dennis budd

Please advise, I am a development manager and all my flats once had smoke alarms as well as alarms in the corridors and communal areas. We have just had an upgrade and all the alarms were removed from the flats and the corridor and communal area alarms were replaced with modern alarms. Since then, when we have our weekly fire alarm test residents complained they now cannot hear the alarms. When I consulted with out H&S dept. they said this is the new system bearing in mind the stay put policy and that a resident should they leave there flat will hear the alarm and remain in their flat? So I think. As residents in a stay put policy situation are advised if they hear the alarms to stay in their flats, get dressed and any medication they have in readiness for evacuation. My thoughts are, that if a resident doesn't hear the alarm they will not have got dressed and ready for a possible evacuation thus delaying the evacuation and may still be in bed fast asleep. your thoughts on this are appreciated or am I am I wrong!