Domestic detector company Aico has introduced a new remote control on its Ei160 series of smoke and heat alarms. This allows users to perform ‘locate’,’hush’, ‘test’, and ‘mains check’ functions from an alarm control unit, which can be installed on a wall for convenient access.
The technology can be used with the company’s hard wired interconnect systems, and with its RadioLink wireless system.
The latest fire statistics for the UK show that 2,287 mains powered alarms failed to operate in 2005. Aico 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.
“Ceiling mounted alarms are difficult and even dangerous for residents to reach – especially the elderly or frail,” says 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.”
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