Basic Rules & Locations

Rule # 1    Put smoke Detectors immediately adjacent to bedrooms or sleeping rooms.  

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Rule # 2   If you step out of your bedroom and are standing in your kitchen(room with a cooking stove), then you need to put the detector in the bedroom.

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Rule # 3    Put a Smoke Detector at the top of the basement stairs when the stairway is open. (smoke will

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Rule # 4    Put a Smoke Detector at the bottom of the basement stairs, within 24 inches of the base, when the stairway is enclosed all the way down. (smoke will pass

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Rule # 5   Never put Detectors in the corners.(smoke has

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