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CAUTION (AS REQUIRED BY THE CALIFORNIA STATE FIRE MARSHAL)
"Early warning fire detection is best achieved by the installation of fire detection equipment in all rooms and areas
of the household as follows. A smoke alarm installed in each separate sleeping area (in the vicinity of, but outside
of the bedrooms), and heat or smoke detectors in the living rooms, dining rooms, bedrooms, kitchens, hallways,
attics, furnace rooms, closets, utility and storage rooms, basements and attached garages.
NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION REQUIRED INFORMATION
For your information, the National Fire Alarm Code, NFPA 72, reads as follows:
"11.5.1 *Required Detection - Where required by applicable laws, codes, or standards for a specific
type of occupancy, approved single and multiple-station smoke alarms shall be installed as follows:
(1) *In all sleeping rooms and guest rooms
(2) *Outside of each separate dwelling unit sleeping area, within 6.4 m (21 ft) of any door to a
sleeping room, the distance measured along a path of travel
(3) On every level of a dwelling unit, including basements.
(4) On every level of a residential board and care occupancy (small facility), including basements
and excluding crawl spaces and unfinished attics
(5) *In the living area(s) of a guest suite
(6) In the living area(s) of a residential board and care occupancy"
The equipment should be installed using wiring methods in accordance with the
National Fire Protection Association's Standard 72.
(National Fire Protection Association, Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02269)
