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'59 per cent of single-family homes investigated by #Toronto Fire Services in the last five years were found to be without working smoke detectors.' Tragic. Please check your smoke and CO alarms regularly. Plan and practice an escape plan. https://bit.ly/3qFkdl7 #safety
@danvieira 59 percent of houses they were called to can't be much of a surprise, can it?
They're much more likely to be called to a place that doesn't have a working detector
@Hiker_Scott not sure I understand your logic. Fires can happen whether there's a smoke alarm or not. However, considering smoke alarms are mandated by law, it is indeed surprising and tragic as early warning could have given people a chance to escape had they been working. Stay safe.
@danvieira
As I'm sure you find in your own home, when the smoke detector goes off the first thing you do is investigate. Many small fires, or potential fires (especially in the Kitchen), are put out by the resident because they are alerted in sufficient time to fix the problem.
Without the early alert though, fires have time to build before the resident is aware and it becomes a flee-only situation.
Academic Study:
https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/UnreportedResidentialFires.pdf
@Hiker_Scott again, THE POINT: working smoke alarms are mandatory under existing law. there should be ZERO homes without working smoke detectors.
Are you under the mistaken impression that I disagree in any way with that?
All my initial toot stated was that it's not a surprise that the majority of calls were to houses without working detectors, for the reason that they have more severe outcomes as explained above and in that paper.