{"id":531,"date":"2017-07-11T07:46:13","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T07:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonsitemanager.com.au\/news\/?p=531"},"modified":"2017-07-11T07:49:08","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T07:49:08","slug":"are-your-smoke-alarms-expired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theonsitemanager.com.au\/news\/are-your-smoke-alarms-expired\/","title":{"rendered":"Are your smoke alarms expired?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonsitemanager.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/alarm.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-535 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theonsitemanager.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/alarm.jpg\" alt=\"alarm\" width=\"341\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.theonsitemanager.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/alarm.jpg 341w, https:\/\/cdn.theonsitemanager.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/alarm-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cdn.theonsitemanager.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/alarm-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/a>Smoke alarms have a lifespan of just 10 years. Do you know when the smoke alarms in your\u00a0complex expire? What are the consequences of not replacing expired smoke alarms? As part of\u00a0our series on smoke alarm compliance for property managers, we will answer these questions.<\/p>\n<p>Some smoke alarms do not have an\u00a0obvious \u201cexpiry date\u201d. For example, the\u00a0smoke alarm (on the left) has a\u00a0manufacture date of 30th March 2017,\u00a0hence the replacement of the alarm needs\u00a0to occur on or before 30th of March 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Other alarms are much clearer and state\u00a0\u201cReplace by X date\u201d or similar. Please note\u00a0that alarms should be replaced before they\u00a0expire. If a smoke alarm is expiring in\u00a0March 2027, they should be replaced at\u00a0least 6 months before expiry to ensure no\u00a0alarms actually expire.<\/p>\n<p>The current penalty in QLD for properties\u00a0having expired or faulty smoke alarms is 5\u00a0penalty units or $630.75.<\/p>\n<p>If there is a fire and \/ or loss of life due to a fire, and the smoke alarms within a property are\u00a0faulty or expired, the owner\u2019s landlord insurance may become invalid. This could incur a\u00a0massive liability to both the property manager (for not fulfilling their duty of care &#8211;\u00a0https:\/\/www.rta.qld.gov.au\/Renting\/During-a-tenancy\/Maintenance-and- repairs\/Smoke-alarms.aspx ) and the owner!<\/p>\n<p>Please ensure the compliance of properties in your complex. If they need to be checked, please contact Hotspots Australia on 1300 373 668 or email <a href=\"mailto:onsitemanager@hotspotsalarms.com.au\">onsitemanager@hotspotsalarms.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smoke alarms have a lifespan of just 10 years. Do you know when the smoke alarms in your\u00a0complex expire? What are the consequences of not replacing expired smoke alarms? As part of\u00a0our series on smoke alarm compliance for property managers, we will answer these questions. Some smoke alarms do not have an\u00a0obvious \u201cexpiry date\u201d. For example, the\u00a0smoke alarm (on the left) has a\u00a0manufacture date of 30th March 2017,\u00a0hence the replacement of the alarm needs\u00a0to occur on or before 30th of March 2027. Other alarms are much clearer and state\u00a0\u201cReplace by X date\u201d or similar. Please note\u00a0that alarms should be replaced before they\u00a0expire. If a smoke<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/theonsitemanager.com.au\/news\/are-your-smoke-alarms-expired\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1093,"featured_media":534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mbp_gutenberg_autopost":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theonsitemanager.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theonsitemanager.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theonsitemanager.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theonsitemanager.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1093"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theonsitemanager.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=531"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/theonsitemanager.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":537,"href":"https:\/\/theonsitemanager.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531\/revisions\/537"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theonsitemanager.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theonsitemanager.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theonsitemanager.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theonsitemanager.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}