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• Know the normal state of doors and windows: open, closed, or locked.

• Escape fast! (Do not stop to pack.)

• Use a different escape route if closed doors feel hot to the touch.

• Crawl and hold your breath as much as possible to help reduce smoke

inhalation during your escape.

• Meet at a designated outdoor location.

• Emphasize that no one should return to the premises if there is a fire.

• Notify the fire department from a neighbor’s phone.

• Emphasize that no one should enter the premises if they hear sirens in the

house.

• If you arrive at the premises and hear sirens, do not enter. Call for emergency

assistance from a neighbor’s phone.

Smoke and heat detector locations

Selecting a suitable location is critical to the operation of smoke alarms. Figure 5

on page 40 shows some typical floorplans with recommended smoke and heat

detector locations. Use these location guidelines to optimize performance and

reduce the chance of false alarms:

• Before mounting alarms, program (learn) them into memory and do a sensor

test from the alarm’s intended location to ensure good RF communication to

the panel.

• Locate the alarm in environmentally controlled areas where the temperature

range is between 40 and 100°F (5 and 38°C) and the humidity is between 0

and 90% noncondensing.

• Locate alarms away from ventilation sources that can prevent smoke from

reaching the alarm.

• Locate ceiling mounted alarms in the center of the room or hallway, at least 4

in. (10 cm) away from any walls or partitions.

• Locate wall mounted alarms so the top of the alarm is 4 to 12 in. (10 to 31

cm) below the ceiling.

• In rooms with sloped, peaked, or gabled ceilings, locate alarms 3 ft. (0.9 m)

down or away from the highest point of the ceiling.

• When mounting to suspended ceiling tile, the tile must be secured with the

appropriate fasteners to prevent tile removal.

Note: Do not mount the alarm to the metal runners of suspended ceiling

grids. The metal runners can draw the magnet’s field away from the alarm’s

reed switch and cause a false tamper alarm.

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