Russell Ashe Smoke Detector Presentation

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Presentation notes from Captain Russell Ashe, Barre City Vermont during the 28 June, 2010 University of Cincinnati smoke alarm seminar.More information at:www.TheWFSF.org/uc

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Smoke  Alarms:  The  Fire  That  Started  It  All

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  Introduction

  Russell  Ashe   Captain  /  EMT  –  I

• Fire  Service  for  19  Years

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Barre  City  Fire  Department

18  -­‐  Full  Time  Firefighter  (IAFF  Local  881)      &    20  -­‐  Call  FirefightersCity  PopulaAon    -­‐    9600

4  Duty  ShiHs      -­‐      RotaAon  of    24  Hours  ON  DUTY          72  Hours  OFF  DUTYEMS  LEVEL  -­‐    Intermediate  -­‐  Paramedic

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What    Got    Us    Started  ?

December  17,  2005

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Eastern  Ave.  Call  Received  5:58  am

7  people  in  the  home  at  the  Rme  of  the  fire.1  Adult  male  was  able  to  escape  by  reportedly  jumping  out  of  a  second  floor  window.    

Fire  Crews  rescued  4  Children  and  the  Father  before  being  consumed  by  fire.

Tragically  the  4  children  and  there  mother  died  from  smoke  inhalaRon.  5

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Point  of  Origin

Possible  Causes:      Smoking  Material,  Christmas  DecoraAons,  or  Una]ended  Candle

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  Investigation

According  to  a  male  survivor  -­‐  the  smoke  in  the  apartment  was  so  heavy  he  was  forced  to  jump  from  a  second  floor  window.

The  male  vic=m  that  escaped  reported  that  he  heard  no  smoke  detectors  going  off  while  he  was  in  the  apartment.

The  apartment  had  3  HARD  WIRED  IONIZATION  smoke  detectors        (1  in  the  Master  Bedroom,  1  in  the  Girls  Bedroom,  and  1  in  the  main  family  room)

All  smoke  detectors  on  the  first  floor  were  found  to  be  in  working  order  by  firefighters  aKer  the  fire  was  ex=nguished.

The  apartment  building  had  passed  a  city  minimum  housing    inspec=on  only  a  few  months  before  this  fire.  

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What  Happened?Why  Did  The  Alarms  Not  Go  Off?

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A  fish  aquarium  is  NOT  

a  real  representation  of  a  house  fire  !  !  !  !  

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Barre  City  Fire  Department  Full  Scale  Smoke  Detector  Test

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Photoelectric  /  CO    Detector      11      Minutes

Photoelectric  /  IonizaRon    Detector      

15      Minutes

Photoelectric    Detector      23      Minutes

Photoelectric    Detector      27      Minutes

IonizaRon    Detector  beeped  4  Rmes  then  shut  off      

1      Hour

IonizaRon  Detector      1  Hour    -­‐    6  Minutes

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First  Photoelectric11  Minutes

Ionization1  Hour  6  Minutes

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S.226Winter  of  2007  /  2008,  Senate  Bill  226  is  introduced  and  debated,  requiring  Photoelectric  Only  smoke  alarms  to  be  installed  in  all  new  single  family  dwellings  and  any  exisAng  single  family  dwellings  sold.

Photoelectric  Only  smoke  alarms  would  be  required  in  the  area  of  the  bedrooms  and  at  least  one  per  floor.

 

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May  2008Senate  Bill  226  is  signed  into  law  requiring  

Photoelectric  only  smoke  alarms

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LET  US  NOT  FORGET  THE  TRUE  HERO’S

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DAVENPORT,  IOWAJANUARY  18,  1993

BRADLEY  MERCER

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ROTTERDAM,  NEW  YORKMAY  31,  2001

BILL  HACKERTCHRISTINE  HACKERT

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WAIHI,  NEW  ZEALANDMARCH  23,  2003

SUE  O’SULLIVANMICHAELA  ZONNEVELDJENNY  ZONNEVELDJASON  ZONNEVELD

JEANETTE  ZONNEVELD

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OHIO  STATE  UNIVERSITYAPRIL  13,  2003

ANDREA  DENNISKYLE  RAULIN

AL  SCHLESSMANERIN  DEMARCO

CHRISTINE  WILSON

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SCOTCHTOWN,  TASMANIAAPRIL  2004

JOSHUA  COHENCLAIRE  POKETAYLA  BRAIDDANNI  WIGG

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JULIE  TURNBULLKATE  WELLINGSTEVE  SMITH

MIAMI  UNIVERSITY  APRIL  10,  2005

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BRETT  STOLTZTORY  STOLTZ

CHRISTA  FOSTERKIMBERLY  STOLTZ  FOSTER

MIKAYLA  FOSTER

BARRE  CITY,  VERMONT    DECEMBER  17,  2005

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Help  Us  Make  A  Difference

LT    Maihew  J.  CeRn  –  Firefighter  /  EMT

Barre  City  Fire  Department15  Fourth  St.  Barre  Vt.  05641

(802)  476-­‐0254MceAn@Barre  City  Fire.org  

Captain    Russell  Ashe  –  Firefighter  /  EMT

Barre  City  Fire  Department15  Fourth  St.  Barre  Vt.  05641

(802)  476-­‐0254RASHE@Barre  City  Fire.org  

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