Heiman SMOKI HM-626PHS, User Manual

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protection for buildings that require complete fire alarm
systems. Buildings of this type include hotels, motels,
dormitories, hospitals, nursing homes, and group homes.
This is true even if they were once single family homes.
However, this smoke alarm MAY be used inside individual
rooms as
SUPPLEMENTAL protection.
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Install a smoke alarm in every room and on every level of the
home. Smoke may not reach the smoke alarm for many
reasons. For example, if a fire starts in a remote part of the
home, on another level, in a chimney, wall, roof, or on the
other side of a closed door, smoke may not reach the
smoke alarm in time to alert household members. A smoke
alarm will not promptly detect a fire
EXCEPT in the area or
room in which it is installed.
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Smoke alarms may not alert every household member every
time. The alarm horn is loud in order to alert individuals to a
potential danger. However, there may be limiting
circumstances where a household member may not hear the
alarm (i.e., outdoor or indoor noise, sound sleepers, drug or
alcohol usage, the hard of hearing, etc.).
This smoke alarm IS NOT designed to be the PRIMARY