Why doesn’t Fire Xscape sell a stand-alone ionization type smoke alarm?
The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) has extensively researched both ionization and photoelectric smoke alarms and their effectiveness in various fire situations. This research indicated that photoelectric smoke alarms provide a significantly faster warning for smokey or smoldering fires. Their testing also shows that ionization smoke alarms provide a slightly faster warning for fast flaming fires. Every second counts when you and your family are fleeing a residential fire. At Fire Xscape we want to make sure you are as safe as possible. Since you never know what type of fire you may encounter we promote the use of dual sensor smoke alarms. It’s worth the extra investment to increase your chances of surviving a potentially fatal fire. If certain locations within your home tend to have problems with nuisance alarms we recommend a photoelectric smoke alarm be used. Photoelectric smoke alarms exhibit significantly fewer nuisance alarms than ionization smoke alarms. F
