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RE: Domestic smoke detector disposal in Australia
Jetty
A colleague advised that the alternative to ionization type smoke detectors,
the photoelectric type, are not that effective, especially in some types of
fires.
However, I would be interested in your views about that and about any other
types of smoke detector and there effectiveness compared to the ionization
type.
regards
Leif Dahlskog
Radiation Health Section
Department of Health
Western Australia
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jetty [mailto:jmiddelkoop@ZONNET.NL]
> Sent: Thursday, 7 March 2002 4:29 AM
> To: George.Koperski@nt.gov.au; radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
> Subject: Re: Domestic smoke detector disposal in Australia
>
>
> Hello Radsafers,
>
> With regards to the Netherlands, the situation used to be
> largely comparable
> to Australia and the UK.
>
> However, in building legislation the use of smoke detectors has become
> obligatory in new houses.
>
> As a result the amount of smoke detectors (most of them being
> the ionisation
> type, this being the cheapest type) has risen enormously
> these last years.
> This has led to an evaluation of the situation with regard to
> disposal, as
> you may expect large numbers of waste detectors within the
> next decade.
> There are more and more good alternatives for ionisation
> smoke detectors on
> the market. Therefore the selling of ionisation smoke
> detectors will be
> forbidden in 2005. I believe that in Switserland their use
> has already been
> forbidden for some years.
>
> Jetty Middelkoop
> Fire department of Amsterdam
>
>
>
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