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hold as follows: A smoke detector installed in each separate
sleeping area (in the vicinity, but outside the bedrooms), and heat
or smoke detectors in the living rooms, dining rooms, bedrooms,
kitchens, hallways, attics, furnace rooms, closets, utility and stor-
age rooms, basements and attached garages.”
FOR BEST PROTECTION, WE
RECOMMEND THAT YOU INSTALL A SMOKE
ALARM IN EVERY ROOM.
In addition, we recommend that all smoke alarms be interconnected.
Typical Efficiency
Home (Apartment)
•
Install a smoke alarm on the
ceiling or wall closest to the
sleeping area.
Typical Mobile Home
NOTE: For mobile homes built before 1978, install smoke alarms on
an inside wall between 4 and 12 inches from the ceiling. (Older
mobile homes have little or no insulation in the ceiling.) This is
especially important if the ceiling is unusually hot or cold.
•
Install a smoke alarm inside each bedroom and in the hallway
outside each separate sleeping area.
Typical Single-Story Home
•
Install a smoke alarm on the ceiling
or wall inside each bedroom and in
the hallway outside each separate
sleeping area. If a bedroom area
hallway is more than 30 feet long,
install a smoke alarm at each end.
If there is a basement:
•
Install a smoke alarm on the base-
ment ceiling at the bottom of the
stairwell.
Typical Two-Story or Split Level
Home
•
Install a smoke alarm on the ceil-
ing or wall inside each bedroom
and in the hallway outside each
separate sleeping area. If a bed-
room area hallway is more than
30 feet long, install a smoke alarm
at each end.
•
Install a smoke alarm at the top of
a first-to-second floor stairwell.
If there is a basement:
•
Install a smoke alarm on the basement ceiling at the bottom
of the stairwell.
IMPORTANT SMOKE ALARM
PLACEMENT AND EXCEPTION
INFORMATION
•
Install a smoke alarm as close to
the center of the ceiling as possi-
ble. If this is not practical, mount
no closer than 4 inches from a
wall or corner. Also, if local codes
allow, install smoke alarms on
walls, between 4 and 12 inches
from ceiling/wall intersections.
•
Install a minimum of two smoke alarms in every home, no mat-
ter how small the home. New construction codes require a min-
imum of two interconnected smoke alarms in newly built
homes.
•
Install a smoke alarm in each room
that is divided by a partial wall
(either coming down from the ceil-
ing at least 24 inches, or coming up
from the floor).
24"
STUB WALL
SOFFIT
EFFICIENCY APARTMENT
SLEEPING
AREA
KITCHEN
LIVING
AREA
BEDROOM
BATH
KITCHEN LIVING ROOM
MOBILE
HOME
BEDROOM
BED-
ROOM
BATH
BASEMENT
FURNACE
ROOOM
KITCHEN
TWO STORY
BEDROOM BEDROOMBATH
LIVED-IN
LIVING AREA
KITCHEN
BASEMENT
FURNACE
ATTIC
ROOM
4 IN
(0.1m )
4 IN
(0.1m )
MINIMUM
12 IN
(0.3 m )
MAXIMUM
CEILING
SIDE
WALL
ACCEPTABLE HERE
NEVER HERE
TOP OF DETECTOR
ACCEPTABLE HERE
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KEY
• Smoke Alarm (Ionization)
∆ Photoelectric Smoke Alarm or Ionization Smoke Alarm with
False Alarm Control
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