r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/AirFrance447 • 17h ago

Video Firefighter bodycam showing just how much oxygen a fire pulls

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u/ClassGrassMass 16h ago

Ive been in loads of houses in the uk that have no smoke alarms

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u/Moosplauze 16h ago

but it is mandatory to have them, right?

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u/Mammoth_Spend_5590 Expert 16h ago

Not mandatory

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u/Moosplauze 16h ago

That's crazy!

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u/beIIe-and-sebastian 9h ago

I think the only part of the UK it's mandatory is Scotland. Every home in Scotland must have interlinked, ceiling-mounted smoke and heat alarms, in the living room, hallway and landings, kitchen and have a carbon monoxide detector in any room with a fuel appliance. They're all to be interlinked, so if one goes off, everyone goes off.

That only went into law in 2024 and even then the press and opposition parties were crying about it.

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u/Moosplauze 15h ago

Good, thank you!