What To Do If The Alarm Sounds
If the alarm sounds, check for fires first. If a fire is discovered follow these steps. Become thoroughly familiar with these items, and review with all family members!
•Alert small children in the home. Children sleep very sound and may not be awakened by the sound of the smoke alarms.
•Leave immediately using one of your planned escape routes (see page 24). Every second counts, don’t stop to get dressed or pick up valuables.
•Before opening inside doors look for smoke seeping in around the edges, and feel with the back of your hand. If the door is hot use your second exit. If you feel it’s safe, open the door very slowly and be prepared to close immediately if smoke and heat rush in.
•If the escape route requires you to go through smoke, crawl low under the smoke where the air is clearer.
•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 stated in the NFPA Standard 72. For instance:
a)smoking in bed
b)leaving children unsupervised
c)cleaning with flammable liquids, such as gasoline
What To Do If The Alarm Sounds
When the carbon monoxide alarm sounds:
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3)Immediately move to
fresh air - outdoors or by an open door/window. Do a head count to check that all persons are accounted for. Do not reenter the premises nor move away from the open door/window until the emergency services responders have arrived, the premises have been aired out, and your alarm remains in its normal con- dition.
4)After following steps
qualified appliance technician to investigate for sources
of CO from fuel burning equipment and appliances, and inspect for proper operation of this equipment. If problems are identified during this inspection have the equipment serviced immediately. Note any com- bustion equipment not inspected by the technician and consult the manufacturer’s instructions, or con- tact the manufacturer’s directly, for more informa- tion about CO safety and this equipment. Make sure that motor vehicles are not, and have not been, oper- ating in an attached garage or adjacent to the resi- dence.
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