^^They are going off because the people apparently don’t know how to cook. They are burning their dinners.
And thanks for your video link.
I take it folks should look into photoelectric detectors (as they detect smoldering)?
Photo detectors are more likely to detect smoke from the most common house fires. There are combination ion/photo detectors available, but my house has combination photoelectric smoke/carbon monoxide detectors on each level
They broke in. I’m not sure how (didn’t see them do it) - they didn’t smash the door down or anything. But as the owner was in, she hadn’t deadlocked the door so presumably it was simple for them pick the lock (am guessing).
In the fire service this two-part device is referred to as “the universal master key”. It opens any door quickly and easily.
https://www.firefighteraxe.com/images/firefighter500.jpg
Ha! I didn’t see any door smashing going on, so perhaps they were holding that in reserve.
Good stuff, thank you. I’m assuming what you describe is widespread; it matches what I was observing without really knowing what was going on.
They may have used a Halligan tool.. It’s as quick or quicker than an axe, and does a lot less damage.
Yeah, probably.
My closest association with the fire service was my college roomies’ Dad who was a station captain for LA City Fire. That was 40 years ago in a department that then favored old school methods and may well still today. Back then they’d use an axe. With a big galoot nicknamed “Tiny” wielding it.
You are right that it is widespread There are national codes governing how buildings of various types need to be protected.