FireAngel FAQ's

Read More About the Most Common Questions We Get Asked About Our Products and Fire Safety

If the danger is smoke related the devices will be sounding the alarm in a three beep pattern – ‘beep beep beep’, with the red LED also flashing three times. If the danger is Carbon Monoxide related the devices will be sounding the alarm in a four beep pattern – ‘beep beep beep beep’ with the red LED also flashing four times.

FireAngel has three alarm ranges that can be interlinked to create a network.

FireAngel Pro Connected Alarms – battery and mains powered smart alarms, which can communicate wirelessly, with the option of notifications and control via our app.

FireAngel Mains Powered – ST230 and HT230 alarms which require a hardwire interlink to communicate.

FireAngel Mains Powered – SW1 and HW1 alarms which require a hardwire interlink to communicate.

Please note – the above alarms are also compliant with new Scottish Fire & CO Regulations when built into a network.

Ordinarily, in a replaceable battery unit, it is advisable to change the battery annually with the life span of a Smoke alarm is ten years it is arguable that more damage will be done to the environment by changing and disposing of batteries annually than it is to have a battery sealed within a unit for its entire life span.

It is recommended that alarms should be replaced every 10 years. We put 10-year life batteries in our units to ensure that the battery lasts the lifetime of the alarm. Having a sealed for life, fit and forget product is of prime importance to our customers and is promoted by Fire and Rescue Services. If a unit has a replaceable battery as opposed to a sealed for life one this can cause inconvenience for our customers and increases the risk of batteries not being changed leaving customers at risk.

Research shows that children can become obsessed with fire if they are not taught about it from a young age. You can ask your Local Fire and Rescue Service for advice on how to teach your child about fire safety. There are also educational videos readily available online.

Our Products are readily available through retailers such as Screwfix, Toolstation, B&Q and are also available on Amazon.

Our alarms are manufactured by a world leader – Flex – who are located in Poland.

Smoke alarms with sealed batteries will provide a decade of peace, with no need to replace batteries in the unit. The whole unit can then easily be replaced with a new unit.

Alarms with replaceable batteries will require their batteries to be changed either yearly or every 5 years. After ten years you will then need to replace the alarm unit with a new alarm to ensure the sensor within the unit can detect smoke quickly.

Both units are exactly the same, the letter proceeding the model code refers to the packaging of the unit.

Both units use Wi-Safe 2 technology to wirelessly interlink. The FP2620W2-R has improved internal components.