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Smoke alarms should be a legal requirement in homes with children
Closed
356 signatures
What the petition asks
No parent would knowingly risk the life of their child, but too many don't realise the importance of smoke alarms. We continue to read about children perishing and it must stop. Primary Times is campaigning for working smoke alarms to be a legal requirement on every floor in a child's home.
• As reported in the government casualties in fire dataset, published November 2018, over 32% of all fire related incidents indicated no smoke detection present (Source: https://data.gov.uk/dataset/f7ccba2d-f679-46e1-8d6d-de7bee690d40/fire-statistics-fatalities-and-casualties)
• There are 18.9 million family households with children in the UK (source: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/families/bulletins/familiesandhouseholds/2016)
• There are 18.9 million family households with children in the UK (source: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/families/bulletins/familiesandhouseholds/2016)
Timeline
| 21 Feb 2019 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 21 Aug 2019 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
356
Status
Closed
Opened
21 Feb 2019
Closed
21 Aug 2019
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.