Smoke alarm pattern is 3 long beeps, repeating, followed
by “Fire! Feu!”. Strobe will flash once per second.
SMOKE ALARM ACTIVATION
What to do When the Alarm Sounds!
• If the escape route requires you to go through smoke, stay
close to the floor where the air is cleaner. Crawl if necessary,
and breathe shallowly through a cloth, wet if possible.
• Once outside, go to your selected meeting place and make
sure everyone is there.
• Call the fire department from your cell phone outside, or
from your neighbor’s home-not from yours!
• Don’t return to your home until the fire officials say that it is
all right to do so.
• Do not reenter under any circumstance until fire officials say
that it is safe to do so.
• There are situations where a smoke alarm may not be
effective to protect against fire as stated in the NFPA
Standard 72. For instance:
a) smoking in bed
b) leaving children home alone
c) cleaning with flammable liquids, such as gasoline
d) fires where the victim is intimate with a flaming initiated
fire; for example, when a person’s clothes catch fire
while cooking
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