User's Manual
FIRE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
CREATE AN ESCAPE PLAN TO PRACTICE
Be prepared when your smoke/CO alarm sounds its
alarm. Develop a family escape plan, discuss it with
all household members, and practice it regularly.
• Make sure everyone is familiar with the sound of your
smoke/CO alarm and explain what the sound means.
• Determine TWO exits from each room and have
an escape route to the outside from each exit.
• Teach all the members in your household to
check doors for heat with the back of your hand
before opening them, and to use the alternate
exit if the door is hot. Make sure they do not open
the door if it is hot.
• Teach household members to crawl along the oor
to avoid dangerous smoke, fumes and gases.
• Determine a safe meeting place for all household
members to regroup at outside the building.
PRACTICE FIRE SAFETY
Practice your escape plan at least twice a year,
making sure that everyone is involved – from kids
to grandparents. Practice the escape plan with
children, including holding one at night when they
are sleeping. If children or others do not wake up to
the sound of the smoke alarm, or if there are infants
or family members with mobility limitations, make
sure that someone is assigned to help them for the
fire drill and in the event of an emergency.
Current studies have shown smoke alarms may
not awaken all sleeping individuals, and that it is
the responsibility of individuals in the household
that are capable of assisting others to provide
assistance to those who may not be awakened by
the alarm sound, or to those who may be incapable
of safely evacuating the area unassisted.
WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF FIRE
• Get out now.
• Don’t panic; stay calm.
• Operate your safety plan as previously planned.
• Alert small children in the home and those who
may need extra assistance.
• Leave the building as quickly as possible. Touch
doors with the back of your hand and make sure
they are not hot before opening them. Use an
alternate exit, if necessary. In case of smoke,
crawl along the oor, and DO NOT stop to collect
anything. Close the doors behind you.
• Meet at a pre-arranged meeting place outside
the building.
• Once outside, do a head count, and call the
fire department.
• DO NOT reenter the house, unless a re ofcial
says it’s safe to reenter.
CALIFORNIA STATE FIRE MARSHAL
As stated by the California State Fire Marshal
“Early warning re detection is best achieved by
the installation of fire detection equipment in all
rooms and areas of the household as follows: A
smoke alarm installed in each separate sleeping
area (in the vicinity of, but outside of the bed-
rooms), and heat or smoke detectors in the
living rooms, dining rooms, bedrooms, kitchens,
hallways, attics, furnace rooms, closets, utility and
storage rooms, basements and attached garages”.
WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF A CARBON
MONOXIDE ALARM
WARNING
Actuation of your CO alarm indicates the
presence of carbon monoxide (CO) which
can KILL YOU.
If alarm signal sounds:
1) Press the Nest button;
2) Call your emergency services [re dept. or 911];
3) Immediately move to fresh air – outdoors or by
an open door/window. Do a head count to
check that all persons are accounted for. Do
not reenter the premises nor move away from
the open door/window until the emergency
services responders have arrived, the premises
have been aired out, and your alarm remains in
its normal condition.
4) After following steps 1 – 3, if your alarm
reactivates within a 24 hour period, repeat steps
1 – 3 and call a qualified appliance technician
to investigate for sources of CO from fuel
burning equipment and appliances, and
inspect for proper operation of this equipment.
If problems are identified during this inspection
have the equipment serviced immediately. Note
any combustion equipment not inspected by
the technician and consult the manufacturers’
instructions, or contact the manufacturers
directly, for more information about CO safety
and this equipment. Make sure that motor
vehicles are not, and have not been, operating
in an attached garage or adjacent to
the residence.
This information is available as a label provided
in the box. Stick it in a spot where everyone can
see it, like the refrigerator.
THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS CAN RESULT IN
TRANSIENT CO SITUATIONS
1. Excessive spillage or reverse venting of fuel
burning appliances caused by:
I) Outdoor ambient conditions such as wind
direction and/or velocity, including high gusts
of wind; heavy air in the vent pipes (cold/
humid air with extended periods between
cycles).
II) Negative pressure differential resulting from
the use of exhaust fans.
III) Simultaneous operation of several fuel
burning appliances competing for limited
internal air.
IV) Vent pipe connection vibrating loose from
clothes dryers, furnaces, or water heaters.
V) Obstructions in or unconventional vent pipe
designs which amplify the above situations.
2. Extended operation of unvented fuel burning
devices (range, oven, fireplace, etc.).
3. Temperature inversions which can trap
exhaust gases near the ground.
4. Car idling in an open or closed attached
garage, or near a home.
5. NEVER bring a charcoal grill inside and
ALWAYS operate a portable generator outside,
a safe distance from the house, and well away
from windows.
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