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*Before opening inside doors look for smoke seeping in around the edges, and
feel with the back of your hand If the door is hot use your second exit. If you
feel it's safe, open the door very slowly and be prepared to close immediately if
smoke and heat rush in.
*If the escape route requires you to go through smoke, crawl low under the
smoke where the air is clearer.
*Go to your predetermined meeting place. When two people have arrived one
should leave to call 911 from a neighbor's home, and the other should stay to
perform a head count.
*Do not reenter under any circumstance until fire officials give the go ahead.
*There are situations where a smoke alarm may not be effective to protect
against fire as noted by the NFPA and UL Std. 217. For instance:
- Smoking in bed.
- Leaving children unsupervised.
- Cleaning with flammable liquids, such as gasoline.
- Fires where the victim is intimate with a flaming initiated fire; for example,
when a person's clothes catch fire while cooking.
- Fires where the smoke is prevented from reaching the detector due to a
closed door or other obstruction.
- Incendiary fires where the fire grows so rapidly that an occupant's egress is
blocked even with properly located detectors.
Actuation of your CO Alarm indicates the presence of Carbon
Monoxide (CO) which can kill you.
If alarm signal sounds:
(1) Operate the test/reset button
(2) Call your emergency services (Fire 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 has 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 manufacturer’s instructions, or contact the manufacturer’s
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.
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