khitajrah Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 Just been listening to the news, yet more people have died from housefires. I just wanted to remind everyone to check your smoke alarms, just in case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lastditch Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 remind everyone to check your smoke alarms. Put new battery in mine 2 months ago.Went off no long after when boiling tatties so it is workin fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMe Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 Having seen the outcome of a few fires in my life I would just like to add my words to this..........fire kills and smoke alarms are cheap.....batteries even cheaper so do not take the risk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siffy Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 Best to install new firealarms that are connected to the power supply instead of having to check the batteries. All Council houses in shetland should have these installed, and also if you are in rented accommodation, i'm pretty sure its the law to have these system in place in any rented accommodation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heimdal Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 I renew our batteries annually, at Up Helly Aa time.Reminds me of the fire hazard. If the power supply is out, so are the fire alarms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muckleflugga Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 Totally agree, changed house ones for mains with capacitor backup, and well worth burning some toast to check them, as far as I'm concerned, the button only tests the sounder, not the sensor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muckleflugga Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 Best to install new firealarms that are connected to the power supply instead of having to check the batteries. All Council houses in shetland should have these installed, and also if you are in rented accommodation, i'm pretty sure its the law to have these system in place in any rented accommodation. just read this after I wrote my last post, some mains ones still rely on batteries in a power failure (mind fire might be at power supply and cause failure) Last rented accomodation I was in, in Oct 07 had a scabby battery only detector Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrunchieSquirrel Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 I once made myself some potato croquettes at school in my home ec class. When I came back home, I put the croquettes on a plate and put them in the microwave for 30 mins and I felt a bit fainted whilst it was still cooking, then I noticed there was smoke in the kitchen!! For some reason the fire alarm didn't go off ( THAT DARN SMOKE ALARM!) I ran out of the living room and shouted "the kitchen is full of smoke" I heard my mother gasping in the bedroom and I also heard my father getting up his office chair, including him groaning! Him and me walked to kitchen and we started to choke on the smoke surronding us. He opened the window in the kitchen and I opened the window in the living room, when he opened the microwave door and stopped the timer, the smoke went into our faces and we saw that the croquettes were black and rock hard. We went outside to the garden and he set the plate on the stone wall and took a potato croquette and broke it in half, it was black inside too like a burnt biscuit.Now I know I shouldn't put things in the microwave too long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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