kids sleep through smoke alarms

The Loudenlow™ Low Frequency Alarm uses a 6-inch speaker and booms out a low frequency tone at over 87dB and is very simple to operate. Low frequency has been shown to be more effective in waking children and adults. The Loudenlow™ uses the IONIZATION METHOD to detect smoke. This method is better for detecting fast, flaming fires that spread quickly.

WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU TEST YOUR CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN THAT THEY CAN HEAR THEIR SMOKE ALARMS




Below is an article from KMBC TV's web site discussing this phenomenon.


POSTED: 12:48 pm CST February 22, 2005 UPDATED: 3:58 pm CST February 24, 2005 LEAWOOD, Kan. -- Don't be so sure that your smoke alarm will wake your sleeping children if there is a fire. KMBC's Maria Antonia conducted two drills with the Tulp family recently. "They know if they hear the alarm in the middle of the night, and they wake up, and there's smoke, to get out of the house," mom Lisa Tulp said. After a movie and munchies, Sam, 12; Sophie, 8; Will, 4; and Lilah, 2, go to bed. When the lights went out, KMBC's cameras started rolling -- all of it monitored by their parents. A smoke alarm was set off and safe fog was used in place of smoke. Antonia reported that firefighters estimate there are seconds, maybe a minute or so to get out. But more than four minutes into the first drill, the children were still sleeping. "Nobody's getting up," Lisa Tulp said. After five minutes, she went into the children's rooms to wake everyone up. "I'm really surprised that none of you guys woke up at all," Lisa Tulp said. The Consumer Product Safety Commission just released a study that, among things, current smoke alarms do not reliably wake up children under the age of 16. For the second drill, KMBC tried a new, vocal smoke detector. It is designed so kids hear both a parent's recorded voice and beeping. A few nights later, the drill was repeated, again, with their parents watching.

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[Berowra290997]

"kids sleep through smoke alarms"... we absolutely do not! Scared the hell out of me at 4:00am (Low battery false alarm) :)