GET TO KNOW SMOKE ALARMS

SMOKE ALARM MAINTENANCE

1

HOW OFTEN SHOULD A SMOKE ALARM BE TESTED ?

ONCE A MONTH

2

HOW OFTEN SHOULD YOU CHANGE THE BATTERY IN A SMOKE ALARM ?

AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR

3

HOW OFTEN SHOULD THE SMOKE ALARM GET REPLACED WITH A NEW SMOKE ALARM ?

ONCE A DECADE

(10 YEARS)

SOUND THE ALARM

1

THE SOUND A SMOKE ALARM MAKES WHEN IT SENSES SMOKE ?

BEEP - BEEP - BEEP 

(3 LONG BEEPS)

2

THE SOUND A SMOKE ALARM MAKES WHEN THE BATTERY OR THE ENTIRE ALARM NEEDS TO BE REPLACED ?

A SINGLE CHIRP EVERY 30-60 SECONDS

3

THE SOUND A CARBON MONOXIDE ALARM MAKES WHEN IT SENSES CARBON MONOXIDE ?

BEEP - BEEP - BEEP - BEEP

(4 RAPID BEEPS)

ALARM LOCATIONS

1

A SMOKE ALARM SHOULD BE PLACED INSIDE OF EACH ONE OF THESE ROOMS ?

BEDROOM

(SLEEPING AREA) 

2

A SMOKE ALARM SHOULD BE PLACED IN THIS AREA ?, WHERE PEOPLE DO NOT SLEEP.

OUTSIDE OF EACH SLEEPING AREA

3

AT MINIMUM ONE SMOKE ALARM SHOULD BE PLACED ON EACH ONE OF THESE ?

EACH LEVEL OF THE HOME

TYPES OF ALARMS

1

THIS TYPE OF SMOKE ALARM IS NOT CONNECTED TO POWER IN YOUR HOUSE ?

BATTERY POWERED SMOKE ALARM

2

THIS TYPE OF SMOKE ALARM USES A BATTERY AS BACKUP POWER ?

HARDWIRED SMOKE ALARM

3

THIS TYPE OF SMOKE ALARM CAUSES OTHER SMOKE ALARMS IN THE HOME TO SOUND ALL AT THE SAME TIME ?

INTERCONNECTED SMOKE ALARM