TO ALL OUR VIEWERS
The following links to videos from WTHR Channel 13
Eyewitness News in Indianapolis, IN were put together by Bob
Segall, one of WTHR’s investigative reporters. Bob, as of
December of 2007, has spent over nine months investigating
the inherent problems with smoke detectors which use
ionization sensors.
This first video tells the story of a major tragedy that
occurred in Barre, Vermont. Russell Ashe of the Barre,
Vermont fire department is a member of our Advisory Panel.
Click here to view this video
Next are two videos, Part 1 and Part 2, which further
verify that for some thirty years major manufacturers of
smoke detectors using ionization sensors have sold units
that have been proven, time after time, to not detect and/or
warn of a smoldering fire in a timely fashion. It has been
stated numerous times that a picture is worth a thousand
words; with this in mind, we urge our viewers to look at the
following two videos which confirm that the smoke detectors
L.I.F.E. is bringing to the marketplace not only detect
smoldering fires in a timely fashion, as all our units
utilize photoelectric sensors, but in addition, L.I.F.E.’s
Guiding Light™ and LASER-ALERT® detectors and their
LASER-ALERT® domes, activated by our detectors, guide you to
safety via pre-selected evacuation paths.
Click here to view Part 1 of Deadly Delay
Click here to view Part 2 of Deadly Delay
Next, you can link to an Aquarium Test which visually
illustrates the sensor failures in detecting smoldering
fires when using an ionization smoke detector. The
manufacturers and the various national testing facilities
have known about this for years, yet they still certify and
sell them, thus lulling thousands of home owners into a
false sense of security, thinking they’ve protected their
families by installing these units in their homes, condos,
etc.
We here at L.I.F.E.
feel that when one knows their wares are faulty and do not
do what the package states it will do, act as a smoke
detector, this is tantamount to fraud and fraud is criminal.
Creating a combi-unit (photoelectric and ionization
sensors in a single unit) is NOT the answer! The
ionization sensors will still activate near any cooking area
(kitchens) or hot steam areas (bathrooms), and after
repeated “false alarms”, many homeowners will deactivate
their units by disconnecting the wires if they have a unit
powered by 110v (in the United States) or removing the
battery to stop the annoyance of the “false alarms”. Now,
the structure has no protection whatsoever.
L.I.F.E. will also be offering a combi-unit, however
ours will combine a photoelectric sensor with a heat
sensor. Heat sensors are just that – they activate when a
pre selected temperature (normally 135° F) is detected by
the unit, regardless of the size of the smoke particles.
Heat sensors operate independently of the photoelectric
sensors in our combi-units, thus our combi-units will be
fire/smoke detectors.
We thank you for taking the time to fully view the videos
we’ve made available to you via these links to public
telecasts from WTHR Channel 13 Eyewitness News in
Indianapolis, IN.
We provided these links to substantiate the failure of
smoke detectors using ionization sensors in detecting
smoldering fires in a timely fashion.
Neither Bob Segall or
WTHR Channel 13 Eyewitness News are endorsing our products.
By fully understanding the inherent dangers in presuming
that ionization sensors in the smoke detectors you currently
have in your structures will detect an impending fire in a
timely fashion, you’ll be able to able to make an
intelligent decision on how to protect your loved ones and
help us to STOP THE CHILDREN FROM
BURNING!™.
National Fire
