Develop and practice a plan of escape
Basics of escape plan
• Make a floor plan indicating all doors and windows and at least two escape routes
from each room. Second story windows may need a rope or chain ladder.
• Have a family meeting and discuss your escape plan, showing everyone what to do
in case of fire.
• Determine a place outside your home where all of you can meet if a fire occurs.
• Familiarize everyone with the sound of the smoke alarm and train them to leave your
home when they hear the sound.
• Identify children’s bedrooms with red stickers placed in the upper left corner of the
windows for easy identification.
• Practice a fire drill at least six months. Practice allows you to test your plan before
an emergency. You may not be able to reach your children. It is important they know
what to do.
What to do when the alarm sounds
• Leave immediately by your plan of escape. Every second counts, so don’t waste time
getting dressed or picking up valuables.
• In leaving, don’t open any inside door without first feeling its surface. If hot, or if you
see smoke seeping through cracks, don’t open that door! Instead, use your alterna-
te exit. If inside door is cool, place your shoulder against it, open it slightly and be
ready to slam it shut if heat and smoke rush in.
• Stay close to the floor if air is smoky. Breathe shallowly through a cloth, wet if pos-
sible.
• Once outside, go to your selected meeting place and make sure everyone is there.
• Call the fire department from your neighbor’s home - not from yours.
• Don’t return to your home until fire officials say that it is all right to do so.
False alarms
The smoke alarm is designed to minimize false alarms. Smoking will not normally set
off the alarm unless smoke is blown directly into the smoke alarm. Combustion par-
ticles from cooking may set off the alarm if the smoke alarm is located close to the
kitchen cooking surface. Large quantities of combustion particles are generated from
spills or broiling.
WARNING: If there is any question as to the cause of an alarm, it should be assumed
that the alarm is due to an actual fire and the dwelling should be evacuated immedi-
ately.
If the smoke alarm does sound, check for fires first. If a fire is discovered, get out and
call the fire department. If no fire is present, check to see if one of the reasons listed
above may have caused the alarm.
Operation, testing & maintenance
Operation
The smoke alarm is operating once the activating tag is pushed in. When products of
combustion are sensed, the unit sounds a loud alarm which continues until the air is
cleared.
Testing
Test by pushing the test button on the smoke alarm cover for at least four seconds,
until the alarm sounds. It activates the self-test program and the alarm sounds if all
electronic circuitry, horn and battery are working. Highly recommend to TEST THE
ALARM WEEKLY TO ASSURE PROPER OPERATION. If the alarm fails to operate cor-
rectly, the advice of the manufacturer should be sought.
Please dispose off the bad or discharged batteries properly to protect our environ-
ment.
Maintenance
The smoke alarm is virtually maintenance free. However, under dusty conditions, a
vacuum hose may be used to clear the sensing chamber of dust.
Silence feature
Units with the “silence” feature have the capability of temporarily reducing the sen-
sitivity of the alarm circuit for approximately 5 minutes. This feature is to be used only
when a known alarm condition such as smoke from cooking activates the smoke
alarm. The smoke alarm is deactivated by pushing the “SILENCE” button on the smoke
alarm cover once. It will reactivate after 5 minutes and sound the alarm if particles of
combustion are still present. The “silence” activity can be reset by pressing “TEST“
button once manually. The “silence” feature may be used repeatedly until the air
has cleared. Under heavy smoky condition, it still alarms even if “SILENCE” button
is pressed.
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Operating instructions
Smoke Detector with Mute Function
Item no. 1308085
Approved in according EN14604:2005/AC:2008 as applicable
There are two different types of smoke alarms currently in general use: the ionizati-
on smoke alarm and the photoelectric smoke alarm. While both types of alarms are
suitable for general residential use, an ionization smoke alarm will normally response
faster to fast flaming fires while a photo-electric smoke alarm may be more sensitive
in detecting slow smoldering fires. Because home fires develop in different ways and
are often unpredictable in their growth, it is impossible to predict which type of alarm
will provide the earliest warning. For best home protection install at least one photo-
electric and one ionization smoke alarm.
Recommended location of alarms
• Locate the first smoke alarm in the immediate area of the bedrooms. Try to protect
the exit path as the bedrooms are usually farthest from an exit. If more than one
sleeping area exists, locate additional smoke alarms in each sleeping area.
• Locate additional smoke alarms to protect any stairway as stairways act like chim-
neys for smoke and heat.
• Locate at least one smoke alarm on every floor level.
• Locate a smoke alarm in any area where a smoker sleeps or where electrical appli-
ances are operated in sleeping areas.
• Smoke, heat and other combustion products rise to the ceiling and spread horizon-
tally. Mounting the smoke alarm in the ceiling in the center of the room places it
closest to all points in the room. Ceiling mounting is preferred in ordinary residential
construction. However, in mobile homes, wall mounting on an inside partition is pre-
ferred to avoid the thermal barrier that may form at the ceiling.
• When mounting smoke alarm on the ceiling, locate it a minimum of 10cm (4 inches)
from a side wall and 0.61 meters (2 feet) from any inside corner (see Diagram A).
Diagram A
61 cm min.
Bedroom
Bedroom
Living room
Bedroom
Kitchen
Bathroom
Living room
Lobby
Bedroom
Family room
Hall
Ceiling
Best here
Heat and
smoke
from
fire
Dead space
Never here
Typical single floor
installation
Typical multiple floor
installation
Smoke for minimum protection
Recommended smoke alarm for
addittional protection
Avoid these locations
Do not locate your smoke alarm in:
• the kitchen - smoke from cooking might cause an unwanted alarm.
• the garage - products of combustion are present when you start your automobile.
• in front of forced air ducts used for heating and air conditioning.
• in the peak of an “A” frame type of ceiling.
• in areas where temperatures may fall below 5 °C or rise above 45 °C
• not mount a smoke alarm at the ceiling in a caravan or similar rooms. The shining
sun is heating the ceiling and the air at the upper part of the room. Hot air at the
ceiling prevents that smoke from a dangerous smolder process can reaches the
smoke detector.
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DOP NO.: 1308085
EN 14604:2005/AC:2008
SMOKE ALARM DEVICES
RF-3982
