Once a fire starts it can spread very quickly. Unless a smoke alarm is of the correct type, and installed in the correct position to optimize early warning, precious time could be wasted before the alarm is activated. This could mean the difference between escaping uninjured, and not being able to escape at all.

The minimum requirement for a small single level house or unit is one smoke alarm. For a multi level house, at least one smoke alarm on each level. If there are areas greater than ten metres from the smoke alarm more than one should be installed. For minimum protection each living area, hallway and bedroom should have a smoke alarm. If there is a fire in a room with the door closed, by the time sufficient smoke can escape from that room to where the smoke alarm is located it may be too late, as the fire would have taken hold by then. Even with the door open, smoke will fill the ceiling space above the door opening before it will escape to another room where the smoke alarm is located. In bedrooms where doors are closed while you sleep a smoke alarm in each room is required.

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