Aico - Remote control technology will help save lives in a fire
says Aico
Many of the reasons why mains powered smoke alarms
fail to operate in a fire can now be safely and
economically prevented by using Aico's unique Remote
Control technology, claims the company.
Fire Statistics, United Kingdom 2005 (recently issued by
the Department for Communities and Local Government)
states that 2,287 mains powered alarms failed to
operate. Aico - the UK's leading provider of mains
powered smoke alarms - believes that problems with
accessing ceiling mounted alarms has led to alarms being
disabled and rarely tested, hence this figure, which is
the highest in five years.
Aico's solution has been to introduce a unique new
Remote Control function on all of its bestselling Ei160
series smoke and heat alarm units free of charge. This
allows users to perform Locate, Hush, Test and Mains
Check functions from the new Alarm Control Switch which
can be positioned on the wall for safe and convenient
access, similar to a light switch. Aico's new Remote
Control technology can be used both with conventional
hard-wired interconnect systems and with the company's
own unique RadioLINK wireless interconnect system.
"Ceiling mounted alarms are difficult and even dangerous
for residents to reach - especially the elderly or
frail" points out Neil Perdell, Technical Product
Manager of Aico. "This means that any nuisance alarm may
be dealt with by disabling the unit. It also means that
people are very reluctant to climb up to perform a
regular test of their smoke alarms. Both of these
problems can be eliminated very simply and economically
now.
"With Aico Remote Control technology, users can now
safely test and hush their alarms without having to
reach for the ceiling. We think this will mean far
greater user compliance and far less disabling of
alarms".
Email:
julie@publicityoverload.co.uk
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