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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 smoke alarm pattern 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.
NFPA (National Fire Protection Association)
Fire Safety in the Home: NFPA 72 is intended to
provide reasonable safety for persons in family
living units. Reasonable fire safety can be produced
through the following three-point program: (1)
Minimizing fire hazards (2) Providing fire-warning
equipment (3) Having and practicing an escape plan.
Smoke Detection – Are More Alarms Desirable?
The required number of smoke alarms might not
provide reliable early warning protection for those
areas separated by a door from the areas protected
by the required smoke alarms. For this reason, it is rec-
ommended that the householder consider the use of
additional smoke alarms for those areas for increased protection. The additional areas include the basement, bedrooms,
dining room, furnace room, utility room, and hallways not protected by the required smoke alarms. The installation of
smoke alarms in attics (finished or unfinished), garages, or within 6’ of a heating or cooking appliance is not normally
recommended, as these locations occasionally experience conditions that can result in improper operation.
For your information, the National Fire Protection
Association’s Standard 72 reads: Where required by other
governing laws, codes, or standards for a specific type of
occupancy, approved single and multiple-station smoke
alarms shall be installed as follows:
1. In all sleeping rooms and guest rooms
2. Outside of each separate dwelling unit sleeping area,
within 21 ft (6.4 m) of any door to a sleeping room,
with the distance measured along a path of travel
3. On every level of a dwelling unit, including base-
ments
4. On every level of a residential board and care
occupancy (small facility), including basements and
excluding crawl spaces and unfinished attics
5. In the living area(s) of a guest suite
6. In the living area(s) of a residential board and care
occupancy (small facility)