Less than one-third of children ages 5-15 will wake up to home smoke alarms
Friday, March 11, 2011 - 12:50
in Health & Medicine
An Australian study to determine the likelihood of school-aged children waking up to their home smoke alarm found that 78% of children slept through a smoke alarm sounding for 30 seconds. The outcomes of the study are published today in the journal Fire and Materials.