Like all members of the family, pets are just as susceptible to the dangers of carbon monoxide (CO). But, some pet parents may not know how to spot the symptoms. Kidde is sharing important advice to help people protect their furry family members.
Most symptoms of Carbon Monoxide (CO) poisoning in pets are non-specific – they could easily be attributed to other illnesses. It’s important to keep working CO alarms throughout the home, and know the signs in your pets.
People are starting to think about how to stay warm, particularly in the southern states, with homes starting to be warmed with heaters and fireplaces. The kitchen is also starting to be used more instead of BBQs from the summer season. Residential fires occur the most in the kitchen, so always be fire-safety conscious when you’re cooking.
And of course, households are always better protected from fire by following a few fire safety precautions and having a working smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms on every level of the home and in sleeping areas, fire extinguishers within reach in the kitchen and garage and a home escape plan.
Stay safe this Autumn with Quell.
Join families everywhere (including Peppa’s!) to make fire safety a priority at home through Kidde’s Cause for Alarm campaign. As Peppa and her family welcome a new baby, Kidde is sharing expert tips and guidance to help make homes a safer place for everyone. Explore ways to make fire and carbon monoxide (CO) safety fun for your whole family, with educational tools and videos, products, giveaways and more!
The fun SAFETY TOOL KIT includes activity sheets, colouring pages and more? This handy tool kit makes it fun and easy for the whole family to learn about fire and CO safety from the experts at Kidde, with help from Peppa Pig.
Take the SAFETY PLEDGE to be a fire safety helper like Peppa and join Kidde’s Cause for Alarm program!
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From 1 January 2027, Queensland will become the first state or territory in Australia to require interconnected photoelectric smoke alarms to be installed in all private homes, townhouses, and units. These alarms must be located in:
✔ Every bedroom
✔ Hallways connecting bedrooms
✔ At least one on every storey of the home
Interconnected smoke alarms offer enhanced safety by alerting all alarms across the home when smoke is detected in any one location. This ensures that occupants are warned of danger—even if they are in a different room or on a different floor—providing critical time to escape.
When we sleep, our sense of smell and taste significantly diminish. The most effective way to wake someone during a fire is through sound. The NCC stipulates that smoke alarms must be installed in every corridor associated with a bedroom, or if there is no corridor, in an area between the bedrooms and the remainder of the building. However, if the bedroom door is closed, the alarm may not be loud enough to wake someone inside, and alarms in other parts of the home may go unheard.
In cases where a fire starts inside the bedroom and there is no alarm present, the sleeping occupant may be quickly overcome by smoke, rendering them unconscious before the fire activates an external alarm. This delay can be fatal.
Installing them throughout the home, especially in sleeping areas, offers your family the best protection in the event of a fire.
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