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Basic information about your Smoke Alarm
A Smoke Alarm is an early warning device. Used correctly it
can give you and your family valuable extra time to escape.
Note:-
• When the battery is first connected the Alarm may sound
for 2-3 seconds - this is normal.
• A Smoke Alarm does not prevent fires.
• Install correctly, in the centre of the ceiling if possible.
• Test weekly.
• Replace battery yearly or when it beeps once a minute.
• Plan your escape route.
• Proper protection may require more than one Smoke
Alarm.
• If you have any doubt or query about Smoke Alarms
consult the supplier or your local Fire Brigade.
• Nuisance alarms can be quickly silenced by fanning with a
newspaper or similar to help remove smoke from the unit.
Locating your Smoke Alarm
Sufficient smoke must enter your Smoke Alarm before it will
respond. Your Smoke Alarm needs to be within 10 paces (23
feet) of the fire to respond quickly. It also needs to be in a
position where its alarm can be heard throughout your home,
so it can wake you and your family in time for you all to
escape. A single Smoke Alarm will give some protection if it
is properly installed, but most homes will require two or more
to ensure that a reliable early warning is given. For maximum
protection you should put individual Smoke Alarms in all the
rooms where fire is most likely to break out.
Your first Smoke Alarm should be located between the
sleeping area and the most likely sources of fire (living room
or kitchen for example). But it should not be more than 10
paces (seven metres) from the door to any room where a fire
might start and block your escape from the house.
(a) Single Storey Dwelling.
If your Home is on one level (a bungalow or mobile home for
example) you should put your first Smoke Alarm in a corridor
or hallway between the sleeping and living areas. Place it as
near to the living area as possible, but make sure you can
hear it loudly enough to wake you in the bedroom.
(for example, see figure 1).
If your bungalow is very large and the corridor or hallway is
more than say 22 paces (15 metres) long, one Smoke Alarm
will not be sufficient. This is because no matter where it is
located it will be more than 7.5 metres from potential fires.
In houses with more than one sleeping area, Smoke Alarms
should be placed between each sleeping area and the living
area (for example, see figure 2).
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