EMERALD PLANET HEAD OFFICE - SYDNEY
Unit 2 / 29 Mitchell Road, Brookvale NSW 2100 Australia
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02 9466 6000
PRACTICE FIRE SAFETY
If the alarm sounds, and the test button has not been pressed,
it is warning of a potentially dangerous situation. To prepare for
such occurrences, develop family escape plans, discuss them
with all household members, and practice them regularly.
1: Familiarise everyone with the sound of a smoke alarm and
explain what the sound means.
2: Determine possible exits from each room and an escape
route to the outside from each exit.
3: Educate all household members to touch the door and use
an alternate exit when the door is hot, instruct them not to
open the door if the door is hot.
4: Teach household members to crawl along the floor to stay
below dangerous smoke, fumes and gases.
5: Determine a safe meeting place for all members outside the
building.
WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF FIRE
1: Do not panic, stay calm.
2: Leave the building as quickly as possible. Touch doors to
feel if they are hot before opening them. Use an alternate
exit if necessary. Crawl along the floor, and do stop to
collect anything.
3: Meet at a pre-arranged meeting place outside the building.
4: Call the fire department from outside the building.
5: Do not go back inside a burning building. Wait for the fire
department to arrive.
NOTE:
THESE GUIDELINES WILL ASSIST YOU IN THE EVENT
OF A FIRE, ALWAYS FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF
FIREFIGHTING PROFESSIONALS.
INSTALLATION POSITIONING ADVICE
When mounting an alarm on the ceiling, locate it a minimum
of 30 cm from the side wall (see Diagram 6).
• Put smoke alarms at both ends of a bedroom hallway or
large room if larger than 10m long.
• Install smoke alarms on slopped, peaked or cathedral
ceilings between 500 and 1500mm from the highest point
of the ceiling. Smoke alarms in rooms with ceiling slopes
greater than 1m in 8 m horizontally should be located on
the high side of the room (See Diagram 7)
DIAGRAM 7
PEAK CEILING PLACEMENT
Smoke alarm should be located between
500mm and 1500mm from the highest point.
SLOPED CEILING PLACEMENT
DIAGRAM 5
MULTIPLE FLOOR PLAN
DIAGRAM 6
CEILING PLACEMENT
