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Home safety

Are your smoke alarms in the right spots?

5 simple placement rules

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Inside every bedroom

Closed doors can hold smoke away from a hallway alarm.

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Outside sleeping areas

Usually the hallway between bedrooms.

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On every level

Including the basement and a finished attic.

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Mount them high

Smoke rises, so the ceiling or high on a wall is best.

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Interconnect if you can

A fire downstairs should wake people upstairs.

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