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25th October 2018
03:13pm BST

"Children are remarkably resistant to awakening by sound when asleep. "We were able to find a smoke alarm sound that reduces the amount of time it takes for many children … to wake up and leave the bedroom."
The study noted that it tended to be more difficult to wake children up during a fire due to the fact that they sleep deeper than adults.
However, the research showed that between 86 and 91 percent of children involved in the study woke up by the sound of their mother's voice through an alarm, rather than a generic alarm tone.
It was then easier for these children to 'rescue' themselves from the fire because they had woken up sooner.Explore more on these topics: