ʻThe Home Owner Lettersʼ Manufacturer/Supplier. (Australia/NZ only) Date: _____________________
______________________________________________________________________ Home owners name and postal address
______________________________________________________________________ Ionization smoke alarm manufacturer/supplierʼs name and address (usually printed on the back of the smoke alarm)
--------------------------------------------------------------Ionization smoke alarm/s make and model number/s
Re: Alleged Scientific Misconduct - Ionization Smoke Alarms Dear ______________________________ (Manufacturers/Suppliers Name)
The World Fire Safety Foundation is a global organisation, dedicated to saving lives by exposing the truth about the ionization type of smoke alarms installed in most homes around the world and promoting the safe and affordable alternatives. The Foundation is non profit - it does not sell smoke alarms or any other products. The Foundation is requesting the following information on behalf of the home owner listed above about the ionization smoke alarms currently installed in their property. Recent, independent, US scientific testing has shown that ʻScientific Misconductʼ (i.e. fraudulent scientific testing) has allegedly been committed by standards testing organisations which have allowed ionization smoke alarms to be certified as “safe” when in fact they are not. Note: See the film, ʻUL Testing Questionedʼ on the World Fire Safety Foundation websitesʼ home page at: www.TheWorldFireSafetyFoundation.org
AUSTRALIA
The document, ʻRecommending, Selling or Installing Ionization Smoke Alarms, A Criminal Act of Negligence?ʼ on ʻThe Evidenceʼ page of our website, contains information about several law suits where deaths have occurred resulting from ionization smoke alarms failing to sound a timely warning. In Mercer v BRK (May, 1998), the defendants, BRK, the worldʼs largest smoke alarm manufacturer, were fined compensatory and punitive damages - despite the fact their ionization alarms were compliant with the current smoke alarm standard.
23 Ocean Grove Currumbin, QLD 4223 AUSTRALIA P +61 (0) 409 782 166 E
[email protected]
In February 2006 it was discovered that the testing of ionization smoke alarms in accordance with Australiaʼs smoke alarm standard, AS3786, is flawed. Standards Australia has corrected AS3786. However, the amended standard is still before regulators - when it is adopted it will effectively mandate photoelectric smoke alarms in Australian homes and apartments.
CANADA Emergency Mgmnt Office Fanshaw College, Ontario CANADA N5Y 5R6 P +1 519 452 4430 ext 2948 F +1 519 451 0513 E
[email protected]
NEW ZEALAND 10 Herald Way Tauranga 3112 NEW ZEALAND P 0800 149 521 (in NZ) M +64 (0) 27 544 9644 E
[email protected]
UNITED STATES PO Box 196 Citrus Heights CA 95611-0196 USA P +1 916 721 7700 E
[email protected]
The Foundation believes that the ionization smoke alarm/s listed above may be dangerously defective and not ʻfit for purposeʼ. It is a requirement of the smoke alarm sensitivity testing standard, AS2362.17 (referenced from clause 3.2 of AS3786), that the testing authority (eg. SSL/CSIRO) must record the level of smoke at which smoke alarms activate during the sensitivity testing (i.e. light obscuration per metre) and advise the smoke alarm manufacturer accordingly. Please disclose, in writing, within 14 days to the address below, the level of smoke (i.e. light obscuration per metre) at which the ionization smoke alarm/s listed above activated under clauses 7 (e) and (f) of AS2362.17. Thank you. Sincerely
The World Fire Safety Foundation
Adrian Butler Chairman
23 Ocean Grove Currumbin, Qld 4223 ʻTheHomeOwnerLetters14June09.pdfʻ - The latest version is at: www.TheWorldFireSafetyFoundation.org
ʻThe Home Owner Lettersʼ CSIRO. (Australia/NZ only) Date: _____________________
Attention: CSIRO, Mr David Whittaker, Executive Officer ActivFire Scheme, PO Box 56, Highett, Victoria, Australia 3190
____________________________________________________________________ Home owners name and postal address --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Ionization smoke alarm manufacturer/supplierʼs name and address (usually printed on the back of the smoke alarm)
Re: Alleged Scientific Misconduct - Ionization Smoke Alarms Dear Mr Whittaker The World Fire Safety Foundation is a global organisation, dedicated to saving lives by exposing the defective ionization type of smoke alarms installed in most homes around the world and promoting the safe and affordable alternatives. The Foundation is non profit - it does not sell smoke alarms or any other products. The Foundation is requesting the following information on behalf of the home owner listed above about the ionization smoke alarms currently installed in their property. Recent, independent, US scientific testing has shown that ʻScientific Misconductʼ (i.e. fraudulent scientific testing) has allegedly been committed by standards testing organisations which have allowed ionization smoke alarms to be certified as “safe” when in fact they are not. Note: See the film, ʻUL Testing Questionedʼ at: www.TheWorldFireSafetyFoundation.org The document, ʻRecommending, Selling or Installing Ionization Smoke Alarms, A Criminal Act of Negligence?ʼ on ʻThe Evidenceʼ page of our website, contains information about several law suits where deaths have occurred resulting from ionization smoke alarms failing to sound a timely warning. In Mercer v BRK (May, 1998), the defendants, BRK, the worldʼs largest smoke alarm manufacturer, were fined compensatory and punitive damages - despite the fact their ionization alarms were compliant with the current smoke alarm standard.
AUSTRALIA 23 Ocean Grove Currumbin, QLD 4223 AUSTRALIA P +61 (0) 409 782 166 E
[email protected]
CANADA
In February 2006 it was discovered that the testing of ionization smoke alarms in accordance with Australiaʼs smoke alarm standard, AS3786, is flawed. Standards Australia has corrected AS3786. However, the amended standard is still before regulators - when it is adopted it will effectively mandate photoelectric smoke alarms in Australian homes and apartments. The Foundation believes that the ionization smoke alarm/s listed above may be dangerously defective and not ʻfit for purposeʼ. Please disclose, in writing, within 14 days to the address below:
Emergency Mgmnt Office Fanshaw College, Ontario CANADA N5Y 5R6 P +1 519 452 4430 ext 2948 F +1 519 451 0513 E
[email protected]
Q.1. Will the smoke alarm/s listed above safely warn/activate in a slow smouldering fire?
NEW ZEALAND
Thank you.
10 Herald Way Tauranga 3112 NEW ZEALAND P 0800 149 521 (in NZ) M +64 (0) 27 544 9644 E
[email protected]
(based on the specific scientific obscuration response data recorded by SSL/CSIRO when the above home owners ionization alarms were subjected to the AS2362.17 smouldering fire smoke sensitivity test)
Q.2. What level of smoke (i.e. Light obscuration per metre) did the ionization smoke alarm/s listed above activate under clauses 7 (e) and (f) of AS2362.17?
Sincerely
The World Fire Safety Foundation
UNITED STATES
Adrian Butler
PO Box 196 Citrus Heights CA 95611-0196 USA P +1 916 721 7700 E
[email protected]
Chairman
23 Ocean Grove Currumbin, Qld 4223 ʻTheHomeOwnersLetters14June09.pdfʼ - The latest version is at: www.TheWorldFireSafetyFoundation.org