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Vision 20/20 and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has released a report of a smoke alarm summit held to look at issues facing the widespread implementation of smoke alarms, both today and in the future. Fifty-nine representatives from the fire service, academia, government, non-profit and private sector convened for the one-day summit to develop consensus recommendations to help guide future actions focusing on evidence-based policy and practices, priority research gaps to be addressed and steps needed to encourage wider installation of smoke alarms.
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Report | Notes | Videos | Overviews | Presentations
2015 Smoke Alarm Summit Report
Evidence Informing Action: Consensus Priorities to Increase the Use of Smoke Alarms in U.S. Homes
2015 Smoke Alarm Summit Transcribed Notes
2015 Smoke Alarm Summit Notes 07.01.15
2015 Smoke Alarm Summit Videos of Presentations
Part 1 of 5
- Module 1: Welcome, overview and introductions
- Jim Crawford, V2020
- Andrea Gielen, Johns Hopkins
- Bobby Halton, Fire Engineering
- Module 2: Smoke alarms and Fires: What does the Data Say?
- Marty Ahrens, NFPA
Part 2 of 5
- Module 3: Smoke Alarm Installation and Maintenance: What Role does Human Behavior Play?
- Phil Schaenman, TriData Division, Systems Planning Corporation
- Zach Boileau, Salter>Mitchell
- Elise Omaki, Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy
Part 3 of 5
- Module 4: Smoke Alarm Installation and Maintenance: What Role does Technology Play?
- Panelists
- Laurence J. Dallaire
- Tom Cleary
- Amanda Kimball, NFPA
- Richard Roberts, Honeywell
- Lawrence McKenna, US Fire Administration
Part 4 of 5
- Module 5: Where do we go from here?
- Shannon Frattaroli, Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy
Part 5 of 5
- Findings and Concluding Remarks
- Bobby Halton, Fire Engineering
- Andrea Gielen, Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy
- Jim Crawford, Vision 20/20
2015 Smoke Alarm Summit Overviews and Supporting Information
- A report prepared by Jewell T. Feng and James A. Milke from the University of MarylandPDF, 4 MB
- by Arthur Lee, electrical engineer, US Consumer Product Safety Commission. March 2010.PDF, 2 MB
- The results of the 2015 Smoke Alarm Summit held at Johns Hopkins.PDF, 421 KB
- V2020 Smoke Alarm Summit, Schaenman, TO BE ADDEDPDF, 65 KB
- by Bruce Warmack, Marc Wise, Dennis Wolf, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, March 2012PDF, 957 KB
- Overview of presentation by Marty Ahrens from NFPA at the 2015 Smoke Alarm Summit.PDF, 442 KB
- A presentation by Phil Schaenman, System Planning Corporation, at the 2015 Vision 20/20 Smoke Alarm SummitPDF, 2 MB
- An overview of a presentation by Larry McKenna, US Fire Administration, at the 2015 Vision 20/20 Smoke Alarm SummitPDF, 228 KB
- V2020 2015 Smoke Alarm Summit TO BE ADDEDPDF, 130 KB
- An overview of a presentation by Phil Schaenman, Systems Planning Corporation, at the 2015 Vision 20/20 Smoke Alarm SummitPDF, 277 KB
- An overview of a presentation by Laurence Dallaire, NFPA 72 Committee, at the 2015 Vision 20/20 Smoke Alarm SummitPDF, 160 KB
- A presentation by Laurence Dallaire, NFPA 72 Residential Subcommittee, at the 2015 Vision 20/20 Smoke Alarm SummitPDF, 2 MB
- A presentation by Elise Perry Omaki, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, at the 2015 Vision 20/20 Smoke Alarm SummitPDF, 308 KB
- by Thomas Cleary and Artur Chernovsky, National Institute of Standards and Technology, January 2013PDF, 6 MB
- An overview of smoke alarm research by Tom Cleary, National Institute of Standards and TechnologyPDF, 71 KB
- On March 31, 2015 fifty-nine participants representing stakeholder groups such as the fire service, academia, government, non-profit, and private sector organizations, convened for a one-day Smoke Alarm Summit at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.PDF, 421 KB
- A report from the National Fire Protection Association, March 2014, provided at the 2015 Vision 20/20 Smoke Alarm SummitPDF, 1 MB
- An overview of a presentation by Richard Roberts, Honeywell, at the March 2015 Vision 20/20 Smoke Alarm SummitPDF, 400 KB
- by Dorothy Bruck and Ian Thomas, School of Psychology and Centre for Environmental Safety and Risk Engineering, Victoria University, Australia, 2008PDF, 274 KB
2015 Smoke Alarm Summit Presentations
- A presentation by Zach Boileau, Salter Mitchell, at the 2015 Vision 20/20 Smoke Alarm SummitPDF, 623 KB
- A PowerPoint presentation by Salter-Mitchell at the 2015 Vision 20/20 Smoke Alarm Summit.PDF, 93 KB
- The PowerPoint presentation given by Phil Schaenman, Systems Planning Corporation, at the 2015 Vision 20/20 Smoke Alarm SummitPDF, 2 MB
- A PowerPoint presentation by Marty Ahrens, NFPA, at the 2015 Vision 20/20 Smoke Alarm SummitPDF, 1 MB
- The PowerPoint presentation given by Marty Ahrens, NFPA, at the 2015 Vision 20/20 Smoke Alarm SummitPDF, 1 MB
- A presentation by Phil Schaenman, System Planning Corporation, at the 2015 Vision 20/20 Smoke Alarm SummitPDF, 2 MB
- A presentation by Larry McKenna, US Fire Administration, at the 2015 Vision 20/20 Smoke Alarm SummitPDF, 535 KB
- A PowerPoint presentation by Larry McKenna, US Fire Administration, at the 2015 Vision 20/20 Smoke Alarm Summit,
- A presentation by Laurence Dallaire, NFPA 72 Residential Subcommittee, at the 2015 Vision 20/20 Smoke Alarm SummitPDF, 2 MB
- A PowerPoint presentation given by Laurence Dallaire, NFPA 72 Committee, at the 2015 Vision 20/20 Smoke Alarm SummitPDF, 2 MB
- A presentation by Elise Perry Omaki, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, at the 2015 Vision 20/20 Smoke Alarm SummitPDF, 184 KB
- A PowerPoint presentation given by Tom Cleary, National Institute of Standards and Technology, at the 2015 Vision 20/20 Smoke Alarm SummitPDF, 5 MB
- A presentation by Tom Cleary, National Institute of Standards and Technology, at the 2015 Vision 20/20 Smoke Alarm SummitPDF, 5 MB
- A PowerPoint presentation by Richard Roberts, Honeywell Fire Safety, at the 2015 Vision 20/20 Smoke Alarm SummitPDF, 2 MB
- A presentation by Richard Roberts, Honeywell Fire Safety, at the 2015 Vision 20/20 Smoke Alarm SummitPDF, 2 MB
