Housing

Swindon Borough Council has announced its decision to replace all smoke alarms across its 10,500 properties with Aico RadioLINK Professional alarms.

Aico Carbon Monoxide (CO) alarms will also be installed and will be interlinked with the smoke alarms.

The council completed its previous smoke alarm installation programme using the RadioLINK system shortly after the product was launched, and subsequently committed to installing RadioLINK as alarms reach the end of their working lives.

A new development is the installation of CO alarms. Aico’s new RadioLINK CO alarm incorporates RadioLINK Professional wireless interconnection for the very first time. This allows it to wirelessly interconnect to the smoke alarms so that when the CO alarm detects dangerous levels of CO, all the alarms interconnected on the system will sound. This is important as a CO alarm is generally away from a bedroom area so may not be heard if there is a CO incident when occupants are asleep.

In each house, one alarm is fitted per floor – on the upstairs landing and in the downstairs hallway. When one alarm activates it sends a radio frequency signal to trigger the other alarm, ensuring the warning can be heard throughout the property.

An Aico wall-mounted Alarm Control Switch is being installed in properties to allow residents to quickly locate the alarm that has detected the fire or CO leak and take appropriate action. The switch is wireless and can also be used to test all the alarms on the system as well as silencing alarms if they are accidentally triggered.

The alarm installation work is being carried out by Shield Electrical Services as part of Swindon Borough Council's housing upgrade programme.

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