How to make a home fire escape plan - NFPA
Fire can spread rapidly through your home, leaving you as little as one or two minutes to escape safely once the smoke alarm sounds. A closed door may slow the spread of smoke, heat and fire. Install smoke alarms in every sleeping room and outside each separate sleeping area. Install alarms on every level of the home. Pull together everyone in ...
A Guide to Fire Alarm Basics - NFPA
2021年3月3日 · A Guide to Fire Alarm Basics | NFPA. A visual guide and discussion on the major components of a fire alarm system.
Installing and maintaining smoke alarms - NFPA
If you have ceilings that are pitched, install the alarm within 3 feet of the peak but not within the apex of the peak (four inches down from the peak). Figure A.29.8.3.1 from NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code (2013 edition). Don't install smoke alarms near windows, doors, or ducts where drafts might interfere with their operation.
Learn More About Smoke Alarms - NFPA
Smoke alarms cut the risk of dying in a home fire in half.
Ionization vs photoelectric - NFPA
Download this chart on ionization smoke alarms (PDF). Photoelectric smoke alarms are generally more responsive to fires that begin with a long period of smoldering (called “smoldering fires”). How they work: Photoelectric-type alarms aim a light source into a sensing chamber at an angle away from the sensor. Smoke enters the chamber ...
Smoke Alarms in US Home Fires report - NFPA
This report discusses the presence, operation, and reason for failures of smoke alarms in reported home fires.
Smoke Alarm Types - NFPA
2023年3月6日 · Determining the correct smoke alarm for you situation can be difficult. This comprehensive guide from NFPA can help you choose the right one.
Smoke Alarm Troubleshooting - NFPA
2022年2月11日 · A working smoke alarm in your home can alert you to a fire, giving you time to safely get out of the house. Knowing the different sounds, a smoke alarm makes is key to understanding what to do. If your smoke alarms sound, you should exit the house as soon as possible and follow your home fire escape plan. However, if you keep having nuisance ...
Make Smoke Alarms Work - NFPA
2024年8月13日 · Make Smoke Alarms Work. The theme of this year’s Fire Prevention Week highlights a proven safety technology that’s essential in the event of a home fire. By Lorraine Carli 13-Aug-2024. There is barely a week that goes by that I don’t see a news story of a home fire fatality where there were no smoke alarms or no working smoke alarms.
How To Maintain Smoke Detectors | NFPA
2020年8月17日 · According to NFPA 72, The Fire Alarm Code, the property owner is ultimately responsible for ensuring that ITM is completed on the fire alarm system, including the smoke detectors. The property owner is permitted to delegate this responsibility to the building occupant or a management firm or individual if the authority having jurisdiction is ...