The dep't of fire and Emergency Services of W.A. promote tomorrow 1st Aprilas " CHANGE THE BATTERY DAY"
Change your smoke alarm batteries
When house fires start, only working smoke alarms provide the critical early warning needed to save lives and minimise property damage.
Taking the time to learn and adopt fire safety habits is the best way to prevent fires in your home / Caravan.
To ensure smoke alarms work properly, DFES encourages householders to test smoke alarms monthly and change any batteries annually.
Every year on April 1, April Fools Day DFES promotes the day as a reminder to regularly change smoke alarm batteries at this time each year using a high-quality, long-life battery.
Don't forget to also check the Fire Extinguisheras well, make sure the pressure is still high, then give it a vigorous shake upside-down, this will loosen the contents as it settles over a period of time and must be loose to work correctly .
So, you're saying that because, "you don't smoke", You won't have a fire in you're home any time in the future, ??????
Now there's a guy with a lot of faith in someone or something !!!!!
K.J.
LLD said
11:06 AM Apr 1, 2016
My house alarms are wired in but I do check them. Never thought about the van one. Thanks for this note.
House next door to us burnt down many years ago. No smokers in the house. Caused by short on an appliance cord in the kitchen that was a tad frayed. No alarm but cans of food exploding and glass crashing from windows blowing out certainly woke us up which was just as well.
kiwijims said
12:18 PM Apr 1, 2016
LLD wrote:
My house alarms are wired in but I do check them. Never thought about the van one. Thanks for this note.
House next door to us burnt down many years ago. No smokers in the house. Caused by short on an appliance cord in the kitchen that was a tad frayed. No alarm but cans of food exploding and glass crashing from windows blowing out certainly woke us up which was just as well.
"Good on Ya" for checking your alarms LLD,
Wired in alarms are good "BUT", do they have a Battery Back-up ???
The first thing that fails in a house fire, is the power supply, if your alarms are only working via mains power, have you thought how they will save you, should the power be disconnected ?
Just as an extra precaution it may be a cheap exercise to install a good battery operated smoke alarm , just in case there is a power failure.
K.J.
LLD said
03:32 PM Apr 1, 2016
I think my wired in smoke detectors have a rechargeable battery in them, like a motherboard on a computer. However I'd better check 1. there is a battery backup and 2. that the on-board battery is still alive. The alarms were in the house when I bought it.
baysidetas said
11:13 PM Apr 1, 2016
In Tasmania the regulations relating to smoke detectors in rented properties have recently been updated and must now have a 10 year battery.
As a result I went looking at what was available and there are many brands that now comply.
No mention about caravans etc. but it seems to me to be a good idea to fit such a detector in my MH.
Barrie
kiwijims said
06:01 AM Apr 2, 2016
I think that you can't be too careful when it comes to fire safety especially when it comes to being in a Caravan or Motor Home,
Most of these have only one exit and should they catch fire, you have very little time to evacuate them because of the combustible material used in their construction, a fire can spread very quickly,
For ones own safety every caravan should have one fitted, and also consider having a Fire Blanket within easy reach will be helpful.
In NSW ( and possibly other States ) this is Law as shown here...............
The dep't of fire and Emergency Services of W.A. promote tomorrow 1st April as " CHANGE THE BATTERY DAY"
Change your smoke alarm batteries
When house fires start, only working smoke alarms provide the critical early warning needed to save lives and minimise property damage.
Taking the time to learn and adopt fire safety habits is the best way to prevent fires in your home / Caravan.
To ensure smoke alarms work properly, DFES encourages householders to test smoke alarms monthly and change any batteries annually.
Every year on April 1, April Fools Day DFES promotes the day as a reminder to regularly change smoke alarm batteries at this time each year using a high-quality, long-life battery.
Don't forget to also check the Fire Extinguisher as well, make sure the pressure is still high, then give it a vigorous shake upside-down, this will loosen the contents as it settles over a period of time and must be loose to work correctly .
So, you're saying that because, "you don't smoke", You won't have a fire in you're home any time in the future, ??????
Now there's a guy with a lot of faith in someone or something !!!!!
K.J.
House next door to us burnt down many years ago. No smokers in the house. Caused by short on an appliance cord in the kitchen that was a tad frayed. No alarm but cans of food exploding and glass crashing from windows blowing out certainly woke us up which was just as well.
"Good on Ya" for checking your alarms LLD,
Wired in alarms are good "BUT", do they have a Battery Back-up ???
The first thing that fails in a house fire, is the power supply, if your alarms are only working via mains power, have you thought how they will save you, should the power be disconnected ?
Just as an extra precaution it may be a cheap exercise to install a good battery operated smoke alarm , just in case there is a power failure.
K.J.
As a result I went looking at what was available and there are many brands that now comply.
No mention about caravans etc. but it seems to me to be a good idea to fit such a detector in my MH.
Barrie
I think that you can't be too careful when it comes to fire safety especially when it comes to being in a Caravan or Motor Home,
Most of these have only one exit and should they catch fire, you have very little time to evacuate them because of the combustible material used in their construction, a fire can spread very quickly,
For ones own safety every caravan should have one fitted, and also consider having a Fire Blanket within easy reach will be helpful.
In NSW ( and possibly other States ) this is Law as shown here...............
http://www.fire.nsw.gov.au/page.php?id=322
K.J.