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Recommendations for Proper Protection (cont’d)
In addition, we recommend the following:
Install a smoke detector inside every bedroom where a smoker sleeps.
Install a smoke detector inside bedrooms where electrical appliances (such as portable
heaters, air conditioners or humidifiers) are used.
Install a smoke detector inside every bedroom where someone sleeps with the door partly
or completely closed. Smoke could be blocked by the closed door. Also, an alarm in the
hallway outside may not wake up the sleeper if the door is closed.
Install a smoke detector at both ends of a hallway if the hallway is more than 40 feet (12
meters) long.
Install smoke detectors in any room where an alarm control is located, or in any room
where alarm control connections to an AC source or phone lines are made. If detectors are
not so located, a fire within the room could prevent the control from reporting a fire or an
intrusion.
Recommendations for Proper Intrusion Protection
For proper intrusion coverage, sensors should be located at every possible point of entry to a
home or commercial premises. This would include any skylights that may be present, and
the upper windows in a multi-level building.
In addition, we recommend that radio backup be used in a security system so that alarm
signals can still be sent to the alarm monitoring station in the event that the telephone lines
are out of order (alarm signals are normally sent over the phone lines, if connected to an
alarm monitoring station).