User's Manual

Minimum protection level
- smoke alarm on each story
- in each sleeping area
- every 6.4 meters (21ft) of hallways and rooms
- within 3 meters (10ft) of all bedroom doors
Recommended protection level
(In addition to the above):
- smoke alarms in every room (except kitchens
and bathrooms)
- heat alarms located in kitchens, garages etc.
within 5.3 meters (17ft) of potential re sources
Your rst smoke alarm should be located between the sleeping area and the most likely
sources of re (living room for example), but it should not be more than 6.4 meters (21ft)
from the door to any room where a re may start and block your escape from the house.
Multi-story dwellings
If your home has more than one oor, at least one smoke alarm should be tted on each
level, see Figure 1. Preferably the units should be connected to a Visit receiver so as to
give an additional warning throughout the property.
Figure1 illustrates where smoke and heat alarms should be located in a typical two
story house. Note the spacings in “Protection Levels” which ensure the early detection
of re and that the warning will be heard.
Use heat alarms in rooms adjoining escape routes - kitchens, garages, boiler houses etc.
where smoke alarms are unsuitable.
Single story dwelling
If the premises are one story you should put your rst smoke alarm in a corridor or hallway
between the sleeping and living areas. Place it as near to the living area as possible, but
make sure that it can be heard loudly enough in the bedroom to wake someone. See
Figure 2 for placement example.
In houses with more than one sleeping area, smoke alarms should be placed between
each sleeping area and the living area and it is recommended that heat alarms should
be placed in the kitchen and garage.
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Figure 1
Bedroom
Bedroom
Bedroom
Toilet
Toilet
Dining room
Laundry
Living room
Kitchen
Figure 2