Recommended Locations For Alarms - UTC Fire and Security Kidde 900-0257 User Manual

1. Recommended Locations for Alarms

• Locate the first alarm in the immediate area of the bedrooms. Try to monitor
the exit path as the bedrooms are usually farthest from the exit. If more than
one sleeping area exists, locate additional alarms in each sleeping area (see
IMAGE 1A).
• Locate additional alarms to monitor any stairway as they act as chimneys for
smoke and heat.
• Locate at least one alarm on every floor (see IMAGE 1B).
• Locate an alarm in every bedroom.
• Locate an alarm in every room where electrical appliances operate (i.e.
portable heaters or humidifiers).
• 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.
• Smoke, heat, and combustion products rise to the ceiling and spread
horizontally. Mounting the smoke alarm in the center of the ceiling places it
closest to all points in the room. Ceiling mounting is preferred in ordinary
residential construction.
• For mobile home installation, select locations carefully to avoid thermal
barriers that may form at the ceiling. For more details, see MOBILE HOME
INSTALLATION.
• When mounting an alarm on the ceiling, locate it at a minimum of 10 cm
(4") from the sidewall (see IMAGE 2A).
• When mounting the alarm on the wall, use an inside wall with the top edge
of the alarm at a minimum of 10 cm (4") and a maximum of 30.5 cm (12")
below the ceiling (see IMAGE 2A).
• Put smoke alarms at both ends of a bedroom hallway or large room if the
hallway or room is more than 9.1 m (30') long.
SINGLE FLOOR PLAN
DINING KITCHEN
ROOM
LIVING
ROOM
Smoke Alarms for Minimum Protection
Smoke Alarms for Additional Protection
Ionization Type Smoke Alarm with
®
Hush Control or Photoelectric Type
IMAGE 1A
BEDROOM BEDROOM
BEDROOM
MULTIPLE FLOOR PLAN
BEDROOM HALL
LIVING
ROOM
BASEMENT
IMAGE 1B
BEDROOM
KITCHEN