Less than one-third of children ages 5-15 will wake up to home smoke alarms

Saturday, March 12, 2011 - 10:40 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...

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