straight from the heart, but I would like to pour melted cheese on you laugh yummy kiss
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Feb 17, 2011 12:53 PM CST How many smoke alarms do you have in your home? and are they different types?
Maisie
MaisieMaisielarnaca, Larnaca Cyprus4 Threads 616 Posts
venusenvy: None...nada zilch...Everything here is built out of concrete so fire isnt really a huge concern here


Since a lot of people involved in a fire die from the effects of the smoke and not the actual fire I think you'll find being built of concrete is not as safe as you think.
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Feb 20, 2011 9:29 AM CST How many smoke alarms do you have in your home? and are they different types?
Zellarrone1
Zellarrone1Zellarrone1Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England UK33 Threads 4 Polls 7,644 Posts
darren9030: 3 in total . 1 downstairs in kichen, 1 on the stairs & 1 upstairs.Hope Hull isn't as dreary today as it is 100 miles south
It's always dull and dreary in 'ull laugh You've been to 'ull before so surely you should know this laugh
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Feb 20, 2011 9:33 AM CST How many smoke alarms do you have in your home? and are they different types?
illu_66
illu_66illu_66Here, Andalusia Spain31 Threads 3 Polls 2,368 Posts
venusenvy: None...nada zilch...Everything here is built out of concrete so fire isnt really a huge concern here


Painful beds!!!!!!!!!!wave teddybear
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Feb 20, 2011 9:37 AM CST How many smoke alarms do you have in your home? and are they different types?
Zellarrone1
Zellarrone1Zellarrone1Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England UK33 Threads 4 Polls 7,644 Posts
ali110: Fortunatly all of my family members dont smoke
Hey, fire can start from an electrical fault uh oh

Around 6 years ago I was working at a biggish shop when one of the electrical plugs sparked and set a nearby display on fire. In a matter of minutes the shop was filled with smoke and everything was covered with a layer of smokey film/soot or whatever it's called.

Luckily, the deputy manager managed to out it with a fire extinguisher and even luckier it was 9.20am on a bank holiday monday so the shop didn't open until 10am. If shop had been full of people it would have been a right panic as many of the customers are pensioners, disabled and also many kids.wave
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Feb 20, 2011 9:39 AM CST How many smoke alarms do you have in your home? and are they different types?
epicure
epicureepicureAlanya/Antalya, Mediterranean Turkey401 Threads 10 Polls 5,224 Posts
What ia a smoke-alarm?laugh
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