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' Fire department wants mandatory smoke detector in every home '
13-06-2015 15:10
One and other is evident from the Rembrandt, a research report to improve the fire safety.
If it were up to the Fire Department is, all homes in Netherlands are equipped with smoke detectors. Required, please notify RTL news.
One and other is evident from the Rembrandt, a research report to improve the fire safety.
According to the Fire Department is the ' urgently needed ' that the Government imposes such a requirement, because the number of deaths by fire will greatly decrease.
Advertisement from the research, which also was looked abroad, show that in England the number of deaths dropped by 40% after the introduction of the mandatory alarm in 1992.
Really change anything in other countries were similar results. ,, The question was: where can we on fire safety now really change anything? '', says Elie van Strien, project leader.
,, The focus in the report is house fires, because thereby most victims. '' Fall annually kill 50 in Netherlands at dwelling fire and hit 650 people injured.
New homes In Netherlands now has 68 percent of the houses a smoke detector. In new homes is installing a smoke detector already required since 2003. Also in renovation of houses and apartments is the duty to install.
The fire follows his recommendation the French example, where as in England the smoke detector is mandatory. Since March of this year, each House there are equipped with a detector.
France example homeowners in France are responsible for the installation of the detectors. See the landlord in rental properties to the functioning of the devices.
In France come annually between 600 and 800 people at dwelling fire to life. More than 10,000 are injured. The introduction of the mandatory detector was this only in 20 percent of the houses.
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