Recommended Locations For Smoke Alarms - Kidde P4010ACSAQ-WF User Manual

7. Recommended Locations For Smoke Alarms

• Locate smoke alarms in all sleeping areas. 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.
• Locate additional alarms in stairways, because stairways act like chimneys for smoke and heat.
• Locate at least one alarm on every floor level.
• Locate an alarm in every bedroom.
• Locate an alarm in every room where electrical appliances are operated (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 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.
ACCEPTABLE
TOP OF ALARM
ACCEPTABLE HERE
Note: measurements shown
are to the closest edge
of the alarm.
10
ANYWHERE ALONG
THIS BOLD SURFACE
ANYWHERE ALONG
THIS BOLD SURFACE
Locations permitted for smoke
Locations permitted for smoke
alarms and smoke detectors
Figure 7-A
alarms and smoke detectors
on tray-shaped ceilings.
on tray-shaped ceilings.