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SMOKE ALARM SAFETY CHECKLIST
PIN THIS UP CLOSE TO YOUR SMOKE ALARM IN AN
EASY-TO-READ LOCATION AND REVIEW OFTEN
Before installing, using and maintaining your smoke alarm read the entire Owner’s
Manual and Warranty, and keep it in a convenient location for reference.
1. Test your smoke alarm every week. To test the electronics, firmly depress
the button. To test that smoke reaches the sensor, blow smoke in a
careful fire-safe manner into your smoke alarm.
2. Your smoke alarm will not work without power. Never shut off its power or
remove the battery to quiet the alarm.
FOR BATTERY-POWERED UNITS: When your smoke alarm
beeps about
once a minute, the battery is weak. Immediately install a new battery
correctly. Be sure to use only batteries specified in Owner’s Manual or on
unit. Test unit after installing a new battery.
3. Clean and vacuum the openings on your smoke alarm once a month.
4. Do not open the smoke alarm or try to repair it. For replacement information
see the WARRANTY in the Owner’s Manual.
5. Verify you have the proper number of smoke alarms in your home and the
correct location for each one. A smoke alarm will not respond well
in an incorrect location.
6. If your smoke alarm has one or more of these special features, please note:
• FALSE ALARM CONTROL (Model C): Pushing test/hush button reduces
sensitivity for up to 15 minutes, minimizing nuisance alarms.
• FLASHING LIGHT (Model E): Pushing test button turns flashing safety light
on. Very thick smoke may obscure light.
7. Smoke alarms have technical limitations and may not respond in all situations.
FIRE PREVENTION is your best safeguard.
8. For a replacement Owner’s Manual or Safety Checklist, please indicate your
unit model, include a self-addressed stamped envelope and send to:
Invensys Controls Americas
191 E. North Avenue
Carol Stream, IL 60188 USA
For product service information please see WARRANTY in Owner’s Manual.
OTHER THINGS YOU CAN DO TO MAKE YOUR
FAMILY AND HOME SAFER FROM FIRES
Installing, testing and taking care of smoke alarms is just one step in helping to
protect your family and home from fires. You must also reduce the chance that
fire will start in your home and increase your chances of escaping if one does
start. For your safety, at a minimum, you should do the following to have a more
effective fire safety program.
A. FOLLOW SAFETY RULES AND PREVENT HAZARDOUS SITUATIONS
• Use smoking materials properly—never smoke in bed or when sleepy or
under the influence of alcohol or other drugs.
• Keep matches and other fire starters away from children.
• Store flammable materials in proper containers and never store or use
them near open flames or sparks.
• Keep electrical appliances and cords in good working condition, and do
not overload electrical circuits.
• Keep stoves, fireplaces, chimneys and barbecue grills clean and make sure
they are properly installed away from combustible materials.
• Keep portable heaters and open flames such as candles away from
combustible materials.
• Do not allow rubbish to accumulate.
B. DEVELOP A FAMILY ESCAPE PLAN AND PRACTICE IT REGULARLY WITH YOUR
ENTIRE FAMILY ESPECIALLY SMALL CHILDREN
• Draw a floor plan of your home and find TWO ways to exit from each room.
There should be a way to get out of each bedroom without opening the door.
• Teach children what the smoke alarm signal means, and that they must
be ready to leave the home or residence by themselves if necessary.
Show them how to check to see if doors are hot before opening them,
how to stay close to the floor and crawl, and how to use the alternate exit
if a door is hot and should not be opened.
• Decide on a meeting place a safe distance from your house and make
sure all your children understand they should go and wait for you there if
there is a fire.
• Hold fire drills every six (6) months to make sure everyone, even small
children, know what to do to escape safely.
• Know where to go to call the fire department from outside your residence.
• Provide emergency equipment, such as fire extinguishers, and teach your
family how and when to use this equipment.
C. WHAT TO DO IF THERE IS A FIRE IN YOUR HOME
After you have prepared family escape plans and practiced them with your
family, you have increased their chances of escaping safely. Review the
following rules with your children when you have fire drills so everyone will
remember them in a real smoke or fire emergency.
• Don’t panic; stay calm. Your safe escape may depend on thinking clearly
and remembering what you have practiced.
• Get out of the house following your planned escape route as quickly as
possible. Do not stop to collect anything or to get dressed.
• Open doors carefully only after feeling to see if they are hot. Do not open
a door if it is hot; use an alternate escape route.
• Stay close to the floor; smoke and hot gases rise toward the ceiling.
• Keep doors and windows closed unless you open them to escape and
reclose them as you leave.
• Meet at your prearranged meeting place after leaving the house.
• Call the fire department as soon as possible from outside your house.
Give the address and your name.
• Never re-enter a burning or smoke-filled building.
Contact your local fire department for more information on making your home
safer from fires and about preparing your family’s escape plans.
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