Fire Safety Information

Fire Prevention

Never smoke in bed, or leave cooking food unattended. Teach children never to play with matches or lighters!

Train everyone in the home to recognize the alarm pattern, voice message warning and to leave the home using their escape plan when it’s heard.

Know how to do “Stop, Drop and Roll” if clothes catch on

fire, and how to crawl low

under smoke. Install and maintain fire extinguishers on

every level of the home and in the kitchen, basement and garage. Know how to use a fire extinguisher prior to an emer- gency. Second level and higher occupied rooms with windows, should have an escape ladder.

Industry Safety Standards

NFPA (National Fire Protection Association)

For your information, the National Fire Protection Association’s Standard 72, reads as follows:

Smoke Detection. Where required by applicable laws, codes, or standards for the specified occupancy, approved single- and multiple-station smoke alarms shall be installed as follows: (1) In all sleeping rooms Exception: Smoke alarms shall not be required in sleeping rooms in existing one- and two-family dwelling units. (2) Outside of each separate sleeping area, in immediate vicinity of the sleeping rooms. (3) On each level of the dwelling unit, including basements Exception: In existing one- and two-family dwelling units, approved smoke alarms powered by batteries are permitted.

Smoke Detection - Are More Smoke Alarms Desirable? The required number of smoke alarms might not provide reliable early warning protection for those areas separated by a door

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