Why have Four Decades of Warnings Been Ignored?

Sept, 1980 - First Official Warning: WA R N I N G : Ionization Alarms Unsafe!

IAFC REPORT

In 1980 after thousands had been injured or killed in house fires, the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) warned the ionization type of smoke alarm in most U.S. homes were not safe and lives were at risk: www.thewfsf.org/iafc

Tragically the IAFCs warning went unheeded - for the next 32 years . . .

May, 1996 - 16 Years Later: WA R N I N G : Ionization Alarms Unsafe!

SMOKE ALARMS

Barbara Walters

Dr. Don Russell: Thats where they (the manufacturers) make most of their.. money (selling ionization alarms) and theyre just going to keep. . doing the same thing until something compels them to change.
Dr. Russell, Texas A&M University, Smoke Alarms, ABC - 20/20, 17 May, 1996

Dr Russell

Jan, 2000 - 20 Years Later: WA R N I N G : Ionization Alarms Unsafe!

So they took us in to see them and I couldnt even tell which child was which; they were that burned and disotorted.
Jennifer Mercer, Silent Alarms CTV, Jan, 2000
Jennifer Mercer

SILENT ALARMS

MERCER v. PITTWAY CORPORATION BRK

What came out in court was an astounding tale of misinformation and deception.
Tom Clark, Journalist, Silent Alarms CTV, Jan, 2000

Both boys had burns to more than 40% of their bodies. Bradley died. Travis survived.

www.SmokeAlarmWarning.org/silentalarms

June, 2006 - 26 Years Later: WA R N I N G : Ionization Alarms Unsafe!

AFAC REPORT

The Australasian Fire Authorities Council (AFAC) represents all Australian and New Zealand Fire Brigades. Their official position on smoke alarms states:

Ionization smoke alarms may not operate in time to alert occupants early enough to escape from smouldering fires.
AFAC Position on Smoke Alarms in Residential Accomodation June, 2006, Page 3

Oct, 2012 - 32 Years Later: WA R N I N G : Ionization Alarms Unsafe!

:Brian Williams - NBC News Anchor/Editor ...they may not deliver the warning needed to save lives.

SOUNDING THE ALARM

Seasoned Fire Fighters Shocked

If I would have relied on an ionization,. my family probably wouldnt make it out. Brian Williams 6pm NBC News

Brian Lien - Houston Fire Fighter:

www.today.msnbc.msn.com/id/49214422

Brian Lien Fire Fighter

The reason the WFSF is warning about ionization alarms is because the public, and even many of our fire fighters, STILL do not know they are unsafe!
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