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Williamsburg, VA 23185
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Why you need two types of smoke alarms

 

The James City County Fire Department suggests for the best fire protection citizens should install both photoelectric and ionization alarms. 

 

 

For more information about how these types of smoke alarms work, click here:  http://home.howstuffworks.com/smoke.htm

 

There are studies to support having both types of smoke alarms.  Click on the USFA Fire in the USA report, 1985-1994; page 76 reports fire fatalities in 19% of homes with working smoke alarms.  A 2006 NIST report suggests that while further study is needed the escape time has decreased dramatically.