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United States

It's 3 a.m... a sleeping couple will soon be overcome by the products of a fire that is rapidly consuming their home. In a second floor bedroom, their 4 year old daughter has also failed to escape and is clinging to life. Faced with a shrinking window of opportunity and a deteriorating environment, firefighters enter the structure and initiate their search... but will they find the child in time? Tragically, year after year, our nation suffers the loss of approximately 500 children under the age of 14 (more than half, age 5 and under) in residential building fires. This hybrid smoke alarm is the first product to take full advantage of a revolutionary advancement in firefighting technology, (the Thermal Imaging Camera [TIC], and it's coming proliferation with the next gen hands free devices from Scott, MSA, Qwake Technologies, etc.) allowing it to reveal the location of a child's bedroom to potential rescuers, even in the heaviest smoke condition. In addition to providing this vital new layer of protection, the device also fulfills the mandated role of conventional smoke detector, resulting in a regenerated, "kidcentric" alarm, that should arguably be installed in every home where a child is present. Join me, and the many others who believe that the life saving potential of the TIC has yet to be fully realized, and together, let's build this crucial, last line of defense that promises to better protect the children we treasure above all else, from the scandal that is fire related injury or death. Save time... save lives!

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