Installation Guide
20
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)
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.
1. In all sleeping rooms and guest rooms
2. Outside of each separate dwelling unit sleep-
ing 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
basements
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)