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    1. Massachusetts asked the question

    2. “Why are People Dying when the Smoke Alarms were Working?”

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Massachusetts asked, “Why are people dying when smoke alarms are working?”

This slide is put out by the NFPA (National Fire Protection Association).  These important public information statistics show that in residential fire fatalities nearly 60% of the residents had a smoke alarm present and they operated in almost 40% of the deaths.

Keep in mind that an overwhelming 90 plus % of these detectors in residential building are ionization alarms.

You probably know that almost 100% of commercial property is protected with photoelectric detectors.

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2001 Residential Civilian Fire Fatalities
where Smoke Alarms were Present and Operated