five_alarm
10-23-2003, 10:34 AM
Underwriters’ Laboratories of Canada (ULC), a safety testing, certification and standards development organization, held a Standards Subcommittee meeting Wednesday, April 16, 2003, at its Toronto, Ontario, facility to discuss issues relating to why some children might not awaken when a smoke alarm sounds. The issue has received attention in the United States and Canada after television stations in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Fort Worth, Texas, coordinated demonstrations with local families and fire departments to gauge effectiveness of fire evacuation plans. Reporters were surprised to find that some children slept soundly through activated smoke alarms.
Source: Underwriters’ Laboratories of Canada (http://www.firehall.com/refer.php?url=http://www.ulc.ca/news/news_viewer.asp?News_ID=38&Redirect=release&linkid=221&parent=news(headlines)&)
Source: Underwriters’ Laboratories of Canada (http://www.firehall.com/refer.php?url=http://www.ulc.ca/news/news_viewer.asp?News_ID=38&Redirect=release&linkid=221&parent=news(headlines)&)