NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION REQUIRED PROTECTION
The National Fire Protection Association's Standard 72 provides the following infOrmatient
Smoke alarms shall be installed outside each s e p a r
the bedrooms and on each additional story of the family living unit, including basements and
excluding crawl spaces and unfinished attics. In new construction, a smoke alarm shall be
installed in each sleeping room."
Smoke Detection - Are More Smoke Detectors Desirable?
Required number of smoke alarms - The required number of smoke alarms might not provide reliable
early warning protection for those areas separated by a door from the areas protected by the required
smoke alarms. For this reason, it is recommended that the householder consider the use of additional
smoke detectors for those areas for increased protection.
The additional areas include the basement, bedrooms, dining room, furnace room, utility room, and
hallways not protected by the required smoke alarms. The installation of smoke alarms in the kitchen.
attic (finished or unfinished), or garage is not normally recommended, as these locations occasionally
experience conditions that can result in improper operation.
Alarms should be installed in accordance with the National Fire Protection Association's Standard 72
(NFPA, Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02269).
Notify your local fire department and insurance company of your smoke alarm installation.
UNIVERSAL FIVE YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY
Universal Security Instruments, Inc. ("universal") warrants your Universal product to be free
from defects in material and workmanship for a period of five (5) years from the date of purchase.
This Warranty applies only to the original consumer purchaser and only to products used in normal
residential use and service. It this product is found to be defective, Universal's only obligation, and your
exclusive remedy, is the repair or replacement of the product, at Universal's discretion, provided that
the product has not been damaged through misuse, abuse, accident, modifications, alteration, neglect
or mishandling. This Warranty shall not apply to any product which is found to have been improperly
installed, set-up, o r used in any way not in accordance with the instructions supplied with the product.
This warranty shall not apply to any batteries used in the product or to any damage which may be
caused by such batteries. For repair or replacement. send the defective product to Universal Security
Instruments, Inc. at 7-A Gwynns Mills Court, Owings Mills, Maryland 21117, postage prepaid with a
payment of $4.00 to cover the costs of return postage and handling. You must include a proof of
purchase (receipt) along with the returned product.
UNIVERSAL DOES NOT WARRANT AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY, WHETHER
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OTHER THAN THE
WARRANTY CONTAINED HEREIN. NO IMPLIED WARRANTY ON THIS PRODUCT, CREATED BY
STATE LAW, SHALL EXTEND BEYOND THE TERM OF THIS WARRANTY UNLESS SUCH LAW
OTHERWISE PROVIDES. UNIVERSAL SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY AND SHALL
NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL LOSS OR DAMAGE, INCLUDING,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES TO ANY EQUIPMENT WITH WHICH THIS PRODUCT IS USED.
Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages se the
above limitations or exclusions may not apply to you.
No agent, representative, dealer, or employee of the company has the authority to increase or alter the
obligations or terms of this Warranty.
This Warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other rights which vary from state
to stale.
This Warranty is only valid for merchandise purchased from outlets in the United States and Canada.
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The smoke alarm has a recommended service life of at least 10 years under normal conditions. The smoke
alarm uses an extremely small amount of a radioactive element in the ionization chamber. Do not tamper
with radioactive sealed s o u r c e or try to repair the smoke alarm yourself. Refer to instructions for repairs.
RECOMMENDED LOCATION OF ALARMS
• Locate the first smoke alarm in the immediate area Of the bedrooms, Try to protect the exit path as the
bedrooms are usually farthest from a n exit. I t more than one sleeping area exists, locate additional
smoke alarms in each sleeping area.
• Locate additional smoke alarms to protect any stairway as stairways act like chimneys tor smoke and heat.
• Locate at least one Smoke alarm on every floor level.
• Locate a smoke alarm in any area where a smoker sleeps or where electrical appliances are operated in
sleeping areas,
• Smoke, heat and other combustion products rise to the ceiling and spread horizontally. Mounting the smoke
alarm on the ceiling in the center of the room places it closest to all points in the room, Ceiling mounting is
preferred in ordinary residential construction. However, in mobile homes, wall mounting on an inside partition
is preferred to avoid the thermal barrier that may form at the ceiling.
• When mounting smoke alarm on the ceiling, locate it a minimum of 4" (10cm) from a side wall and 2 feet (.01
meters) from any inside corner (see Diagram A).
• When mounting smoke alarm on a wall, use an inside wall with the top edge of the smoke alarm a minimum
of 4" (10cm) and a maximum of 12" (30•5cm) below the ceiling and at least 2 feet (.61 meters) from any corner
(See Diagram Al.
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SMOKE & FIRE ALARM
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Additional Protection
SIGNALING
AVOID THESE LOCATIONS
• t h e garage - products of combustion are present when you start your automobile.
• i n front of forced air ducts used for heating and air conditioning.
• i n the peak ol an "A" frame type of ceiling.
• i n areas where temperatures may fall below 40°F (4.4'CI or rise above 100°F (37.8'C).
• CURRENT STUDIES HAVE SHOWN SMOKE ALARMS MAY NOT AWAKEN ALL SLEEPING INDIVIDUALS AND
THAT IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE HOUSEHOLD WHO ARE CAPABLE OF ASSISTING
OTHERS TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE AWAKENED BY THE ALARM SOUND OR
TO THOSE WHO MAY BE iNCARABLE OF SAFELY EVACUATING THE AREA UNASSISTED,
LISTED
THIS SMOKE ALARM WILL NOT WORK WITHOUT A GOOD BATTERY PROPERLY INSTALLED.
THE SMOKE ALARM SHOULD BE TESTED WHEN INSTALLED AND THEN TESTED WEEKLY
AFTER THAL
The smoke alarm is designed to minimize false alarms. Smoking will not normally set oft the alarm unless smoke
is blown directly into the smoke alarm. Combustion particles from cooking may set off the alarm if the smoke alarm
is located close t o the kitchen cooking surface. Large quantities of combustion particles are generated from spills
or broiling.m
e alarm does sound check for tires first. If a fire is discovered, get Out and cell the fire department If no
tire is present, check to see if one of the reasons listed above may have caused the alarm.
