Fire System
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User’s Guide
| Fire Safety and Evacuation
Bosch Security Systems, Inc. | 8/06 | F01U011793B
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Fire Safety and Evacuation
Residential fire is a leading cause of accidental death. Most
fire related deaths occur at night when occupants suffocate in
their sleep from smoke and toxic gases, rather than from
burns. To help reduce this risk, the following program should
be implemented.
1.
Minimize fire hazards. Smoking in bed, cleaning with
flammable liquids such as gasoline, leaving children
home alone, and using unsafe holiday decorations are
some of the common causes of household fire.
2.
Install a fire alarm system. The primary purpose of this
system is to protect lives by giving the earliest possible
warning of danger.
3.
A smoke detector (indicated in the figures by an inverted
“S” in a circle) should be provided to detect smoke in
each sleeping area in a home.
4.
Practice an escape plan. Because there can be very little
time between detection of a fire and the time it becomes
deadly, it is important that every member of the family
understand how to quickly evacuate according to the
plan.
Bedroom
Bed-
room
Bedroom
TV Room
Bedroom
DR
K
BR
Living Room
BR
