Insurance companies/smoke alarms

**martybabe** · 7th January 2009, 22:05

Originally Posted by Reido

thats kinda what i meant, like running on mains to save the battery for when its needed

Cool, you may be on to something.

**jetboy** · 8th January 2009, 10:34

Some of the responses to this topic suprise me.

Why are people anti-smoke detectors? Yes, they cost a whopping $20 and the battries need to be changed every year (I'm sure this is a cost anyone can afford), but they save lives!

Have a look here for some more information from people in the know.

I'd rather be out of pocket by $30 then to have a higher chance of my loved ones ending up burned or even killed. No, alarms don't stop the fire, but who gives a flying fcuk about the house when your two kids' lives are at stake?
If you have insurance then the house can be rebuilt. Nothing can raise the dead (as far as I am aware!).

**Mully** · 8th January 2009, 13:30

Two words..... Darwin Awards.

Fuck making them compulsory - it'll weed out the weaker of the species keeping the precious resourses only for those with common sense

We have one in every bedroom, one in the hallway and one in the lounge. Licencing Trusts FTW (plus buying a few).

**JimO** · 8th January 2009, 15:36

last year i woke up with my pillow on fire, the electric blanket controll had shorted out,the blanket was turned on at the wall but off at the controll, setting the pillow alight, i rolled over felt heat on my face, opened my eyes and saw flames right in front of my face, i jumped out of bed yelling fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck, grabbed the burning pillow and ran down stairs and threw it out the door onto the lawn then ran back upstairs and turned the blanket off at the wall, my wife had woken up and both smoke alarms just started to go off as i got to the top of the stairs, my 3 boys slept through the alarms....

**JimO** · 8th January 2009, 15:40

**Dave Lobster** · 8th January 2009, 16:42

I've just seen another 'news' report about the house in south Auckland.. with the reporting saying something along the lines of smoke alarms.. don't judge the family etc.

Does this mean that what comes next is that it's the State's fault for not replacing the batteries in the smoke alarms?

How much will this cost the taxpayer?