TV show causes hot debate over smoke detectors
A television program has sparked a debate about smoke alarms.
According to CTV’s W5, certain smoke detectors may not be as dependable in detecting fires as first thought by consumers and fire officials.
This led to calls from house owners to stores that stock the detectors, and heated arguments from alarm manufacturers and laboratory testers on whether or not people should be concerned. When the smoke clears, it probably will be determined that ionization detectors are inferior to photoelectric ones in exactly what they detect, but still all of them are valuable and save lives.
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Every house should be equipped with several detectors, and be tested on a regular basis.
Meanwhile an even more disturbing issue is smoldering in Victoria, B.C. One of the most popular programs on a local cable station has been cancelled and the station has returned to regular programming.
Hundreds of people phoned to complain, and a dozen people even protested outside the station, demanding the return of the program.
What was this hot show that attracted such a devoted following? During the Christmas holidays, for 18 hours a day, the station played the image of a crackling fireplace.
Its warm reception will probably inspire more television stations to consider this option to attract such devoted audiences.
Why, even CBC might want to consider it to boost its ratings and meet the demands from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission for more regional programming, and producing it at a low cost. Fire officials and insurance companies will be delighted with this trend.
The artificial fireplaces will stamp out any desire to have those potentially dangerous real ones in homes.
The question remains which of the smoke detectors will be set off by the raging debates over whether to watch the fireplace channel or Hockey Night in Canada.
