Where To Install This Alarm - Firex FADCQ Manual

Where to Install This Alarm

Before installing your combination Smoke/CO
Alarm, it is important to choose the best loca-
tions in your home. Placement can affect how
well the alarm performs and how well residents
hear the alarm if it sounds.
IMPORTANT!
The following are general guidelines for
choosing where to install your alarms.
For more details and Agency Placement
information, please read "Chapter 8: Agency
Recommendations for Alarm Placement"
before installing this alarm.
Install the Recommended Number of Alarms
• Fire safety professionals recommend at least
one smoke alarm on every level of your home,
in each bedroom hallway, and inside each
bedroom or sleeping area.
• At least one CO alarm should be placed where
it will wake all sleeping residents. For addition-
al protection, place additional CO alarms
between 5 and 20 feet from potential sources
of CO, like a furnace, water heater or fireplace.
This combination Smoke/CO Alarm makes it
easy to provide both types of protection
throughout the home.
Choose Appropriate Locations
• Alarms can alert you to a problem only after
smoke or CO reach their sensors. Choose
locations free of obstructions, where the alarm
will stay clean and protected from adverse
environmental conditions.
• Make sure the alarms can be easily heard from
multiple locations throughout the home.
Check Your Local Building Codes
• This combination Smoke/CO Alarm is
designed to be used in single-family homes.
It alone may not meet requirements for multi-
ple-resident dwellings (apartment buildings,
boarding houses, hotels or motels).
• Some codes may require that smoke alarms
be interconnected in new construction.
Placement Guidelines
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