(EMAILWIRE.COM, November 12, 2009 ) Milwaukee, WI. Bill Driscoll, of DeTech Firesense Technologies, asks "A fire is a fire right?…what could be different in home fires now?" It's not just about the quality of the smoke detectors that we use. It's the materials we have filled our homes with and the way we have made our homes more energy efficient, creating a whole new fire problem that requires a whole new way of thinking if we want to be sure to escape. Our home safety and our very survival depends on it!

30 years ago, the experts estimated that we had 17 minutes on average to escape our home safely from the time a fire started. Today, according to the National Fire Protection Association, we have 1-2 minutes. WOW! What happened?

Mr. Driscoll explained "Two major changes have taken place. Since we have sealed our homes up as tight as we can to preserve energy and lower our heating and air conditioning bills, we have created an environment where there is less oxygen available to breath. As the fire burns and begins to take the oxygen away from the sleeping occupants in the home, it begins to put us into a deeper sleep, making it less likely we will hear an alarm."

"Also, the materials in our homes have changed dramatically. Almost everything is made from synthetics that burn faster and hotter than ever. Plastic is a petroleum based product that also burns hot and fast.

The most common, and cheapest, type of smoke alarm - ionization alarms - do not always go off early enough to ensure escape from smoky, smoldering fires, according to a 2004 report by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Part of the reason for the late warning is that fires burn hotter and up to five times faster now than 30 years ago, largely because of the more flammable synthetic materials now found in upholstery and used in home construction, the 2004 report said.

We cannot use the same thinking, methods and technology that we did 30 years ago and expect to escape a burning home. The ionization smoke alarms, which are the most common, have not changed…but fires have!

We need to have an early warning...we need to know about any type of fire, whether flaming or smoldering and we must know about it while it is still contained in the room where it started.

We should take advantage of the technology that is available today in the form of the photoelectric technology that can quickly sense a smoldering fire without giving false alarms.

When these types of smoke detectors are used in conjunction with modern heat detection you have complete protection that will give you an early warning to any type of fire that starts anywhere in your home.

Bill Driscoll has over 25 years experience in home fire safety. Visit http://www.detechfiresensetechnologies.com, or call 262-236-0123, to learn more life saving fire safety tips.

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