Additional Smoke Alarm Placement Information; Mobile Home Installation - Firex G-6 Instructions Manual

SMOKE ALARM PLACEMENT (Cont'd)
Existing Homes:
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The NFPA requires a smoke alarm on
every level and outside each sleeping
area in existing construction. An existing
household with one level and one sleep-
ing area is required to have one smoke
alarm.
Living Room
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SINGLE STORY RESIDENCE/APARTMENT
New Construction Homes:
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The NFPA requires AC-powered, inter-
connected smoke alarms to be
installed inside each bedroom,
outside each bedroom area, and on
every level of the home. They also
require a minimum of two AC-powered,
interconnected smoke alarms in any
new construction home.
Living Room
SINGLE STORY RESIDENCE/APARTMENT
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NFPA minimum REQUIRED smoke alarm locations
O Additional Smoke Alarm RECOMMENDED by
Maple Chase, NFPA, and California State Fire Marshal
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RECOMMENDED type with False Alarm Control™
--- Denotes interconnection

Mobile Home Installation:

• For minimum protection, smoke alarms should be installed in compli-
ance with H.U.D. Manufactured Home Construction Safety Standards
Title 24 CFR, Section 3280.208 and Section 3282.
• For additional protection, see single story residence smoke alarm
requirements/recommendations for existing homes and new construc-
tion above.
ADDITIONAL SMOKE ALARM
PLACEMENT INFORMATION:
• If a bedroom area hallway is more than 30 feet long, install a smoke
alarm at each end.
• In basements, install a smoke alarm on
the ceiling at the bottom of the stairwell.
• Install a smoke alarm at the top of a
first-to-second floor stairwell.
• Install a smoke alarm as close to the
center of the ceiling as possible. If this
is not practical, mount no closer than 4
inches from a wall or corner. Also, if
local codes allow wall mounting, you
may install smoke alarms on walls
between 4 and 12 inches from
ceiling/wall intersections.
• Install a smoke alarm in each room that
is divided by a partial wall (either coming
down from the ceiling at least 24 inches,
or coming up from the floor).
• Install smoke alarms on peaked, cathedral, or
gabled ceilings 3 feet from the highest point
(measured horizontally).
• Install a smoke alarm in lived-in or
finished attics.
NOTE: For mobile homes built before 1978, install smoke alarms on
inside walls between 4 and 12 inches from the ceiling. (Older
mobile homes have little or no insulation in the ceiling.) This
is especially important if the ceiling is unusually hot or cold.
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Bedroom
Kitchen
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Bedroom
Bedroom
Bedroom
Kitchen
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Bedroom
Bedroom
Bedroom
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Living Room
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Utility Room
TWO STORY RESIDENCE
Bedroom
Living Room
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Utility Room
TWO STORY RESIDENCE
3
Bedroom
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Hall
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Hall
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Bedroom
Hall
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Hall
4 IN
(0 1m )
CE LING
ACCEPTABLE HERE
NEVER HERE
TOP OF DETECTOR
ACCEPTABLE HERE
SOFFIT
STUB WALL
ACCEPTABLE N
THIS AREA
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Bedroom
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Kitchen
Basement
Bedroom
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Kitchen
Basement
4 IN
(0 1m )
M NIMUM
12 IN
(0 3 m )
MAX MUM
S DE
WALL
8"
PEAKED CEILING
3 ft