DEVELOP AND PRACTICE A PLAN OF ESCAPE
BASICS OF ESCAPE PLAN
o 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.
o Have a family meeting and discuss your escape plan, showing everyone what to do in case of
fire.
o Determine a place outside your home where all of you can meet if a fire occurs.
o Familiarize everyone with the sound of the smoke alarm and train them to leave your home when
they hear the sound.
o Identify children's bedrooms with red stickers placed in the upper left corner of the windows. They
are available from your local fire department.
o Practice a fire drill at least every 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
o Leave immediately by your plan of escape. Every second counts, so don't waste time getting
dressed or picking up valuables.
o 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 alternate 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.
o Stay close to the floor if air is smoky. Breathe shallowly through a cloth, wet if possible.
o Once outside, go to your selected meeting place and make sure everyone is there.
o Call the fire department from your neighbor's home –
not from yours!
o Don't return to your home until fire officials say that it is all right to do so.
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Pull the QUICK DRAW
(R)
battery drawer open and remove the battery. While observing polarity,
push the replacement battery into the battery drawer until it is held securely in place. Carefully close
the battery drawer and reinstall the tamper pin.
Test the smoke alarm by pushing the TEST button on the smoke alarm cover until the alarm sounds,
then release.
REPAIRS AND SERVICES
This smoke alarm contains less than 1 microcurie (37 kilobecquerel) of Americium 241, a radioactive
material.
The distribution of these ionization-type smoke alarms is licensed by the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission; the consumer is exempt from any licensing or requirements.
If the
smoke alarm is defective in any way, do not tamper with the smoke alarm. Return the smoke alarm
for servicing. (See warranty for instructions or in-warranty returns.) There will be a service charge for
repairing out of warranty smoke alarms.
CAUTION (AS REQUIRED BY THE CALIFORNIA STATE FIRE MARSHAL)
"Early warning fire 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 bedrooms), 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.
NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION REQUIRED INFORMATION
For your information, the National Fire Alarm Code, NFPA 72, reads as follows:
"11.5.1 *Required Detection - Where required by applicable laws, codes, or standards for a specific
type of occupancy, approved single and multiple-station smoke alarms shall be installed as follows:
(1) *In all sleeping rooms and guest rooms
(2) *Outside of each separate dwelling unit sleeping area, within 6.4 m (21 ft) of any door to a
sleeping room, 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"
The equipment should be installed using wiring methods in accordance with the
National Fire Protection Association's Standard 72.
(National Fire Protection Association, Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02269)
