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Question/Comment Response Where/ Who Home Fire Safety Visits Is it now regulation to install mains smoke detectors in all new build Yes, Building Regulations require smoke detectors to be fitted to Waterlooville - P homes? all new houses in the escape routes. We also go a step further, looking at individual rooms and floors based on a risk assessment. How many alarms should a house have? The government opinion is one alarm per floor within the escape Waterlooville - P route. We recommend fitting detectors in rooms used for living in, but not in the kitchen. Does one alarm trigger another, this used to be the case. Can you Yes, you can still get that make of alarms. The models we fit are Waterlooville - P still get these made? not linked and operate on a very high frequency to improve the chance of them being heard. When the smoke detector battery runs out, will you go back round to We are considering this as an option for the future. We focus on Waterlooville - P homes and change them all? the risk in the home and some homes will be checked again early if there is a higher risk. Do you check overloading power points, multi plugs? Yes, we always give advice on main safety points and assess Waterlooville - P the risk of kitchen fires. We have been involved in HFSVs at Yateley and we want to be more Training is being provided to all R/T crews to support fitting of Rushmoor - S involved in this, will this be possible? We raised a lot of money for ...