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Fire Prevention
Never smoke in bed
or leave cooking food
unattended. Teach children
never to play with matches
or lighters! Train everyone
in the home to recognize
the smoke alarm pattern
and to leave the home
using their escape plan
when it’s heard. Know how
to do “Stop, Drop and Roll”
if clothes catch on fire, and
how to crawl low under
smoke. Install and maintain
fire extinguishers on every
level of the home and in
the kitchen, basement and
garage.
Fire Safety in the Home
CAN/ULC-S553 and NFPA 72 are intended to provide reasonable safety for persons
in family living units. Reasonable fire safety can be produced through the following
three-point program:
(1) Minimizing fire hazards
(2) Providing fire-warning equipment
(3) Having and practicing an escape plan.
Per CAN/ULC-S553 and NFPA 72: Where
required by other governing laws, codes, or stan-
dards 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, with 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 (small facility)
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