Kidde Introduces New Smoke Alarms and Carbon Monoxide Detection Products
Kidde’s new alarm products are designed to install quickly and complement a variety of home environments to blend in unobtrusively.
Kidde’s new alarm products are designed to install quickly and complement a variety of home environments to blend in unobtrusively.
Kidde Commercial’s new Duct Smoke Detector is capable of installing in locations in which high levels of dust and moisture are present, such as HVAC systems.
UL says it found no compliance issues related to claims that tens of millions of alarm panels should be recalled due to safety concerns.
For the past 20 years most hardwired alarm panels have been manufactured in deviation to UL 1023, UL 985 and NFPA 72 standards, Jeffrey Zwirn contends.
The new Kidde smoke alarms are said to be the first to meet the new UL 217 safety standard for distinguishing real fires from harmless smoke.
For the second time Nest has partnered with the foundation, established by actor Denis Leary, to provide two fire departments with the awards.
Major factors fueling the market include increased spending for protection of assets and robust growth in infrastructure development.
A recent smoke alarm workshop presentation detected low consumer education.
Fire management systems are expected to dominate the market share during the forecast period, 2016-2021.
Newly redesigned Nest Protect smoke alarms last a decade and represent a sometimes overlooked and overdue upgrade opportunity for installers.