actually, yes I do (optical and ionisation where appropriate, and in my childrens bedrooms, and every other room including loft except my kitchen and toilets, and CO detectors in my hallway, and I shut every downstairs door at night,and we have an escape plan-it may not be perfect,, but it is better than average!. Whilst acknowledging the original argument for putting H.D. in hotel bedrooms, the question I am asking is would this now be accetable under the F.S.O?I don't think that we can accept that we can say to the individuals sleeping in a H.D. protected room 'sorry mate, the detector is there for everyone elses benefit, not yours'.So how is each individual going to be protected from a fire in their own room?Is it 'reasonable' to stiill accept the sacrifice of that person?
My local Fire Authorities policy is to recommend the provision of smoke detectors in all hotel bedrooms, at the same time making the occupier aware of the higher incident of false alarms that may occur because of the installation of this type of detector. To obviate excessive false alarms it will be necessary to incorporate a device in the alarm system to achieve a 90 second delay between the automatic system operating and a general alarm being raised. Operation of a manual call point or smoke detector, other than those in bedrooms, must still cause an instantaneous general alarm. Once a detector has operated it must be acknowledged at the control panel within 10 seconds or the system will override the 90 second delay and go to general alarm. This is to ensure that the reception is continuously manned.
The 90 second delay should, in general, give sufficient time for the alarm to be investigated. If the alarm is not reset within 90 seconds then the system should initiate a full general alarm. There may be a need to extend the 90 seconds delay but this must not go beyond 3 minutes without the approval of the Divisional Fire Safety Management.
