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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 safe-
ty 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.
Smoke Detection – Are More Alarms
Desirable?
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 resident consider the use of additional smoke alarms 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
attics (finished or unfinished), garages, or within 1.8 m (6 ft) of a heating or cooking appliance is not nor-
mally recommended, as these locations occasionally experience conditions that can result in improper
operation. *
* Reference National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standard 72
Per CAN/ULC-S553 and NFPA 72: Where
required by other governing 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, 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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