C hapter 6 - Fire and Panic Alarms
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This chapter describes what to do during a fire alarm, fire safety tips, and panic alarms.
Fire Alarms
For complete coverage in residential units, smoke detectors should be installed in the following locations:
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In any hallway outside bedroom areas. Additional detectors should be installed for every bedroom area
as shown in Figure 8.
On every floor of a multi-floor home or apartment.
At both ends of a bedroom hallway if the hallway is more than 12m (40ft) long.
At the bottom of a basement stairwell.
At the top of the first to second floor stairwell and subsequent stairwells in multi-floored residential
units.
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