Health and Safety

Heat detectors detect heat and smoke, but different types of heat detectors have a more specific range of operation. Some detectors, for example, can detect heat:

• for a wide range of types of fires
• in spaces where normal temperatures have a limited range
• in spaces where rapid temperature changes may occur.

Heat detectors must be appropriate to the type of detection required.

Smoke alarms generally provide earlier warning of a fire so they are preferred in domestic situations.

^{Updated: 15 October 2013}