SMOKE DETECTORS - ARE YOU REALLY PROTECTED?
How sure are you that your smoke detector will go off?
Did you know there are basically two types of smoke detectors available...Ionization (most common) and photoelectric.
The one to buy will depend on the type of fire. There are two types of fires - one that creates smoke very quickly, such as in the kitchen due to a fire in a pan called a "hot" fire which "ionization" type smoke detectors can quickly detect and smoldering fires which ionization alarms may not be able to detect quickly.
Watch the NBC Today Report for more info, see below.