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The ‘Aquarium Test’ was first developed by The World Fire Safety Foundation in 2006 and made into a film. Over 11,000 people have seen this film, which is now called ‘Smoke Alarm Recall’ and is in its 47th revision.
The ‘Aquarium Test’ is not a scientific experiment. It is a heuristic. A heuristic is an experience-based technique that helps in problem solving and learning.
The Aquarium Test was designed to show fire fighters the inherent defects with ionization smoke alarms and inspire them to conduct their own full-scale tests.
Numerous Aquarium and full-scale tests have been performed by Fire Departments across the USA. In these real-world, full-scale tests the ionization alarms performed as in the Aquarium Tests - they failed to sound a timely warning in smouldering fires.
The Barre City, Vermont Fire Department was America’s first Fire Department to perform an Aquarium Test. See below how the Aquarium Test inspired Barre City fire fighters to bring about new smoke alarm legislation . . .

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