Smoke Alarm Placement - Firex FADC User Manual

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fast-burning, explosive, or intentional. Others are caused by care-
lessness or safety hazards. Smoke may not reach the smoke alarm
QUICKLY ENOUGH to ensure safe escape.
•
Smoke alarms have limitations. This smoke alarm is not foolproof
and is not warranted to protect lives or property from fire. Smoke
alarms are not a substitute for insurance. Homeowners and renters
should insure their life and property. In addition, it is possible for the
smoke alarm to fail at any time. For this reason, you must test the
smoke alarm weekly and replace every 10 years.
• Smoke alarms must not be used with detector guards unless
the combination of alarm and guard has been evaluated and found
suitable for that purpose.

SMOKE ALARM PLACEMENT

Invensys Controls Americas recommends complete coverage pro-
tection achieved by installing a smoke alarm in every room of your
home. The National Fire Protection Association's (NFPA) minimum
requirement, as stated in Standard 72, Chapter 2, reads as follows:
"2-2.1.1.1 Smoke detectors shall be installed outside of each sepa-
rate sleeping area in the immediate vicinity of the bedrooms and on
each additional story of the family living unit including basements
and excluding crawl spaces and unfinished attics. In new construc-
tion a smoke detector also shall be installed in each sleeping room."
Chapter 2 also reads as follows:
"2-2.2.1 In new construction, where
more than one smoke detector is
required by 2-2.1, they shall be so
arranged that operation of any smoke
detector shall cause the alarm in all smoke
detectors within the dwelling to sound."
The NFPA, 1993 Edition, Appendix A further
states:
"The required number of smoke detectors
may not provide reliable early warning pro-
tection for those areas separated by a door
from the areas protected by the required
smoke detectors. For this reason, it is rec-
ommended that the householder
consider the use of additional
smoke detectors for those areas
for increased protection. The
additional areas include: base-
ment, bedrooms, dining room, furnace room, utility room, and hall-
ways not protected by the required smoke detectors."
Also, as required by the California State Fire Marshal:
"Early warning fire detection is best achieved by the installation of
fire detection equipment in all rooms and areas of the household as
follows: a smoke detector installed in each separate sleeping area
(in the vicinity, but outside the bedrooms), and heat or smoke detec-
tors in the living rooms, dining rooms, bedrooms, kitchens, hallways,
attics, furnace rooms, closets, utility and storage rooms, basements
and attached garages."
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