Triplets in House Fire in Bethesda--Install Fire Detectors

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No matter how bad her English was.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE SMOKE ALARMS.

it's THEIR FAULT and they're paying for it.

God is going to strike you down for that comment.

since when you can read his mind?

and how do you know God is a he?

[Anonymous]

Smoke detectors were not a factor in this fire, despite the numerous rants and raves on this ridiculous thread. The fire started on the exterior of the home & was noticed before any smoke detector ever would have activated. The decisions made may have been questionable, yes...and of course smoke detectors are important. Please stop with the hating and second guessing...it's pathetic. Prayers for the kids...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Smoke detectors were not a factor in this fire, despite the numerous rants and raves on this ridiculous thread. The fire started on the exterior of the home & was noticed before any smoke detector ever would have activated. The decisions made may have been questionable, yes...and of course smoke detectors are important. Please stop with the hating and second guessing...it's pathetic. Prayers for the kids...

Are you sure (serious question)? From what I read, the fire started on the deck, smoldered for a while, then spread to a porch and the back of the house. By the time the nanny noticed, there was apparently quite a lot of smoke. She runs up, she and dad run down and outside, and when they run back in the entire rear of the house in engulfed and they can't get from the front door to the stairs. I'm not clear that working smoke detectors wouldn't have gone off before the nanny noticed the smoke.

[Anonymous]

The fire was noticed before a smoke detector would have activated. Dad was inside the house when he was alerted to the fire.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The fire was noticed before a smoke detector would have activated. Dad was inside the house when he was alerted to the fire.

Smoke detectors are pretty damn sensitive. I do not think anyone can say with 100% certainty if it would have gone off. If the kitchen or family room backed up to the porch and there had been detectors they would have gone off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The fire was noticed before a smoke detector would have activated. Dad was inside the house when he was alerted to the fire.

Smoke detectors are pretty damn sensitive. I do not think anyone can say with 100% certainty if it would have gone off. If the kitchen or family room backed up to the porch and there had been detectors they would have gone off.

You are incorrect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The fire was noticed before a smoke detector would have activated. Dad was inside the house when he was alerted to the fire.

Smoke detectors are pretty damn sensitive. I do not think anyone can say with 100% certainty if it would have gone off. If the kitchen or family room backed up to the porch and there had been detectors they would have gone off.

You are incorrect.

Source?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The fire was noticed before a smoke detector would have activated. Dad was inside the house when he was alerted to the fire.

Smoke detectors are pretty damn sensitive. I do not think anyone can say with 100% certainty if it would have gone off. If the kitchen or family room backed up to the porch and there had been detectors they would have gone off.

You are incorrect.

A local fire fighter told us this so I am going to go ahead and believe her. That would make it correct.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The fire was noticed before a smoke detector would have activated. Dad was inside the house when he was alerted to the fire.

Smoke detectors are pretty damn sensitive. I do not think anyone can say with 100% certainty if it would have gone off. If the kitchen or family room backed up to the porch and there had been detectors they would have gone off.

You are incorrect.

Source?

My source is being blessed with common sense. However, if you insist on something you can watch someone tell you, etc...I encourage you to check out Channel 9's extensive coverage of this event, to include a report on smoke detectors. Dad was in an office across the hall from the nursery when he was alerted to the fire by the nanny. There was so much smoke in the house at this time (not), that he thought she meant that the neighbor's house was on fire. Again, the fire started on the exterior of the house. It took a while for the fire to enter the house...and AGAIN, the fire was noticed before then. Smoke detectors alert people to fires. In this case, Dad was actually alerted before a smoke detector would have alerted him. His mistake was not getting the kids out immediately after he realized his own house was on fire, and trying to fight the fire himself instead of going back in the house immediately. People (not just you) on this thread are concentrating on the wrong thing, the smoke detectors, in their rush to judge and blame. That's unfortunate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The fire was noticed before a smoke detector would have activated. Dad was inside the house when he was alerted to the fire.

Smoke detectors are pretty damn sensitive. I do not think anyone can say with 100% certainty if it would have gone off. If the kitchen or family room backed up to the porch and there had been detectors they would have gone off.

You are incorrect.

Source?

My source is being blessed with common sense. However, if you insist on something you can watch someone tell you, etc...I encourage you to check out Channel 9's extensive coverage of this event, to include a report on smoke detectors. Dad was in an office across the hall from the nursery when he was alerted to the fire by the nanny. There was so much smoke in the house at this time (not), that he thought she meant that the neighbor's house was on fire. Again, the fire started on the exterior of the house. It took a while for the fire to enter the house...and AGAIN, the fire was noticed before then. Smoke detectors alert people to fires. In this case, Dad was actually alerted before a smoke detector would have alerted him. His mistake was not getting the kids out immediately after he realized his own house was on fire, and trying to fight the fire himself instead of going back in the house immediately. People (not just you) on this thread are concentrating on the wrong thing, the smoke detectors, in their rush to judge and blame. That's unfortunate.

Fire on the exterior does not mean an indoor detector would not have gone off. Ask a fire professional.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The fire was noticed before a smoke detector would have activated. Dad was inside the house when he was alerted to the fire.

Smoke detectors are pretty damn sensitive. I do not think anyone can say with 100% certainty if it would have gone off. If the kitchen or family room backed up to the porch and there had been detectors they would have gone off.

You are incorrect.

Source?

My source is being blessed with common sense. However, if you insist on something you can watch someone tell you, etc...I encourage you to check out Channel 9's extensive coverage of this event, to include a report on smoke detectors. Dad was in an office across the hall from the nursery when he was alerted to the fire by the nanny. There was so much smoke in the house at this time (not), that he thought she meant that the neighbor's house was on fire. Again, the fire started on the exterior of the house. It took a while for the fire to enter the house...and AGAIN, the fire was noticed before then. Smoke detectors alert people to fires. In this case, Dad was actually alerted before a smoke detector would have alerted him. His mistake was not getting the kids out immediately after he realized his own house was on fire, and trying to fight the fire himself instead of going back in the house immediately. People (not just you) on this thread are concentrating on the wrong thing, the smoke detectors, in their rush to judge and blame. That's unfortunate.

Fire on the exterior does not mean an indoor detector would not have gone off. Ask a fire professional.

Think it through...and watch the report. You really may learn something. Seriously.

[Anonymous]

OK pp I will. I am skeptical though as far as questioning a fire fighter. Alarm in kitchen, kitchen off porch = alarm going off. You think about it too.

[Anonymous]

Thank you...there have been many fires that have started on the exterior of homes (decks would be most common), and extended up the outside of the home (vinyl siding), and the residents inside the home were none the wiser. Attic fires also...

[Anonymous]

Please don't lose sight of the point of this post:

1. Please react responsibly and always put people before things in a fire situation (get people out, do not fight the fire yourself).

2. Maintain and check fire alarms in your home, especially outside of bedrooms.

3. Make a fire escape plan and think it through or practice.

That is really all that is relevant. Learn from others mistakes or misfortune, but don't waste energy or karma blaming anyone.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for some sense PP. Some of these other posters are really getting ridiculous.