Smoke Alarm
The smoke alarm constantly monitors the air for products of
combustion that are produced when something is burning or
smoldering. When smoke particles in the smoke sensor reach a
specified concentration, the alarm/voice message warning system
will sound, accompanied by the flashing red LED light.
NOTE: The smoke alarm takes precedence when both
smoke and carbon monoxide are present.
WARNING:PLEASE READ CAREFULLY ANDTHOROUGHLY
NFPA Standard 72 states: Life safety from fire in residential
occupancies is based primarily on early notification to
occupants of the need to escape, followed by the appropriate
egress actions by those occupants. Fire warning systems for
dwelling units are capable of protecting about half of the
occupants in potentially fatal fires. Victims are often intimate
with the fire, too old or young, or physically or mentally
impaired such that they cannot escape even when warned
early enough that escape should be possible. For these people,
other strategies such as protection-in-place or assisted escape or
rescue are necessary.
• Smoke alarms are devices that can provide early warning of
possible fires at a reasonable cost, however, alarms have
sensing limitations. Ionization sensing alarms may detect
invisible fire particles (associated with fast flaming fires)
sooner than photoelectric alarms. Photoelectric sensing
alarms may detect visible fire particles (associated with slow
smoldering fires) sooner than ionization alarms. Home fires
develop in different ways and are often unpredictable. For
maximum protection, Kidde recommends that both
Ionization and Photoelectric alarms be installed.
• A battery powered alarm must have a battery of the
specified type, in good condition and installed properly.
• AC powered alarms (without battery backup) will not
operate if the AC power has been cut off, such as by
an electrical fire or an open fuse.
• Smoke alarms must be tested regularly to make sure
the batteries and the alarm circuits are in good
operating condition.
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