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Fire Prevention
Never smoke in bed or leave cooking food unattended. Teach children never to play with matches or
lighters! Train everyone in the home to recognize the smoke alarm pattern and to leave the home using
their escape plan when it's heard. Know how to do "Stop, Drop and Roll" if clothes catch on fire, and
how to crawl low under smoke. Install and maintain fire extinguishers on every level of the home and in
the kitchen, basement and garage.
NFPA (National Fire Protection
Association)
Fire Safety in the Home: NFPA 72 is intended
to provide reasonable safety for persons in
family living units. Reasonable fire safety can
be produced through the following three-point
program: (1) Minimizing fire hazards
(2) Providing fire-warning equipment
(3) Having and practicing an escape plan.
Smoke Detection – Are More Alarms
Desirable?
The required number of smoke alarms
might not provide reliable early warning
protection for those areas separated by
a door from the areas protected by the
required smoke alarms. For this reason, it
is recommended that the resident consider the use of
additional smoke alarms for those areas for increased protection. The additional areas include the
basement, bedrooms, dining room, furnace room, utility room, and hallways not protected by the
required smoke alarms. The installation of smoke alarms in attics (finished or unfinished), garages, or
within 6' of a heating or cooking appliance is not normally recommended, as these locations
occasionally experience conditions that can result in improper operation. *
* Reference National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standard 72
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For your information, the National Fire Protection
Association's Standard 72 reads: Where required
by other governing laws, codes, or standards for a
specific type of occupancy, approved single and
multiple-station smoke alarms shall be installed as
follows:
1.
In all sleeping rooms and guest rooms
2.
Outside of each separate dwelling unit sleeping
area, within 21 ft (6.4 m) of any door to a sleeping
room, with the distance measured along a path
of travel
3.
On every level of a dwelling unit, including
basements
4.
On every level of a residential board and care
occupancy (small facility), including basements
and excluding crawl spaces and unfinished attics
5.
In the living area(s) of a guest suite
6.
In the living area(s) of a residential board and
care occupancy (small facility)
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