A Message to ALL Chicagoans
from the World Fire Safety Foundation
The Foundation believes YOUR lives are at needless risk as a
direct result of the flawed ‘scientific’ testing of ionization smoke
alarms by Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL)
How could this be possible?
Underwriters Laboratories inc. (UL)
Chicagoans - Is UL’s Testing of Smoke Alarms Flawed?
“Both are EQUALLY EFFECTIVE and neither requires that you be
familiar with its inner workings. As long as you buy a detector that
has been tested by a major testing laboratory, such as Underwriters
Laboratories, you can be assured it has met certain testing
requirements”.
But what if the “certain testing requirements”
are flawed?
Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) is located in the Chicago metropolitan area at 333 Pfingston Road, Northbrook - just 40 minutes north of downtown Chicago.
UL is the corporation that gives its ‘seal of approval’ to the ionization smoke alarms found in almost every US home.
Are UL’s “testing requirements” scientifically valid?
Compelling evidence indicates UL may have committed ‘Scientific Misconduct’
(i.e. scientific fraud) with it’s ionization smoke alarms testing.
Is UL’s Testing is flawed?
Watch the two short films on the next page and discover the facts for yourself . . .
The integrity of UL’s scientific
testing of ionization smoke alarms
has been under scrutiny since 1978.
In this Washington Post’s investigation,
Deputy Chief Joseph Fleming of the
Boston Fire Department stated:
The Chicago Fire Department’s (CFD) ‘Fire And Smoke Detectors’ brochure
lists the two types of smoke alarms, photoelectric and ionization. Almost
every Chicagoan has the ionization type. The brochure states:
Deputy Chief Jay Fleming
Boston Fire Department, MA, USA
“While an alarm may sound
in UL Labs it may not go
off in a home...”
More about UL Here > > >
What is the Official Position of your
292,000 member International
Association of FireFighter’s Union?
Find out Here > > >
‘Silent Alarms’
The truth continues to be kept from
Chicago firefighters despite
CTV’s award winning documentary,
‘Silent Alarms’ exposed ionization
alarms and UL in Jan 2000.
“Using better smoke alarms will drastically reduce
the loss of life among citizens and firefighters . . .”
IAFF Press Release, 29 October, 2008
Washington Post’s
Award-Winning, UL Investigation
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