11 May 1900, Legal Briefs, W. O. Blaze patented a cleaner and smoke-detector, and Mr. Goodnight has to his credit a fire-extinguisher.
1987, w:Fleur Adcock, The Poetry Book Society Anthology 1987/88 Chapter Wildlife, Meanwhile at the Conference Centre three fire-engines have screamed up. Not, for once, a student smoking in a bedroom: this time a cloud of thunderflies has chosen to swarm on the pearly-pink just-warm globe of a smoke-detector.
3 August 1988, Shut that door – plea, Leading Fireman McCarthy stressed the importance of fitting smoke-detectors wherever possible.
17 June 1994, The little red engine, A third display showed how quickly a three-piece suite could go up in flames, which was designed by the fire brigade to highlight the benefits of fitting smoke-detectors.
2022, Stuart Paton; Alison Payne, Powering Ahead: Decarbonising Scotland’s Energy Chapter Clear timeline of regulation for phasing out gas in homes, Without early warning of impending regulations and trigger points there is a danger that the chaos around the regulations on interlinked smoke-detectors could be repeated.
