Smoke Alarm Solutions Available Across Brisbane Southside

O’Brien Electrical and Plumbing Coopers Plains are your local experts when it comes to installation of smoke alarms in your home.

Having correctly installed interconnected, photoelectric alarm system will help reduced the risk of being caught inside should a fire breakout at your home. Having a correctly installed and reliable smoke alarm system is one of the most effective protective measures for reducing house fires and ensuring the safety of your family.

For peace of mind in your home, get in touch with us for smoke alarm installation and testing in Brisbane, Ipswich and Logan.

Current Queensland legislation required that all residences must be fitted with interconnected photoelectric smoke alarms.

These must:

Be photoelectric and comply with AS3786-2014
Be hardwired to the mains power supply with a secondary power source (non-removal 10 year battery, or be power by a 10 year non-removable battery
Not also contain an ionisation sensor; and
Be less than 10 years old; and
Be interconnected with every other ‘required’ smoke alarm in the dwelling so all active together.

Smoke Alarm Requirements

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From 1 January 2022:

Landlords: If you are not compliant, you will not be legally able to rent your property.
New dwellings and dwellings being renovated must have photoelectric smoke alarms installed.
Selling/Buying: All homes or units sold must have hardwired, photoelectric, interconnected smoke alarms.

From 1 January 2027:

All existing private homes, townhouses and units require interconnected photoelectric smoke alarms
All registered caravans and motorhomes must also be fitted with a photoelectric smoke alarm.

Smoke Alarm Replacements

Any existing smoke alarm being replaced from 1 January 2017 must be photoelectric-type alarms which complies with AS 3786-2014

If a smoke alarm which is hardwired to a domestic power supply needs replacement, it must be replaced with a hardwired photoelectric smoke alarm.

In existing domestic dwellings, it is possible for have a combination of smoke alarms (240v and battery operated) and inter connectivity can be both wired and /or wireless.

Smoke Alarm Locations

Qld Legislation required that smoke alarms must be installed in the following locations:

On each storey
In each bedroom
In the hallways that connect bedrooms and the rest of the dwelling
If there is not hallway. Between the bedroom and other parts of the storey; and
If there are not bedrooms on a storey, at least one smoke alarm must be installed in the most likely path of travel to exit the dwelling.

Maintaining Smoke Alarms

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Smoke alarms should be regularly dusted or vacuumed to make sure they continue working properly. Accidental alarms go off when there is no fire. They can be a nuisance and become dangerous if homeowners remove the alarm batteries or disable an interconnected system to silence the alarm. The fire service is not permitted to disable sounding alarms in unattended residences.

Make sure you regularly:

Test to ensure they are working correctly.
Vacuum to ensure no dust affects the sensors.

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Photo Electrical Smoke Alarms

Photo electrical Smoke Alarms detect visible particles of combustion. These types of alarms are generally more effective across a wide range of fires experienced in homes. They response quicker to smouldering fires and the dense smoke given off of foam filled furnishing and overheated PVC wiring.

Advantages:

Good for smouldering fire and dense smoke
Not as prone to cooking nuisance alarms
Contain no radioactive material

More information is available from Qld Government website. This is the source of our information.

Call the experts at O’Brien Electrical and Plumbing Coopers Plains for all your smoke alarms needs on Brisbane Southside today.

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