Did You Know?

Did you know that there are two types of smoke alarms?

Ionization smoke alarms respond first to fast flaming fires. A flaming fire devours combustibles extremely fast, spreads rapidly and generates considerable heat with little smoke.

Photoelectric smoke alarms respond first to slow smoldering fires. A smoldering fire generates larger amounts of thick, black smoke with little heat and may smolder for hours before bursting into flames.

-American Sensor 01/26/06