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Municipal Technical Advisory Service (MTAS)

The U.S. experience with smoke detectors : who has them? how well do they work? when don't they work?

From 1975 to 1984, the United States experienced remarkable growth in the use of home smoke detectors, making the home smoke detector the fire safety success story of the decade. As of 1993, only 1 in 12 homes remained unprotected.
Hall, John R., Jr
FIRE--EQUIPMENT
Article
1994
In NFPA Journal -- Vol. 88 - no. 5 (September/October 1994).
Public
07/1/2022
04/24/2023
02/12/2024