Smoke Alarms

[SteveLynch]

Hi all

I have recently purchased a new home and set about trying to purchase smoke alarms

The only ones I could find were the wired in type ,and not too cheap either

I have recently purchased Some battery operated ones on a recent trip home which I plan to install when I move in it was 11 euro for a twin pack .

Question is why are these simple devices not available in Thailand when they could save your life .....I have heard that its an insurance reason but research on the Internet hasn't really confirmed it .

So to the members out there what do you do to protect your homer loved ones in case of fire.

I assume that quite a few members are home owners be it condo or houses do you have the wired in variety ?

Regards

Steve

[kurnell]

They are for sale everywhere. I last saw them in Robinsons and Home Mart, but I buy mine from Australia

[Cobalt60]

Its a good point and has made me think. I will get one from UK and bring back next time..

Just a bit worried about when she cooks up a couple of kilo of chillis, that would send a smoke alarm off the scale.

[SteveLynch]

Oh ok

I looked in Robinson and in home pro and Ikea plus numerous other stores i had zero luck locating them

There were home alarms but not smoke ,which branch of Robinson was it ?

[SteveLynch]

It's just a case of placement to prevent it going off every time you cook food or smoke

Usually on the ceiling of a stairwell seems to be where the manufactures recommend

[Semper]

The thing is, if you have a 2 storey house and install the smoke detector in the bedroom (normally upstairs) you still have to manage to get through the flames downstairs for the escape.

[SteveLynch]

Aha very true

That's why I plan to spend next week revisiting my boy scout days and furnishing a rope ladder from some rope and affix to something solid to climb out

Or if somebody knows where to purchase one i can go go drinking instead

Cheers

Steve

[meom]

The thing is, if you have a 2 storey house and install the smoke detector in the bedroom (normally upstairs) you still have to manage to get through the flames downstairs for the escape.

Wouldn't the fire department have a long ladder or something like that?

[Cobalt60]

I agree about positioning, but when those chillis hit the wok its like an outbreak of chemical warfare on a World War one scale.

I will still fit one though now.

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[sotsira]

There are different types depending on the location in the house.

I recall that the ionised type is for kitchens and Photoelectric types

for bedrooms and living rooms.

The hard wired type have the advantage of being interlinked so if one goes

off the others are triggered systematically.

So fire downstairs sets off the one in the bedroom while you sleep.

Check out this link:

http://www.usfa.fema.gov/campaigns/smokealarms/alarms/index.shtm

I bought mine over from abroad as they were higher quality and cheaper than

in Thailand.

[tuky]

I couldn't find any in Indonesia either, they just don't sell them. Perhaps it is due to the cooking issue.

I went to the fire station and asked them and the only available type were the fully wired in with control panel and direct link back to the fire station. That was a bit overboard for what i had in mind.

I ended up getting them Australia, where I believe they are compulsary?

On another note, I have 2 stairways in my house going to different parts of the 2nd storey, one part of the 2nd storey has no alternate escape but the stairs so I had the fire brigade install fire extinguishers at the top and bottom of the stairs and train the whole family on how to use them and various other fireblankets and so on that i have throughout the house. Atleast they could fight their way out if they needed to and now they know how.

[SteveLynch]

In Ireland they are compulsory on all new homes ,and the wired in variety on any home your selling over 15yrs

I have now decided to get my sister to air mail some more boxes for friends ,not the best Xmas present but might just save your life

I too have in mind some fire blankets and fire extinguishers for the home too ,I work at sea where fire is a very scary prospect

On a different note I casually asked my wife would she know what to do if one of the kids was choking ,zapped by a faulty wire or if I had a heart attack .....her response was equally frightening

So next month we are heading to Pattaya were I will drink and she will sit a first aid and life savers course at one of the Tbosiet centers

Regards

Steve

[kkerry]

Tesco have sold then for a couple of years now. It wasn't always the case as like others here I bought mine in Australia. Even in Singapore they are hard to find and expensive but I have seen them in Tesco at around 500 baht each.

[h90]

I agree about positioning, but when those chillis hit the wok its like an outbreak of chemical warfare on a World War one scale.

I will still fit one though now.

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yes my wife is frying them to make these dried chillis. I thought I die.....

[kkerry]

Available at Tesco.

[BigJohnnyBKK]

That's why I plan to spend next week revisiting my boy scout days and furnishing a rope ladder from some rope and affix to something solid to climb out

Or if somebody knows where to purchase one i can go go drinking instead

Have a steel one made up, probably plans availabe on the intertubes.

Once you've found a welder working out of his back-alley shop, much cheaper and better quality than buying stuff ready-made.

[jbrain]

Aha very true

That's why I plan to spend next week revisiting my boy scout days and furnishing a rope ladder from some rope and affix to something solid to climb out

Or if somebody knows where to purchase one i can go go drinking instead

Cheers

Steve

You seem to be pretty dedicated to have a fire soon.

Anything wrong with the house?

[SteveLynch]

Been in a house fire once mate wasn't so funny

Also been on a ship that caught fire and that was even less funny

Be prepared my man most things you think you control bite and bite hard

[Travel2003]

The thing is, if you have a 2 storey house and install the smoke detector in the bedroom (normally upstairs) you still have to manage to get through the flames downstairs for the escape.

Wouldn't the fire department have a long ladder or something like that?

Remember where we are.

God forbid I had to wait in my bedroom for the local fire trucks to arrive, during morning rush hours.

[Chicog]

Saw an item on the news a couple of days ago about a young bride who died as the result of a badly serviced boiler. The parents were campaigning to make CO detectors compulsory in all new homes. Nothing I've ever really thought about to be honest.

[1bbcd5]

That is a great site! I saw the information is very usefule!

[lopburi3]

The chance of a home fire in normal concrete buildings here is much less than in wood frame construction and there indeed is an issue with false alarms due to open burning and cooking smoke. As units are/were likely controlled imports due to radiation contents suspect that may have been the reason they used to be totally unavailable in anything but hotel/wired units. Not sure if they are still made the same or not but after several morning false alarms due to wind/smoke they were placed on not wanted list by the boss many decades ago in my home.