Recommended Locations For Smoke Alarms - Kidde P4010ACLEDSCO-2 User Manual

7. Recommended Locations
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For rooms larger than 250 sq. ft. the notification device should be located within 4.88 m (16') of the pillow when
located in a sleeping area.
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Locate the first strobe/smoke alarm in the bedroom in which the hearing impaired individual sleeps. Try to monitor
the exit path, as the bedrooms are usually farthest from the exit. Locate the first alarm in the immediate area of the
bedrooms. If more than one sleeping area exists, locate additional alarms in each sleeping area (Figure 7-B).
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Locate additional strobe lights or combination smoke/strobe alarms in any lived-in room where a hearing impaired
individual would need to be notified of an alarm condition.
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Locate additional alarms to monitor any stairway as stairways act like chimneys for smoke and heat.
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Locate at least one alarm on every floor level.
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Locate an alarm in every bedroom.
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Locate an alarm in every room where electrical appliances are operated (i.e. portable heaters or humidifiers).
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Locate an alarm in every room where someone sleeps with the door closed. The closed door may prevent an alarm
not located in that room from waking the sleeper.
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Smoke, heat, and combustion products rise to the ceiling and spread horizontally. Mounting the smoke alarm on
the ceiling in the center of the room places it closest to all points in the room. Ceiling mounting is preferred in
ordinary residential construction.
Figure 7-A
NFPA 72 states: "Smoke alarms in rooms with ceiling
slopes greater than 1 ft in 8 ft (.3m in 2.4 m) horizontally
shall be located on the high side of the room." NFPA 72
states: "A row of detectors shall be spaced and located
within 3 ft (0.9m) of the peak of the ceiling measured
horizontally."
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ANYWHERE ALONG
ANYWHERE ALONG
THIS BOLD SURFACE THIS BOLD SURFACE
Locations permitted for smoke Locations permitted for smoke
alarms and smoke detectors alarms and smoke detectors
on tray-shaped ceilings.
on tray-shaped ceilings.
ANYWHERE ALONG
THIS BOLD SURFACE
ANYWHERE ALONG
THIS BOLD SURFACE
ANYWHERE ALONG
THIS BOLD SURFACE
Locations permitted for smoke
alarms and smoke detectors
on tray-shaped ceilings.
Figure 7-B
Locations permitted for smoke
alarms and smoke detectors
on tray-shaped ceilings.
Locations permitted for smoke
alarms and smoke detectors
on tray-shaped ceilings.
ANYWHERE ALONG
THIS BOLD SURFACE
Locations permitted for smoke
alarms and smoke detectors
on tray-shaped ceilings.
Figure 7-C