smoke alarm trouble

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Caroline73 wrote: »

The fireman came in their fire engine and changed the alarm. Their advice was to smash the alarm if that happens again.

Incredible, no wonder our council tax is so high.:mad:

Mojisola

The fire fighters usually do come out in the fire engine because if there is a call-out while they are doing fire safety work, they can head straight for the fire/accident/whatever without having to get back to the fire station first.

Freddie_Snowbits

When you have finished, you can get them to fit a bell in the toilet, to let the wet nurse know you are ready to have your botty wiped.

Otherwise, get a step ladder, new battery and fit.

Caroline73_2

Freddie_Snowbits wrote: »

When you have finished, you can get them to fit a bell in the toilet, to let the wet nurse know you are ready to have your botty wiped.

Otherwise, get a step ladder, new battery and fit.

Don't you understand what this thread is about?

http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/local/13_000_smoke_alarms_fitted_in_a_year_1_994767

Northamptonshire Fire Service fit smoke alarms for free, they are the sort with internal fitted batteries. So when they beep intermittently it is due to a fault.

My thread was asking if there was a way to stop this beep while I was waiting for advice from the Home safety team. Previous to having these fitted I have had regular battery operated smoke alarms and I changed the batteries myself everytime they needed doing. I also manage to check my smoke alarms (I have two) weekly.

Caroline73_2

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Incredible, no wonder our council tax is so high.:mad:

So they could do fire safety checks or sit on their bums between shouts?

Home fire safety checks are the equivalent of preventative medicine. In the long run they will save money for the tax payers.

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Caroline73 wrote: »

So they could do fire safety checks or sit on their bums between shouts?

Home fire safety checks are the equivalent of preventative medicine. In the long run they will save money for the tax payers.

I have the same long life smoke alarms, I buy and maintain them myself, they cost me about a fiver each from eBay.

£5 for ten years service is hardly going to break the bank, or cost taxpayers the cost of sending a Fire Engine out to fit and maintain smoke alarms.

A Fire Engine will do about 8 / 10 mpg. :eek:

Mojisola

When the fire fighters came out to fix the alarms in my parents' house, they also did a fire safety check and talked my parents through what to do if a fire started and made sure they had escape routes planned. All good preventative work.

They also said they had a quota of fire alarms that they had to supply to homes so to tell everyone else we knew that they did them for free. They were sanctioned if they didn't meet the targets.

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Mojisola wrote: »

They also said they had a quota of fire alarms that they had to supply to homes so to tell everyone else we knew that they did them for free. They were sanctioned if they didn't meet the targets.

More Nanny State UK by the sound of things, surely mature adults are capable of taking care of their own safety.

Caroline73_2

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I have the same long life smoke alarms, I buy and maintain them myself, they cost me about a fiver each from eBay.

£5 for ten years service is hardly going to break the bank, or cost taxpayers the cost of sending a Fire Engine out to fit and maintain smoke alarms.

A Fire Engine will do about 8 / 10 mpg. :eek:

So why not add that to the thread first instead? It would be helpful for people to know that they can buy them instead of repeatedly buying batteries or using the fire service?

I would quite happily have paid for the alarms anyway but I got them fitted for free when someone came to my sons nursery promoting the service.