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Fire Prevention
Never smoke in bed or leave cooking food unattended. Teach children never to play with matches or lighters!
Train everyone in the home to recognize the smoke alarm pattern and to leave the home using their escape
plan when it's heard. Know how to do "Stop, Drop and Roll" if clothes catch on fire, and how to crawl low under
smoke. Install and maintain fire extinguishers on every level of the home and in the kitchen, basement and
garage.
NFPA (National Fire Protection
Association)
Fire Safety in the Home: NFPA 72 is intend-
ed to provide reasonable safety for persons
in family living units. Reasonable fire safety
can be produced through the following
three-point program: (1) Minimizing fire haz-
ards (2) Providing fire-warning equipment (3)
Having and practicing an escape plan.
Smoke Detection – Are More Alarms
Desirable?
The required number of smoke alarms might
not provide reliable early warning protection
for those areas separated by a door from the
areas protected by the required smoke alarms. For this reason, it is recommended that the resident consider
the use of additional smoke alarms for those areas for increased protection. The additional areas include the
basement, bedrooms, dining room, furnace room, utility room, and hallways not protected by the required
smoke alarms. The installation of smoke alarms in attics (finished or unfinished), garages, or within 6' of a heating
or cooking appliance is not normally recommended, as these locations occasionally experience conditions that
can result in improper operation.
For your information, the National Fire Protection
Association's Standard 72 reads: Where required by other
governing laws, codes, or standards for a specific type of
occupancy, approved single and multiple-station smoke
alarms shall be installed as follows:
1.
In all sleeping rooms and guest rooms
2.
Outside of each separate dwelling unit sleeping area,
within 21 ft (6.4 m) of any door to a sleeping room,
with the distance measured along a path of travel
3.
On every level of a dwelling unit, including base-
ments
4.
On every level of a residential board and care
occupancy (small facility), including basements and
excluding crawl spaces and unfinished attics
5.
In the living area(s) of a guest suite
6.
In the living area(s) of a residential board and care
occupancy (small facility)
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