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To improve the quality and reliability of fire detection and alarm, the author calls for internationally agreed upon test specifications that will not hinder future development.

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  1. Elektronikcentralen Danish Research Center for Applied Electronics, Denmark

    A. Laursen

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Note: The author delivered this paper at the NFPA Fall Meeting in Montreal, Canada, November 1978.

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Laursen, A. Qualification test of smoke detectors. Fire Technol 16, 303–313 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02473086

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