Ask HN: Why don't residences in Spain (Europe?) have smoke detectors?

Re:Ask HN: Why don't residences in Spain (Europe?) have smok... by burntoutfire on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @07:50AM (#31247163)

In Poland, most apartment buildings are either concrete or brick. I've yet to see a fire where more than a couple apartments were affected.

Overall, fires don't register on people's list of dangers very highly (or at all) over here, and that's even with many apartments having gas burners for heating up water or even entire apartments. I've seen a couple of carbon monoxide dectors (people are afraid of gas stoves malfunctioning), but I've yet to see a smoke detector in Poland. BTW the overt attention to fire codes is one the first things I noticed when visiting the US.

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Re:Ask HN: Why don't residences in Spain (Europe?) have smok... by cogogo on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @07:56AM (#31247218)

This sounds very similar to Spain. Thanks! Building materials suppressing the scope of fires sounds like a very plausible explanation. Though Poland has more deaths per capita than the US per the URL I quoted.

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Re:Ask HN: Why don't residences in Spain (Europe?) have smok... by refurb on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @08:50AM (#31247635)

Fires not registering high seems irrelevant? When I lived in Asia, hepatitis B didn’t register high yet it was rampant.

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Re:Ask HN: Why don't residences in Spain (Europe?) have smok... by isbvhodnvemrwvn on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @09:43AM (#31248208)

I mean statistics also show that it's a rather not common thing, and it'd be quite difficult to hide your house or apartment being on fire.

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