Kidde Safety Europe WFPL, WFPV, WFP User Manual

0843-CPR-0265

MODELS

WFP
WFPV
WFPL

0843-CPR-0266
0843-CPR-0267

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EN14604:2005

10-year Opcal Smoke Alarm User Guide

Sealed-in Baery lasts the life of the alarm

Hallways Unit with Escape Light

WFPL

WFPV

WFP

Voice Unit / Living Area Unit

Contents

1. Smoke Alarm Best Pracse

2. Important Smoke Alarm Informaon

3. Where to install a Smoke Alarm

4. Where not to install a smoke alarm

5. Installaon of your alarm

6. Acvang your alarm

7. Operang and Tesng your Smoke Alarm

8. Maintenance

9. Product Specificaon

10.Deacvaon of your alarm

11.Service and Warranty

12. Environmental Protecon

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1. SMOKE ALARM BEST PRACTISE

At all mes and before installing your smoke alarm you must;

• Have an escape plan with alternate exits

• Train your family in this escape plan and pracse it regularly

• Ensure your family know what the alarm sounds like

If the alarm sounds check for fires first of all, and if one is discovered then;

• DO Alert small children

• DO Exit the home according to your escape plan

• DO Crawl if the smoke is dense, using a damp cloth to breathe through

• DO Call the fire brigade from a neighbour’s home

• DO Ensure that everyone is awake, and assistance is given to those who require it

• DON’T stop to dress or retrieve valuables

• DON’T open doors that are warm, or through which smoke is seeping

NOTE – Situaons where a smoke alarm might not be effecve;

• Smoking in bed

• Leaving children unaended

• Cleaning with flammable liquids resulng in explosive vapour

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2. IMPORTANT SMOKE ALARM INFORMATION

• Before temporarily silencing the alarm with the Hush buon, idenfy the source of the smoke.

• Smoke alarms need to be tested regularly

• Smoke alarms cannot provide an alarm if smoke cannot reach them

• Fires in chimneys, walls, roofs, different levels or behind closed doors might not be detected

• For the physically or mentally impaired, or very young, escape may be difficult and so alternave

escape strategies should be adopted

• The smoke alarm may not wake heavy sleepers or those impaired by the use of drugs or alcohol. In

this case an alarm should be fied in each sleeping area

• Smoke alarms can save lives, but they are not an alternave for an adequate insurance policy to

protect lives and property

• IMPORTANT: Addional markings on back of unit.

Leading authories recommend that both ionisaon and photoelectric smoke alarms be installed to help
insure maximum detecon of the various types of fires that can occur within the home. Ionisaon sensing
alarms may detect invisible fire parcles (associated with fast flaming fires) sooner than photoelectric
alarms. Photoelectric sensing alarms may detect visible fire parcles (associated with slow smoldering
fires) sooner than ionisaon alarms.

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3. WHERE TO INSTALL A SMOKE ALARM

Locate one alarm on every floor level

Locate to monitor stairways – Escape Light alarm recommended (Model WFPL)

Locate in each sleeping locaon / bedroom – Voice alarm recommended (Model WFPV)

Locate in every room with electrical appliances

Hallways longer than 9m require a smoke alarm at each end – Escape Light alarm recommended

Rooms greater than 47m2require addional alarms

NOTE – If your room is not well insulated, smoke may not reach the ceiling and wall-mounng should be adopted.

This apparatus is to be installed by a competent person.

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