Installation & Replacement Domestic Fire/Smoke Alarms

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States Housing has standardised the alarms it uses in its housing stock by specifying types manufactured by Aico Ltd. All Housing properties have a combination of some or all of the following mains connected Aico alarms: smoke (hall and landing), heat (kitchen), carbon monoxide (CO) alarm (lounge & in any room with a gas or solid fuel burning appliance); in addition, flats may have smoke alarms in bedrooms. The common linkage setup has smoke and heat alarms interconnected; and the CO alarm as a standalone unit or linked to other CO alarms. Aico recommend their alarms are replaced after ten years of use; Housing replaces alarms in the year before the date shown on the units as this is Aico’s latest date by which they must be replaced. The Work Schedule for year 2025 comprises of 269 properties to visit requiring the following work: 412 alarms to be replaced, 213 smoke alarms to install, unknown quantity of CO alarms to install – all subject to change.