Where should a fire alarm control panel be located?

The equipment should normally be sited in an area of low fire risk and on the ground floor by the entrance used by the Fire and Rescue Service and preferably viewable from outside of the building.

Manual Fire Alarm Boxes (Pull Stations) – The height of the manual fire alarm boxes shall be a minimum of 42 inches and a maximum of 54 inches measured vertically, from the floor level to the activating handle or lever of the box. Manual fire alarm boxes shall be red in color.

BY KRISTA BRUTON. Smoke and carbon monoxide detectors are two of the most important items a home security toolkit can have. Both alarms prevent life-threatening dangers that are often silent and appear without warning.

1. On each floor of the home.
2. In each bedroom.
3. In each hallway close to sleeping areas; if a hallway is longer than 40 feet, place devices at both ends.
4. At the top of stairways going to an upper floor.
5. At the bottom of stairways going to a basement.
6. In your living area.

Carbon monoxide detectors shall be installed in every enclosed space, including a sleeping room, that shares a common wall, floor, or ceiling with an enclosed space having a fossil fuel burning heater, appliance, or fireplace.”

Smoke alarms should be mounted in or near bedrooms and living areas, either on the ceiling or the wall. Ceiling mounting it is typically preferred as it allows the smoke alarm to be placed more centrally in the room.

In compliance with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), smoke alarms will cover a radius of 21 feet, and an area of coverage of 1,385 square feet. The maximum distance between two smoke alarms should be 30 feet. If a hallway is greater than 30 feet, a smoke alarm must be installed at each end.

The locations for ceiling-mounted smoke detectors installed on a smooth ceiling for a single or double doorway must match the centerline of the doorway no more than five feet from the door and no closer than 12 inches to the doorway.

Don’t place a smoke detector on a vaulted ceiling. If you have a vaulted or A-line ceiling, you’ll want the detector to be placed at the very top at the ceiling, not on the walls. Smoke detector placement can be challenging for a high ceiling, and may require a professional, a ladder, or a wired alarm system.

If you have any fuel burning appliances or an attached garage, then yes you need carbon monoxide detectors installed in your house. Many “all electric” homes have wood burning fireplaces.

CA Health & Safety Code 13261 et seq. Carbon monoxide (CO) devices must be installed outside each sleeping area of the home including basement. Carbon monoxide detectors are not required in each bedroom. For maximum protection against CO gas, it is recommended that a CO device be installed in each sleeping room.

Smoke Detectors are recommended to be a minimum of 36 inches from an HVAC supply vent, ceiling fan blade tip or bathroom door with a shower or tub. g. The maximum allowable distance from a hallway smoke detector to a bedroom is twenty feet on an unobstructed ceiling.

When mounting smoke alarm on the ceiling, locate it a minimum of 4”(10cm) from a side wall or corner (see Diagram A) • When mounting smoke alarm on a wall, if local codes allow, use an inside wall with the top edge of the smoke alarm a minimum of 4” (10cm) and a maximum of 12” (30.5cm) below the ceiling/ wall …

NFPA 72 requires that all points on the ceiling have a detector within a distance of 0.7 times the listed spacing of the detector. This ensures that when detection is used, the entire space on the ceiling is covered by detection. This requirement is commonly called the Point 7 (0.7) Rule.

For level ceilings, NFPA 72 currently requires spacing smoke detectors at one half their listed spacing, perpendicular to the run of the beams on a ceiling less than or equal to 12 feet in height, when the beams are less than or equal to 12 inches deep. … Ceilings with beams and joists affect detector spacing.

Residents who don’t have a CO detector installed, should consider getting one, even if you don’t have gas appliances. … Fire officials recommend a carbon monoxide detector that’s installed near ground level.

Carbon monoxide is produced by devices that burn fuels. Therefore, any fuel-burning appliance in your home is a potential CO source. Electrical heaters and electric water heaters, toasters, etc., do not produce CO under any circumstances.

• Clothes dryers.
• Water heaters.
• Furnaces or boilers.
• Fireplaces, both gas and wood burning.
• Gas stoves and ovens.
• Motor vehicles.
• Grills, generators, power tools, lawn equipment.
• Wood stoves.

As mentioned, the CPSC recommends at least one carbon monoxide detector on each level of a home, outside sleeping areas.

From 1 October 2015, every private rented property needs to be fitted with smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms (if applicable). The requirement is to install at least one smoke alarm on every storey of the rental property on which there is a room used wholly or partly as living accommodation.