UTC Fire & Security smoke and fire alarms

4 reports to CPSC, the latest made Mar 23, 2018. A report isn’t a recall.

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4reports to CPSC
Mar 23, 2018the latest report was made
Dec 18, 2012the earliest
4with the company’s comments

Brand: None given: no report names a brand, so the group is named for its maker, UTC Fire & Security
Maker: UTC Fire & SecurityMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
Product: Smoke and fire alarmsCPSC’s product type: Fire or Smoke Alarms (code 702), in Home Maintenance and Structures: Home Security

By month

2 reports from April 2017 to March 2018; the most in March 2018, 1. 2 earlier reports, since December 2012, are in the table.

The numbers, as a table

Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
Month	Reports
March 2018	1
September 2017	1
September 2015	1
December 2012	1

How badly anyone was hurt

No one hurt 4 CPSC: Incident, No Injury

As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.

The reports, as CPSC published them

Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.

Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.

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No one hurt
Made Mar 23, 2018, sent to the company Jun 29, 2018, published by CPSC Jul 23, 2018

The product, in the report: Smoke detector

Kitchen fire, oven burnt French bread. Smoke detector did not go off. $3000 IN clean up fees.

Where
Edina, Minnesota: Home/Apartment/Condominium
Who was involved
Unspecified
The reporter’s relation to them
Unspecified
As this report names them
made or sold by UTC Fire & Security
How badly, in CPSC’s words
Incident, No Injury

The company’s comments, in its own words

(7/16/2018) UTC Fire & Security : Thank you for submitting an incident report on SaferProducts.gov.
Kidde’s mission is to help protect people and property from fire and its related hazards. We are committed to engineering and manufacturing quality products, which is why all of Kidde’s products meet or exceed the strict third-party standards set by Underwriter’s Laboratories (UL), an independent not-for-profit testing agency.
From the description of the cooking incident provided it would appear that there was insufficient smoke to activate the alarm. However, to insure that the alarm is performing to specification, we would be willing to verify that the smoke sensitivity of the alarm is within the parameters of the applicable UL 217 standard. We will reach out to the consumer to retrieve the alarm for testing.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and sincerely thank you for your cooperation.

CPSC report 20180323-AC5E6-2147389054. Submitter: Consumer Search for it on SaferProducts.gov
No one hurt
Made Sep 3, 2017, sent to the company Jan 18, 2018, published by CPSC Feb 2, 2018

The product, in the report: White, 5-6 inches. battery compartment on back. Hard wired.

Product: Kidde smoke and CO alarm. Date of manufacture: August 2012
The alarm announced FIRE when there is no fire present. This happened for about 3 minutes and then it stopped. It happened again 3 hours later, stopped, and happened again about 10 minutes later. We have changed the backup battery and it has been quiet for about a half-hour.
The alarm has been recalled for another reason. I noticed report of a similar situation on this site from August 2017.

Model
COSM-IB
Where
Kensington, Maryland: Home/Apartment/Condominium
Who was involved
Unspecified
The reporter’s relation to them
Unspecified
As this report names them
made or sold by UTC Fire & Security
How badly, in CPSC’s words
Incident, No Injury

The company’s comments, in its own words

(2/6/2018) UTC Fire & Security : Kidde believes deeply in helping to protect people and property from fire and its related hazards. We are committed to engineering and manufacturing quality products, which is why Kidde’s products meet or exceed the third-party standards set by Underwriter’s Laboratories (UL), an independent, not-for-profit testing agency.
In the rare occurrence of an incident such as the one reported, we request that the customer supply us with the smoke alarms identified in their report and information regarding the incident. We will then conduct a thorough examination of the alarms in order to identify any potential issue with the alarms and required corrective actions, if any. As the consumer information was not provided, Kidde invites the individual making this report to please contact our customer service center at 1-800-880-6788. For identification purposes, we would also ask that they provide this Report ID to the Kidde service representative during the call.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and sincerely thank you for your cooperation. Your assistance will help us to continue developing high quality safety products.

CPSC report 20170903-96FC3-2147397695. Submitter: Consumer Search for it on SaferProducts.gov
No one hurt
Made Sep 7, 2015, sent to the company Sep 15, 2015, published by CPSC Sep 29, 2015

The product, in the report: A white smoke and fire alarm made by Kidde alarms.

As we came home on Saturday evening we heard the fire alarms go off. After several types of attempts at silencing them, they shut off, except one. It chirped every 30s the rest of the night. It was finally disconnected Sunday morning with the help of a neighbor. Our poor cat was certainly in terror over this ordeal. Why didn’t Kidde notify the builder that there was a problem with the product. I have heard two other homes in the community with the alarms sounding.

Model
Kidde Smoke and CO detector-kn-cosm-Iba
Where
Unspecified: Home/Apartment/Condominium
Who was involved
Unspecified
The reporter’s relation to them
Unspecified
As this report names them
made or sold by UTC Fire & Security
How badly, in CPSC’s words
Incident, No Injury

The company’s comments, in its own words

(9/15/2015) UTC Fire & Security : Thank you for submitting an incident report on SaferProducts.gov.
Please be advised that Kidde has in conjunction with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a voluntary recall of Kidde residential smoke alarm model i12010S with manufacture dates between December 18, 2013 and May 13, 2014, combination smoke/CO alarm i12010SCO with manufacture dates between December 30, 2013 and May 13, 2014, and combination smoke/CO alarm model KN-COSM-IBA with manufacture date between October 22, 2013 and May 13, 2014. They are hard-wired into a home’s electric power. The i12010S and i12010SCO come with sealed 10 year batteries inside. The KN-COSM-IBA model has a compartment on the front for installation of replaceable AA backup batteries.
The safety issue identified by Kidde was the alarms could fail to alert consumers of a fire or a CO incident in the event of a power outage. While power remains out, an affected device will sound if it receives a signal from an alarm in the same interconnected system. Once power is restored, an affected device will sound an alarm regardless of the presence of smoke and/or carbon monoxide. A copy of the Recall Alert can be found by clicking the link located in the Safety Product Notice of the front page of Kidde.com or on the CPSC’s website. The Recall Alert will help you identify if an alarm is within the scope of this recall.
As part of its corrective action plan for the recall of these alarms, Kidde maintains a dedicated recall hot line which is available Monday through Fridays 8AM to 5PM. A dedicated recall hotline assistant can also assist with determining whether your alarm is within the scope of this recall. If your alarm is determined to be in the scope, you will be sent a replacement alarm, and instructed to dispose of the old alarm upon installation of the replacement alarm.
Please call Kidde’s established recall hotline at (844) 553-9011for further assistance.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and sincerely thank you for your cooperation. Your assistance will help us to continue developing high quality safety products.

CPSC report 20150907-EEE49-2147428643. Submitter: Consumer Search for it on SaferProducts.gov
No one hurt
Made Dec 18, 2012, sent to the company Feb 13, 2013, published by CPSC Feb 28, 2013

The product, in the report: Fire detector

Caller happened to look up while walking through his hallway and noticed that sometime before last night the fire detector alarm had at some time caught fire. There were black scorch marks out from all sides of the alarm but there was no odor of fire.
Fire Detector Alarm runs on hardwired A/C burned up 120-11828 DOM _ there were six of these detectors placed in his home in 2006 as a compliance requirement, all five others have a small light still lit & showing operational.
The ceiling must be repainted and there was wiring damage.
He has not contacted the manufacturer but does intend to contact them. There were no injuries.

Model
120-11828
Serial number
unknown
Bought
Jun 15, 2006, about then
Where
Berryville, Virginia: Home/Apartment/Condominium
Who was involved
Unknown
The reporter’s relation to them
Unspecified
As this report names them
made or sold by UTC Fire & Security
How badly, in CPSC’s words
Incident, No Injury

The company’s comments, in its own words

(2/14/2013) UTC Fire & Security : Thank you for submitting an incident report on SaferProducts.gov.
Kidde’s mission is to help protect people and property from fire and its related hazards. We are committed to engineering and manufacturing quality products, which is why all of Kidde’s products meet or exceed the strict third-party standards set by Underwriter’s Laboratories (UL), an independent not-for-profit testing agency.
In the rare occurrence of an incident such as the one reported, we request that the customer contact Kidde directly in order to supply us with the product and information regarding the incident. We will then conduct a thorough examination to determine the cause and the appropriate course of action.
Please contact our customer service manager, Theresa Farrell, at 919-304-8282 so we can begin this evaluation process.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and sincerely thank you for your cooperation. Your assistance will help us to continue developing high quality products.

CPSC report 20121218-D79D8-1291211. Submitter: Consumer Search for it on SaferProducts.gov

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UTC Fire & Security smoke and fire alarms

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