The Role of Queensland Fire & Emergency Service in Regulating Smoke Alarm Compliance
QFES’s new smoke alarm laws aim to enhance Queensland homes’ safety, mandating interconnected photoelectric alarms for early fire detection and safer evacuations.
Photoelectric Smoke Alarms Save Lives
A report based on research by Fire and Rescue and the CSIRO into the effectiveness of photoelectric smoke alarms showed stronger measures were needed to give residents time to escape. Did you know that 78% of house fire deaths are between midnight and 8.00am? Did you know that 16 per cent of all fires occur in […]
QFES Smoke Alarm Laws for dwellings being sold , leased or an existing lease is renewed From 1 January 2017
QFES requirements as for existing dwellings. Existing landlord’s and tenant’s obligations regarding the installation and testing of smoke alarms continue. Property sellers must continue to lodge a Form 24 with the Queensland Land Registry Office stating the requirements of the smoke alarm legislation have been met. From 1 January 2022 Smoke alarms in the dwelling must: […]
Why Queensland has new smoke alarm laws and how it will affect Queensland dwellings
On 23 August 2011, a fire started on the ground floor of a house occupied by two families in Slacks Creek. The first of twenty- three 000 emergency calls were made at 12.04am on 24 August. Queensland Fire and Emergency Services was notified at 12.05am and arrived at the scene six minutes later. By the […]