INSTALLING THE COMBINATION SMOKE/CO ALARM
FOR RESIDENTIAL USE
LOCATION
Before installing your combination smoke/CO alarm, it is important to choose the best locations in your home. Placement can affect how well the alarm performs and how well residents hear the alarm if it sounds. Statistics of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) show that most of the fatal CO occurrences happen at night while people are sleeping.
Early warning of CO is best achieved by the installation of CO alarms on all floors and areas of the household.
RECOMMENDATIONS
–Put a CO alarm inside each bedroom where the occupant closes the door while sleeping. Particulate smoke can be blocked by a closed door, but CO fumes are likely to get through.
–A CO alarm should be installed between 5 and 20 feet from potential sources of CO in any family living unit containing a
–A combination smoke/CO alarm should be centrally located outside of each separate sleeping area in the immediate vicinity of the bedrooms. Where bedrooms are separated and audibility of the alarm to occupants within the bedroom area could be seriously impaired, more than one unit could be needed.
–If a bedroom area hallway is more than 30 feet long, install a smoke alarm at each end.
–Alarms can alert you to a problem only after smoke or CO reach their sensors. Choose locations free of obstructions, where the alarm will stay clean and protected from adverse environmental conditions.
–Install a smoke or combination alarm on the basement ceiling at the bottom of the stairwell.
–Make sure the alarms can be easily heard from multiple locations throughout the home.
–This combination smoke/CO alarm makes it easy to provide both types of protection throughout the home.
–This combination smoke/CO alarm is designed to be used in
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