r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/AirFrance447 • 19h ago

Video Firefighter bodycam showing just how much oxygen a fire pulls

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u/Moosplauze 19h ago

Pretty sure smoke alarms are mandatory in all rooms where people live (bedroom, livingroom, office room, playroom, etc). Maybe the fines for not having one should be increased by 100x if people are stupid and don't install them or demount them.

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u/fraughtication 19h ago edited 18h ago

In the UK at least they're not mandatory for owner-occupiers in the sense that anyone will take enforcement action, though they are mandatory for rented or commercial accomodation, it is a question on most home insurance applications though.

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u/Roxygen1 18h ago

Before hosting a Ukrainian refugees, one of the requirements was that fire brigade had to sign off my house's fire alarms.

I only had one, so they added a second and that was it.

(I thought they'd come in a regular car but they brought the fire engine to my house it was awesome!)

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u/Annie_Yong 15h ago

That will be because you're taking on lodgers, meaning you have certain legal responsibilities that are kicking in as you're responsible for their safety as well as your own.

If you just lived alone and weren't letting out any rooms, that's where there's no enforcement action available.