Smoke alarms withstand cold (5.9.2006)   (05.09.2006)
The cold-resistance of battery-operated smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms was investigated in one of our projects. We purchased five different alarm models from the market and had them tested for cold resistance by VTT. The tests showed that various battery-operated alarms do not very easily react to the temperature of –10 °C, neither to air temperature fluctuating between 0 °C and –10 °C....

Fire blankets must be big enough (14.9.2004)   (14.09.2004)
A press release of the Consumer Agency, the Safety Technology Authority and the Helsinki Rescue Department The Finnish Consumer Agency and the Safety Technology Authority commissioned a study concerning the properties of fire blankets. The study showed that success in extinguishing a fire depends above all on the size of the blanket. The smallest fire blankets on the market, about a metre in...