Why new QLD smoke alarm laws?
These new laws have been implemented in Queensland due to several fires which have tragically resulted in multiple fatalities in each instance. Coronial inquest findings noted that had each property been fitted with functioning smoke alarms the occupants may have stood a better chance of survival. Early smoke / fire detection improves escape time from a burning building. During a fire emergency, it was not only the heat and flames themselves which presented a life-threatening hazard, many victims were first overcome by an accumulation of smoke and toxic fumes. Slacks Creek House Fire – Brisbane Just before midnight on 23rd August 2011, an accidental fire ripped through a house in Slacks Creek, South Brisbane. The fire was to cause the greatest loss of life in a domestic house fire in Australian history, with a total of 11 people (including many children) perishing due to smoke inhalation. A finding from the 2014 Coronial Inquest stated that ; ‘Once this particular fire started, it is l