♨️Fire Fighting:

▪️Smoke Alarm

▫️Changing the Battery

If your smoke alarms are powered by a 9 volt disposable battery change the battery once a year or if a ‘battery low’ warning ‘beep’ is emitted. Ensure that the appropriate battery is used for the smoke alarm you have installed. (Refer to the manufacturer’s instructions.)

It is strongly recommended that disposable batteries
are changed each year. An ideal time to do this is
when you change your clocks at the end of daylight
saving.

Change your clock…
Change your smoke alarm batteries!

Remember: If the back-up battery in your hard-wired smoke alarm is a 9 volt disposable battery it should also be changed annually, or if a ‘battery low’ warning ‘beep’ is emitted.

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▪️Smoke Alarm

▫️Testing Smoke Alarms

Press the test button once a month, and when you return from an extended absence, to ensure that the smoke alarms are working. Test the back-up battery of a hard-wired (240 volt) smoke alarm by isolating the power supply (main switch or circuit breaker) before pushing the test button.

To test smoke alarms which are connected to a security system, refer to the owner instruction manual or follow the testing advice which is displayed on the control

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♨️Fire Fighting:

▪️Smoke Alarm

▫️Cleaning

At least every six months, use the brush attachment on your vacuum cleaner to clean dust, lint or cobwebs from the outside of the smoke alarm.
Any other cleaning should be done in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.
Test the smoke alarm after cleaning.

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♨️Fire Fighting:

▪️Smoke Alarm

▫️Life Expectancy

Smoke alarms have a recommended service life of 10 years under normal operating conditions (AS 3786) by which time the MFS strongly recommends they should be replaced.
A special exemption under the Radiation Protection and Control Act 1982 allows homeowners to dispose of up to two domestic ionization smoke alarms (ie those showing the yellow and black radiation symbol) into domestic waste in any seven day period.
There are no restrictions on the disposal of old photoelectric smoke alarms (no radiation symbol).

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♨️Fire Fighting:

▪️Smoke Alarm

▫️Location of Smoke Alarms

If you have a passageway leading to the bedrooms, install the alarm at the end closer to the living area.

If you sleep with your bedroom doors closed the MFS recommends additional alarms in the bedrooms, interconnected with those located in passageways and other parts of the dwelling, to ensure that you are alerted by the activation of any alarm.

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▪️Smoke Alarm

▫️Location of Smoke Alarms Plan
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♨️Fire Fighting:

▪️Smoke Alarm

▫️Location of Smoke Alarms 1

If there is no passageway but the bedrooms are accessed directly from the living area, install the alarm outside each bedroom 900mm from the doorway. For additional protection, also install alarms in each bedroom. Install them as close as practicable to the centre of the room and interconnect them with the alarms located in other parts of the dwelling.

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▫️Location of Smoke Alarms Plan 1
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▪️Smoke Alarm

▫️Location of Smoke Alarms 2

If there are bedrooms at both ends of the house
install smoke alarms in the passageway to each of these areas. The MFS recommends that the smoke alarms be interconnected.If there are bedrooms at both ends of the house install smoke alarms in the passageway to each of these areas. The MFS recommends that the smoke alarms be interconnected.

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▪️Smoke Alarm

▫️Location of Smoke Alarms Plan 2
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▪️Smoke Alarm

▫️Location of Smoke Alarms 3

In passageways, the installation point should be at the end closest to the living area and certainly before the door of the first bedroom is reached so that when the alarm sounds, there will be sufficient time to allow evacuation through doors.

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▪️Smoke Alarm

▫️Location of Smoke Alarms 4

If you have two or more storeys, smoke alarms should be installed on each level and the MFS recommends that they be interconnected.

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▫️Location of Smoke Alarms Plan 4
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▪️Smoke Alarm

▫️Location of Smoke Alarms 5

If you have ducted air conditioning or ceiling
fans the air movement can slow smoke alarm response times. Install smoke alarms at least 400mm from the tip of the fan blade or 400mm diagonally from the corner of the air vent. Position the smoke alarms at least 300mm from the walls.

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♨️Fire Fighting:

▪️Smoke Alarm

▫️Dead Air Space

Corners between walls, between a wall and ceiling and at the apex of a sloping ceiling, contain dead air space which smoke may not readily penetrate.
Alarms placed in these spaces may not activate.

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♨️Fire Fighting:

▪️Smoke Alarm

▫️Dead Air Space Plan

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♨️Fire Fighting:

▪️Smoke Alarm

▫️Dead Air Space 1

Above: Examples of the correct installation of smoke
alarms with exposed beams, sloping ceilings and flat
ceilings.

Note: The MFS does not recommend side wall
installation.

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♨️Fire Fighting:

▪️Smoke Alarm

▫️Smoke Alarms

It is vitally important that every family has a Home Fire Escape Plan which is practised and understood by all occupants.

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✅ Fire Fighting Index:

#WhyDoYouNeedaSmokeAlarm
#HomeFireEscapePlan
#PowerforSmokeAlarms
#PowerforSmokeAlarms
#Ionisationsmokealarms
#InterconnectableAlarms
#Installation
#ChangingtheBattery
#TestingSmokeAlarms
#Cleaning
#Lifeexpectancy
#LocationofSmokeAlarms
#LocationofSmokeAlarmsPlan
#LocationofSmokeAlarms1
#LocationofSmokeAlarms2
#LocationofSmokeAlarms3
#LocationofSmokeAlarms4
#LocationofSmokeAlarms5
#DeadAirSpace
#DeadAirSpace1
#SmokeAlarm
#SmokeAlarm1
#SmokeAlarm2
#SmokeAlarm3
#SmokeAlarm4


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✅ Fire Fighting Index:

#WhyDoYouNeedaSmokeAlarm
#HomeFireEscapePlan
#PowerforSmokeAlarms
#PowerforSmokeAlarms
#Ionisationsmokealarms
#InterconnectableAlarms
#Installation
#ChangingtheBattery
#TestingSmokeAlarms
#Cleaning
#Lifeexpectancy
#LocationofSmokeAlarms
#LocationofSmokeAlarmsPlan
#LocationofSmokeAlarms1
#LocationofSmokeAlarms2
#LocationofSmokeAlarms3
#LocationofSmokeAlarms4
#LocationofSmokeAlarms5
#DeadAirSpace
#DeadAirSpace1
#SmokeAlarm
#SmokeAlarm1
#SmokeAlarm2
#SmokeAlarm3
#SmokeAlarm4


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