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Recommendations for Proper Protection (cont'd)
In addition, we recommend the following:
• Install a smoke detector inside every bedroom where a smoker sleeps.
• Install a smoke detector inside every bedroom where someone sleeps with the
door partly or completely closed. Smoke could be blocked by the closed door.
Also, an alarm in the hallway outside may not wake up the sleeper if the door
is closed.
• Install a smoke detector inside bedrooms where electrical appliances (such as
portable heaters, air conditioners, or humidifiers) are used.
• Install a smoke detector at both ends of a hallway if the hallway is more than
40 feet (12 meters) long.
• Install smoke detectors in any room where an alarm control is located, or in
any room where alarm control connections to an AC source or phone lines are
made. If detectors are not so located, a fire within the room could prevent the
control from reporting a fire or an intrusion.
Recommendations for Proper Intrusion Protection
For proper intrusion coverage, sensors should be located at every possible point
of entry to a home or commercial premises. This includes skylights and upper
windows in a multi-level building.
In addition, we recommend that radio backup be used in a security system so
that alarm signals can still be sent to the alarm monitoring station in the event
that the telephone lines are out of order (alarm signals are normally sent over
the phone lines, if connected to an alarm monitoring station).
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