Do motion detection cameras detect fire?

[hughtrimble]

Evening,

Does anyone know if cameras with motion detection, like Amazon's Blink XT2, will activate if there's a fire?

I'm trying to see what options I have for remote detection of fire and the like within the home, as all heat and smoke detectors we have are wired in.

Hugh

 

[iraiguana]

Does nest smoke alarms not provide an online response?

 

[RichL]

Yeah you want a smart smoke alarm like Nest Protect.

 

[hughtrimble]

Does nest smoke alarms not provide an online response?

Yeah you want a smart smoke alarm like Nest Protect.

You're both quite right. I was trying to shoehorn my existing gear into a niche that it isn't designed to fill.

Went to Currys to get the Nest Protect...waited for 25 minutes in a queue of two people. Neither of us was served in that period so I walked out!

 

[jsmoke]

What will you be able to do if you remotely watch your house burn down?

 

[hughtrimble]

What will you be able to do if you remotely watch your house burn down?

Call the fire brigade..? Which you couldn't do if you were away from home whilst it was burning, without such a device.

 

[kitkat9933]

What will you be able to do if you remotely watch your house burn down?

Check if the spider that is dead that made you set the house on fire to get rid off.

 

[b0rn2sk8]

It’s highly unlikely the fire brigade will come out to a nest protect activation without you actually being there to confirm their attendance is required which ultimately limits their benefit.

 

[hughtrimble]

It’s highly unlikely the fire brigade will come out to a nest protect activation without you actually being there to confirm their attendance is required which ultimately limits their benefit.

That's the idea of the camera - remote visual confirmation of either what it's detected, or now what the smoke alarm detects.