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The New Zealand Safety Council’s position is that Ionisation Smoke Alarms be BANNED FROM SALE in New Zealand
One of the major risks to everyone of us is fire at night when we are blissfully asleep.
The NZSC SMOKE ALARM REPORT raises many serious issues, was sparked by yet another house fire involving a fatality, to Papakura pensioner Freda Birch, in June.
The vital point is that Freda had approved ionization detectors fitted by the NZ Fire Service, they did not work and Freda died. Freda could have been any one of us. In 2003 Colin Zonnerfield lost his wife and four other relatives when a horrific fire engulfed his house in Waihi. Colin slept through the creeping toxic smoke, only awakening when the fire flashed over, which was too late for the family members trapped in the basement. Similarly to Freda, Colin had approved ionization detectors fitted with fresh batteries.
NZSC SMOKE ALARM REPORT
