Originally posted by Randi
Has this alarm already been invented??
"Pet Smoke Alarm" already invented?

Sadly, NO. But with some good reasons...

SIZE would be a major problem. The typical battery powered Home smoke detector is *way* too big to strap onto Fido's neck belt!

LOCATION would be a factor... Home smoke detectors *work* because they're mounted high up on a wall or ceiling - where the smoke from a fire first builds up. A smoke alarm on Fido - down on the floor - wouldn't *alert* until the room was almost completely filled with deadly smoke... Too late to be of any real value.

And then there's the PANIC Factor - Imagine if *YOU* were wearing a LOUD smoke detector on YOUR neck - and it *went off*!

FireFighters wear two different alarms (although some newer Air-Paks combine them into one unit)...
One detects and alerts to "Low Air" in our breathing air tank; and the other one detects "Lack of Movement" and alerts (LOUDly!) to guide other FireFighters to the non-moving or injured FireFighter.

A Pet-worn smoke alarm might *sound* like a good idea,
but I fear it wouldn't be very practical.

/s/ Phred