Heiman SMOKI HM-626PHS, User Manual

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3. WHERE TO LOCATE
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3.1 As a minimum, smoke alarms should be located between
sleeping areas and potential sources of fire such as living
rooms and kitchens. In single story homes with one sleeping
area, a smoke alarm should be installed in the hallway, as
close as possible to the living accommodation. To ensure
audibility in bedrooms, no smoke alarm should be further
away than 3m from any bedroom door. It may be necessary
to install more than one smoke alarm, particularly the
hallway is more than 15m long. In single story homes with
two separate sleeping areas, a minimum of two smoke
alarms is required, one outside each sleeping area. In
multilevel or split level homes, as a minimum a smoke alarm
should be installed on the ground floor between the staircase
and any rooms in which a fire might start and on each story
in circulation areas which form part of escape route (normally
hallways and landings).