Has the Government Failed in its

Duty of Care to Adequately Advise

the Public about Smoke Alarms?
Smoke Alarms Help Cut Fire Deaths by 50%
Mr Roberts said Queenslanders had embraced
the compulsory smoke alarm legislation, and it
was already saving lives.

Minister Neil Roberts

Brisbane Times, August 6, 2008 (see article on page 2)

Attention:

!!

07 August, 2009

Lucy (undisclosed surname), Department of Police, Qld

c.c. Commissioner Lee Johnson, QFRS
c.c. Inspector Graham Hanlon, QFRS Ph: 0418 877 371
c.c. Mr David Isaac, Standards Australia FP2 Ph: 0412-221-469

Dear Lucy
Thank you for your time on the phone this morning. The World Fire Safety Foundation is a
global organisation, dedicated to saving lives by exposing the truth about ionisation type
smoke alarms and promoting efficient, safe and affordable alternatives.
In February 2006 it was discovered that empirical CSIRO scientific evidence proves that
ionisation smoke alarm installed in the majority of Australian homes are dangerously
defective. Tragically this vital information continues to be withheld from the Queensland
public without just cause.

AUSTRALIA
23 Ocean Grove
Currumbin, QLD 4223
AUSTRALIA
P +61 (0) 409 782 166
E ab@TheWFSF.org

CANADA
Emergency Mgmnt Office
Fanshaw College, Ontario
CANADA N5Y 5R6
P +1 519 452 4430 ext 2948
F +1 519 451 0513
E sc@TheWFSF.org

NEW ZEALAND
10 Herald Way
Tauranga 3112
NEW ZEALAND
P 0800 149 521 (in NZ)
M +64 (0) 27 544 9644
E kw@TheWFSF.org

U N I T E D S TAT E S
PO Box 196
Citrus Heights
CA 95611-0196
USA
P +1 916 721 7700
E rp@TheWFSF.org

On 06 August 2008, two weeks after Minister Neil Roberts was unable to attend a personal
appointment with Mr David Isaac from Standards Australia and myself, the Minister was
quoted in the attached newspaper article (page 2). The article alleges a 50% drop in fire
deaths due to new Queensland mandatory smoke alarm legislation. However, a two
month period is used to substantiate the 50% drop in fire deaths claim. QFRS data shows
a mere 5.8% drop in fire deaths over the 12 months since the introduction of the
legislation. Unfortunately this brings the integrity of Minister Roberts and the Department of
Emergency Services into question. The Foundation believes Minister Roberts may have
been misled/inadequately informed with regards to this issue - please advise.
I am in receipt of a letter from your office claiming that the Queensland public have been
made aware of the facts about photoelectric smoke alarms, the safe alternative to the
dangerously defective ionisation type alarms. Unfortunately this has absolutely no basis in
fact. Because the Department of Emergency Services and the QFRS et al continues to
publicly endorse working as opposed to photoelectric smoke alarms in the media, the
public is denied the choice between savings and safety and lives have already been, and
will continue to be needlessly lost. The QFRSs official position is,
That all residential accommodation be fitted with photoelectric smoke alarms.
AFAC Position on Smoke Alarms in Residential Accommodation 01 June, 2006

As discussed, please ask your acting senior policy advisor, Donna ODonohue, if she would
kindly read the ABCB Open Letter on page 3 and the as yet unanswered email messages
on pages 4-10. If at all possible it would be most appreciated and helpful for Donna to
listen to the recent radio interview HERE before calling me on 0409 782 166.
Thank you.
Sincerely
The World Fire Safety Foundation

Adrian Butler
Chairman

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16 June 2009

Attention:
The Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB)
Mr Ivan Donaldson, CEO
GPO Box 9839, Canberra, ACT 2601
AUSTRALIA
Phone: 1300 134 631 (within Australia)
International: +61 2 6213 7842
Fax: +61 2 6213 7287
Email: Ivan.Donaldson@abcb.gov.au

An Open Letter to the Australian Building Codes Board

Dear Mr Donaldson

Further to the ABCB legal counsels recent letter, please be advised that we have responded to
them directly together with a copy of this Open Letter.

The Foundation may exercise its right at any time to take steps that could result in the ABCB
beingheld liable to manslaughterand any attendant loss and damage in respect of deaths and
injuries arising from itsgrossly negligent action of blockingthe incorporation of the critical
correction to Australias smoke alarm standard (AS3786) into the Building Code of Australia.
The ABCB is blocking the amendment to the Australian smoke alarm standard despite CSIRO
test data that conclusively shows that Ionisation smoke alarms aredangerously defective and
therefore not fit for purpose, i.e. that they are unable to pass the visible smoke test of the
existing and corrected smoke alarm standard.

As the ABCB is aware, Australian Standard'sexpert FP-002 technical committee resolvedthe

subject amendmenton basis, inter alia, of CSIRO findings that Ionisation smoke alarms do not
activate until over 50%* visible smoke. The FP-002 committee of StandardsAustralia Ltd has
determined, since 1993,that the maximum safe limit for visible smoke is 20%* (*i.e. % light
obscuration per metre).

Due to a deadly loophole in the existing Standard, Ionisation smoke alarms have been able to
be certified as safe despite the fact that they fail the test for visible smoke. CSIRO test data
dating back to 1993 shows ionisation alarms fail the test for smoke. The FP-002 committee
have now closed the deadly loophole and corrected the standard so as to now require ionisation
smoke alarms to pass the test for visible smoke.

NEW ZEALAND
10 Herald Way
Tauranga 3112
NEW ZEALAND
P 0800 149 521 (in NZ)
M +64 (0) 27 544 9644
E kw@TheWFSF.org

The ABCB has already mandated photoelectric smoke alarms/detectorsin all sleeping areas
and exit paths in all buildings to which the commercial installation standard applies (AS1670.1,
April 2004). However, the ABCB continues to recklessly neglectto do the same forresidential
buildings and evidence suggests this may have already contributed to death and serious injury.

Consequently, on any view,no justifiable basis exists for the ABCB to continue to fail in its
special duty of care to adopt the subject correctionto close the deadly loophole in AS3786.

AUSTRALIA
23 Ocean Grove
Currumbin, QLD 4223
AUSTRALIA
P +61 (0) 409 782 166
E ab@TheWFSF.org
CANADA
Emergency Mgmnt Office
Fanshaw College, Ontario
CANADA N5Y 5R6
P +1 519 452 4430 ext 2948
F +1 519 451 0513
E sc@TheWFSF.org
UNITED STATES
PO Box 196
Citrus Heights
CA 95611-0196
USA
P +1 916 721 7700
E rp@TheWFSF.org

Concerningprior knowledge,11 senior ABCB staff/management and all15 ABCB Board

Members received a copy of the report, Recommending, Selling or Installing Ionisation Smoke
Alarms, A Criminal Act of Negligence? by registered mail in February 2006 and have been
made aware of all the evidence on our website at: www.TheWorldFireSafetyFoundation.org

Please advise:
1. Why does the ABCB require better protection for commercial buildingsthan homes?
2. Why does the ABCB deem itselfmore competent in these matters thanthe expert FP-002
technical committee of Standards Australia Limited?
3. Why does the ABCB wield seemingly undue influence over Standards Australia Limited in
circumstances where the two organisations have independentduties ofcare?

In all the circumstances wesuggest that the ABCB needs to connectits special duty of care
with manslaughter case law where the ABCB will find it cannot replace its duty of care with its
privilege to fail to adopt FP-002s critical amendment that closes the deadly loophole in AS3786.

Sincerely
The World Fire Safety Foundation
Karl Westwell
CEO, Co-Founder

New Zealand

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EMAIL MESSAGES:
(pages 4 - 10)
Please Note:
1. Minor edits have been to this document for clarification, grammar and layout: Last Update 08Aug09
2. With the exception of one email from Standards Australia, all email messages have not been responded to,
3. None of the content, technical or otherwise, in any of the above messages has been challenged, so
4. Australians will continue to die needlessly in house fires until this issue is resolved.

From: Adrian Butler <ab@thewfsf.org>

Date: 30 June, 2009
Subject: RE: QFRS Litigation Warning - Ionisation Smoke Alarms
Attn:
QFRS
- Barry Pearce, South East QueenslandRegional Manager, Community Safety
c.c.
- Minister Neil Roberts
- Peta-Kay Croft - Parliamentary Secretary for Emergency Services
- Margaret May MP - Federal Member for McPherson
- Jann Stuckey MP - LNP Currumbin
- Fiona Brydon - LNP candidate, Morayfield
- Richard Taylor - Taylor Martino Lawyers, Alabama, USA
- David Isaac - Standards Australia
- Naomi Brown, CEO, AFAC
- Lee Johnson -Commissioner, QFRS
- Peter Cannon, President VFFA
-Peter Callaghan - Editor 'Emergency' Magazine
- Gary Gilby - QFRS
- Graeme Thom- QFRS
- Graham Hanlon- QFRS
- David Caughley- QFRS
- Tracey Davern -Legal Services for SPES
- Damien Killale - TFS
et al
Good Morning Mr Pearce

RE:QFRS Litigation Warning - Ionisation Smoke Alarms

Thank you for your time on the phone this morning.
Yesterday morning I called into the Gatton Fire Brigade and had the pleasure of meeting Inspector David Caughley. We
discussed the QFRS's position with ionization and photoelectric smoke alarms. Mr Caughley tried to assure me that the
QFRS were promoting photoelectrics. I told him I was aware the QFRS mention photoelectrics on their website and in some
brochures which unfortunately very few people get to see. However in the media, where the public at large actually get to
see/hear the QFRS, the QFRS promotes 'working' NOT photolelectric smoke alarms.
Overlunch yesterday I read the local Gatton newspaper and came across an article titled 'Devastating Blazes Prompt More
Pleas: Stay Safe From Fires' ('Gatton, Lockyer and Brisbane Valley Star', 24 June 2009, page 10). I took this article back to
the Gatton Fire Brigade and showed Mr Caughley. The article quoted acting QFRS Commissioner Ian Mackenzie, warning
the public about the need for 'working' smoke alarms and, as per the norm, there was no mention whatsoever of the word
'photoelectric'.
Almost five years ago the QFRS requested, in writing, that the Foundation take this issue up with Standards Australia.
Standards Australia have now acknowledged that a deadly loophole exists in the Australian Smoke Alarm Standard (AS3786)
and its referenced 'Sensitivity Testing Standard' (AS2362.17) that has allowed ionization smoke alarms, the type in almost
every Australian home, to be certified as safe when empirical scientific evidence, held by the CSIRO, dating back to 1993,
proves unequivocally that they are not.

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Since June 2006, the Australasian Fire Authorities Council's official position is:"That ALL homes be fitted with
PHOTOELECTRIC smoke alarms" (AFAC 'Position on Smoke Alarms in Residential Accommodation', 01 June 2006).
So on the one hand the QFSR are now promoting photoelectric alarms (by exclusively giving
photoelectrics to the public) yet on the other hand they come up with ridiculous/negligent
rhetoric like "we can't be seen to be pushing photoelectrics" as a reason for promoting
'working' not photoelectric alarms in the media!
Some time ago I asked Tracy Davern, (Acting Director of Legal services for SPES) if the QFRS has a duty of care to warn the
public about the the deadly limitations of ionization smoke alarms. That was a rhetorical question. Please read the attached
letter sent to the Australian Building Codes Board in relation to 'gross negligence', 'prior knowledge' and 'duty of care'.The
ABCB letter is also live on our websiteHERE.The QFRS has a duty of care to PROPERLY promote photoelectric, NOT
working smoke alarms and to warn the public about ionization alarms.
The Foundation has just received a Coroners report which could be particularly damning for the QFRS. This case is the
subject of an editorial and the lead story that is being released in a magazine that will be distributed to thousands of home
owners on the Gold Coast within the next seven days. A pdf of this story will be available next week - if you would like a copy
please advise. In the interim you may like to examine the Foundation's newly released four page article in the 'Volunteer Fire
Fighter' magazine HERE.
Tragically, the Foundation realises that it can not rely on government to warn the public which is why we are going forward
with our TV Campaign. The purpose of this email is to WARN the QFRS et al in the faint hope that someone within your
organisation has the ability to see 'the writing on the wall'and take affirmative action and warn the publicBEFORE more
people are needlessly killed this winter. The Foundation believes that if the QFRS fails to warn the public about ionization
smoke alarms this could be deemed a criminal act of negligence and in the event of future deaths subject the QFRS to civil
and or criminal actions. The 88 recipients who receivedthe Foundations report, 'Recommending Selling or Installing
Ionization Smoke Alarms, A Criminal Act of Negligence' by registered mail, in February 2007, are listed in the back of the
report HERE.
Attached is a newsletter froma USlawfirm, seekingplaintiffsforionizationsmokealarmlitigation. More about Philadelphia's
Mesa & Associates drive to find smoke alarm plaintiffs isHERE-note thecomments by Alabama Attorney, Mr Richard Taylor:
"They [ionization smoke alarms] do not work when a house fills with
smoke or they sound very late, up to an hour and a lot of folks don't
know this and the smoke detector industry doesn't let people know this"
Mr Pearce, given that:
- the AFAC's official position is "that all homes be fitted with photoelectric smoke alarms", and
- the deadly loophole in AS3786/AS2362.17 has been acknowledged and closed by Standards
Australia with their draft AS3876,
please advise why the QFRS mentions 'working' not photoelectric smoke alarms in the media.
Thank you.
Sincerely
The World Fire Safety Foundation
Adrian Butler
Chairman
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From: Adrian Butler <ab@thewfsf.org>

Date: 01 July, 2009
Subject: MEDIA WARNING: Is the Queensland Fire & Rescue Service Saving Face or Saving Lives?
Attention:
- Brendan Steinhardt, Reporter, 'Gatton, Lockyer and Brisbane Valley Star'
- The Editor, 'Gatton, Lockyer and Brisbane Valley Star'
c.c.
- Tracey Davern, Principal Legal Advisor, QFRS, Kedron, QLD - Ph: 07 3247 8740
- Inspector David Caughley, QFRS, Gatton, QLD - Ph: 075 468 3301
- David Isaac, Standards Australia FP2 - Ph: 0412 221 469
et al
Good Morning Brendan

MEDIA WARNING:
Is the Queensland Fire & Rescue Service Saving Face or Saving Lives?
This message is a follow up to an article titled,'Devastating Blazes Prompt More Pleas: Stay Safe From Fires'published in
the 'Community' section, of last weeks'Gatton Star'. Whilst, without doubt this article was written in good faith, thinking you
are doing the Gatton community a service, this story is the final 'straw that broke the camels back'!
Please read the message to the Queensland Fire & Rescue Service below and you will understand why the World Fire Safety
Foundation is, from now on, at every possible opportunity, going to advise the media of the truth about smoke alarms
because the Queensland Fire And Rescue Service, despite years of warnings, continues to fail in its duty of care to do so.
Brendan, because the media continues to (innocently) print the negligent rhetoric from Australian Fire Brigades about
'working' smoke alarms almost every one of your readers will STILL have ionisation smoke alarms fitted in their homes.
Almost all readers of the Gatton Star, like you when we spoke a few days ago, will have never even heard of photoelectric
smoke alarms and therefore they have never been given the chance to choose between savings and safety-acrime for
which the worldslargestsmokealarmmanufacturerwasfinedUS$21.3Mof which US$16.3M was punitive damages (Mercer
v BRK, Iowa, USA, March 1998 - this was appealed and settled out of court with a confidentiality order in 2001).
Please read the attached article, 'Saving Face or Saving Lives'written by Mr David Isaac from Standards Australia FP2
Committee. Whilst this was sent to the New Zealand Fire Service it applies equally to all Australian Fire Brigades. Also
please listen to the recent radio interview where you will hear why tens of thousands of people have been needlessly killed
around the world as a direct result of those paid to protect us continuing to pass the buck and bury their heads in the sand.
Pleaseread the email below, dig deep and explore the facts on our website,BEFORE you speak toInspectorCaughley,
because, like you and all Gatton Star readers, he is an innocent victim of decades of misinformation. Rest assured
that99.999 percent of firefighters working for the Australian Fire Brigades have absolutely no idea of what is actually going on
and they deserve our highest respect because they frequently risk their lives to save ours - I know this as I used to be a
professional fire fighter. Iwould also urge you to speak with the QFRS's legal department and ask them if the QFRS has a
duty of care to tell the public the truth instead of continuing to cover it up - Tracey Davern(07) 3247 8740.
Brendan, this is one of the biggest story you will ever come across in your life as a journalist. Would like a copy of the
Volunteer Fire Fighter Magazine (mentioned below) and the magazine being published on the Gold Coast in the next few
days featuring the World Fire Safety Foundation's cover story?
Sincerely
The World Fire Safety Foundation
Adrian Butler
Chairman
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From: "Adrian Butler" <ab@theWFSF.org>

Sent: 01 July, 2009 9:09 AM
Attn:
- Dr Megan Clarke, CEO, CSIRO (c/- of Chris McIntosh, CSIRO),
- John Tucker, CEO, Standards Australia.
c.c.
- Adam Liberman, CSIRO, Senior Legal Counsel,
- Dr Stephen Morton, CSIRO,Group Executive, Manufacturing, Materials & Minerals,
- David Whittaker, CSIRO,Executive Officer,ActivFire Scheme,
-HelenNoonan, Project Manager, Standards Australia(fordistributiontoFP2),
- David Isaac, Standards Australia FP2 Committee Member, and
- Tracey Davern, Legal Counsel, SPES Legal Services, QLD
et al

RE: CSIRO WARNING!

Good Morning Dr Clarke & Mr Tucker
Dr Clarke, despite recent correspondence I am sure you are totally unaware that since February 2006 the CSIRO has
received financial consideration for effectively 'certifying ionization smoke alarms as safe' when the CSIRO is in possession
of/aware of empirical scientific data dating back to 1993 proving they are not.
The World Fire Safety Foundation believes this is unconscionable conduct which could be deemed fraudulent and could
render the CSIRO and possibly even Standards Australia liable to criminal and or civil actions.
In February 2006, the CSIRO and Standards Australia's FP2 committee gained 'prior knowledge' and an attendant duty of
care when it was revealed to FP2 at a FP2 meeting, by Peter Hagar, the CSIRO's FP2 representative, that the testing of
ionization smoke alarms conducted by the CSIRO is flawed. The claim of flawed testing is supported by the correction to the
deadly loophole by Standards Australia FP2 with their corrected draft Australian smoke alarm Standard, AS3786 (August
2008 - attached). Please examine the attached letter to the Australian Building Codes Board and the other attached
documents and the information in the emails copied below.
Dr Clarke, pleaseadvise if theCSIRO will continuetoprofit financially from the 'sale' of the 'proven to be flawed' testing/
certification of ionizaiton smoke alarms?
Mr Tucker, please advise:
a) given the above, if/when Standards Australia is going to warn the public about ionisation smoke alarms?
b) if Standards Australia is going to publish AS3786 even if it is not referenced in the BCA by the ABCB?
Thank you.
Sincerely
The World Fire Safety Foundation
Adrian Butler
Chairman
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From: Colin Blair <Colin.Blair@standards.org.au>

Sent: 31/07/2009
Dear Mr Butler
We acknowledge receipt of your email dated 1 July 2009. Standards Australia is a non-government, not-for-profit
organisation that facilitates the development of consensus-based standards.
The committee involved in the development of AS 3786 is aware of your issues. For further details of the standards
development process, please refer to our website: www.standards.org.au.
Standards Australia is not a regulator. If you have any concerns about the nature of any legislation or regulation or the nature
or extent of any public education programs, then those concerns should be raised with the appropriate government
authorities.
Regards
Colin Blair
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From: Adrian Butler <ab@theWFSF.org>

Date: 04 August, 2009 8:42:48 PM AEST
To: Adrian Butler <ab.wfsf@gmail.com>
Subject: "...negligence of organisations including but not limited to the CSIRO and Standards Australia . . ."
Attn:
Mrs Margaret May, Federal MP, McPherson
c.c.
- The Honourable Senator Kim Carr
- Natalie, Police Dept for The Honourable Neil Roberts, Minister for Emergency Services and the Police,
- Commissioner Lee Johnson, QFRS,
-Tracey Davern, Legal Counsel, SPES, QLD,
- Naomi Brown, CEO, AFAC,
- Detlef Jumpertz, Manager, Building Policy Section, Dept of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research,
- David Isaac, Standards Australia FP002,
- Ivan Donaldson, CEO, ABCB, and
- Ian Johnson, (ABCB Legal Counsel), Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Sydney
et al
Dear Mrs May
Thank you - your work and that of your staff inwriting to The Honourable Senator Kim Carrregarding the defective ionization
smoke alarm issue is most appreciated.
We are following up with Senator Carr's staff regarding representations by the ABCB in his recent letter.
The first email below references Senator Carr's letter and was sent to the CEO's and legal departments of the CSIRO and
Standards Australia. Mrs May, I know you will appreciate that it is imperative that all stake holders are made fully aware of
the facts given that almost all Australian lives are continuing to be put at needless risk. Accordingly Ihave copied you and
Senator Carr's office et al on the email trail below to keep you all apprised of developments.
Thank you once again for your assistance.
Sincerely
The World Fire Safety Foundation
Adrian Butler
Chairman
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From: Adrian Butler <ab@thewfsf.org>

Date: 04 August, 2009
Subject: Re: "...negligence of organisations including but not limited to the CSIRO and Standards Australia . . ."
Attention:
- John Tucker, CEO,StandardsAustralia,
- Colin Blair, Standards Australia, and
- Legal Department, Standards Australia
c.c.
- Dr Megan Clarke, CEO, CSIRO,
- Legal Department, CSIRO, and
-Tracey Davern, Legal Counsel, SPES, QLD
et al
Re: "...negligence of organisations including but not limited to the CSIRO and Standards Australia . . ."
Good Morning Mr Blair
Thank you for your message below in relation to my email of 1 July 2009. Yes, we know that FP002 committee of Standards
Australia is aware of this issue - however the whole point of our ongoing communication with Standards Australia is NOT for
FP002 - it is for Standards Australia Pty Ltd and the CSIRO and for all those paid for and charged with, a duty of care to
protect us.
In the near future all families of those killed in Australian house fire will be contacted, and if appropriate, encouraged to take
legal action against what we believe to be negligence of organisations including but not limited to the CSIRO and Standards
Australia for failing to disclose to the public that the ionisation type of smoke alarms in almost all Australian homes HAVE
BEEN PROVEN BY CSIRO TESTING to be dangerously defective [i.e. in accordance with AS2362.17 clauses 7 (e) and (f)
which is referenced from AS3786]. The FP2 committee has closed the deadly loophole in Australia's smoke alarm standard
AND PUBLISHED A DRAFT STANDARD. Tragically for all Australians the Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB),
according to a recent letter from Senator Kim Carr, has failed to take the advice of the technical experts of FP2 and the
ABCB continues to block the standard. Compelling evidence suggests the ABCB's negligence in this matter has already led
to loss of life. Read the ABCB 'Open Letter' HERE
The existing flawed Australian Smoke Alarm standard has allowed these defective ionization devices to be 'certified as safe
by the CSIRO yet, because no one has taken responsibility to warn the public, people continue to die in house fires and will
continue to needlessly die until the truth is exposed and these devices are banned and recalled.
Last week a lady contacted meafter she came very close to losing her children in a house fire. She wanted to knowwhy the
government is failing to tell the public about this matter. She lives in a rented home. Her landlord is the Road Transport
Authority. Imagine the field day Australian lawyers will eventually have when it is not the surviving Mother but the Father
wanting retribution because his wife and children are dead because of the negligence of those who continue to fail in their
duty of care to warn the public. But Colin, you don't have to imagine anything, you can check it out for yourself - I am happy
to supply details of the law suits in the USA where LAWYERS ARE ACTIVELY SEEKING PLAINTIFFS and a class action
against ionisation smoke alarm manufacturers has already commenced.
Every time we challenge people charged with a duty of care to protect us to find out more information they bury their heads
even deeper in the sand. Mr Isaac from Standards Australia informs me that he HAS NEVER BEEN CHALLENGED in his
assertions in our film, 'Smoke Alarm Recall, that ionization smoke alarms fail to activate until "Dangerously High and Totally
Unacceptable levels of smoke. Why has Mr Isaac remain unchallenged for THREE YEARS? Because industry experts
KNOW he is right and CSIRO empirical scientific evidence PROVES IT.
Mr Blair, pleaseensure this message is read by your CEO and by your legal department, so when the litigation starts in
Australia, no one will have the luxury of saying that they have not been warned.
The message below from Mr Richard Patton, Fire Protection engineer that just came in this morning . . .
_________________________________________________________
Hi:
As you know I have been having difficulty getting the media to pay attention to the fraud. So, I will give the report below a
chance to get their attention.
RMP

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WHY XXX COULD BE HELD LEGALLY LIABLE FOR FIRE DEATHS

You have advised the public to replace batteries in smoke detectors. When doing so you also have a legal
responsibility to warn the public of the defects of the device that endangers the public.The device has been scientifically
proven to be defective and has destroyed tens of thousands of lives, especially including children. Thus, you now have a
legalDUTY of CAREto warn the public of the endangerment. Failing to do so while helping to promote the device would be
the equivalent of the situation that Michael Fortier found himself in following the bombing of the Oklahoma City Federal
Building.

Michael Fortier did not participate in the bombing; he simply knew that it was planned and failed to notify the
authorities. For knowing of a future crime and failing to take steps to prevent it, he was convicted and sentenced to 12 years
in prison. The bombing killed 168 people. The smoke detector fraud has cost an estimated 75,000 people their lives since
1970. The deaths and injuries are continuing. A United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, has determined that the so
called smoke detector device (installed in nearly all homes in Northern California) is defectively designed and the legal
cause of fire deaths involving children.(See the enclosed report,A Legal Cause of Fire Deaths.)

Michael Fortier was convicted for failing to warn of the bombing of a building and now you know that the smoke
detectors in nearly all homes have been causing thousands of fire deaths. There are obvious similarities in both
situations.When you advise the public to check the batteries you are, in effect, implying that when a fire occurs the device will
warn of the fire. But, I am bringing to your attention information on web sites that confirms that the device, when brand new
with fresh battery, will fail to activate in time for escape during more than 50 percent of the fires that typically occur in homes.
To fail to warn the public of the danger is to aid in the committing of a felony. It is not unlike the driver of the get-away car
being held equally responsible for the murder by his partner that occurred within the store, even though he had no intention of
killing anyone. This legal opinion is based on an analysis by an attorney (retired judge).

The enclosed information plus the information on the web sites listed below provide an abundance of evidence of
criminal activity in the manufacturing, advertising, certifying and testing of the device. There are videos of actual live fire
testing of the device, including tests by fire authorities that would convince any jury that the device is defective and deadly.It
would seem that any rational and caring person privy to this information would want to prevent further unnecessary fire
deaths and injuries, especially to the young children. The web sites containing irrefutable evidence of smoke detector fraud
are:
www.TheWorldFireSafetyFoundation.org
www.FireCrusade.com
www.AmericasHolocaust.org
_________________________________________________________
Thank you.
Sincerely
The World Fire Safety Foundation
Adrian Butler
Chairman
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HasTheGovernmentFailed?MinisterNeilRobertsLetter7August2009.pdf

On the Internet: www.Scribd.com/doc/26581500

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