What To Do When The Alarm Sounds!

Go to your predetermined meeting place. When two people have arrived one should leave to call 911 from a neighbor’s home, and the other should stay to perform a head count.

Do not reenter under any circumstance until fire officials give the go ahead.

There are situations where a smoke alarm may not be effective to protect against fire as noted by the NFPA and UL. For instance:

-Smoking in bed.

-Leaving children unsupervised.

-Cleaning with flammable liquids, such as gaso- line.

-Fires where the victim is intimate with a flaming initiated fire; for example, when a person's clothes catch fire while cooking.

-Fires where the smoke is prevented from reach- ing the detector due to a closed door or other obstruction.

-Incendiary fires where the fire grows so rapidly that an occupant's egress is blocked even with properly located detectors.

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