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IMPORTANT!
Specific requirements for Carbon Monoxide Alarm installation vary from state to
state and from region to region. Check with your local Fire Department for current
requirements in your area.
3.1
Ideally a Carbon Monoxide Alarm should be installed in:
- Every room containing a fuel burning appliance, and
- Remote rooms where occupants spend a considerable amount of time
- Every bedroom.
However, if the number of Carbon Monoxide Alarms to be fitted is limited, the
following points should be considered when deciding where best to fit the Alarm(s)
- If there is an appliance in a room where people sleep, place a CO Alarm in
this room
- Locate a CO Alarm in a room containing a flueless or open-flued appliance, and
- Locate an Alarm in a room where the occupant(s) spend most of their time (e.g.
sitting room)
- In a bedsit, the CO Alarm should be placed as far away from the cooking
appliance as possible, but near to where the person sleeps
- If the appliance is in a room not normally used, such as a boiler room, the CO Alarm
should be placed just outside the room so that the alarm will be heard more easily.
