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USER'S MANUAL
SMOKE AND FIRE ALARM
10 Year Sealed
Battery Powered
Photo & Ion Smoke Alarm
The warnings/limitations card and user's manual contain important information about your Smoke Alarm's
operation. If you are installing this Smoke Alarm for use by others, you must leave the warnings/limitations
card and user's manual—or a copy of it—with the end user.
INTRODUCTION
Thank you for choosing First Alert for your Safety needs. You have purchased a state of the art alarm designed to provide you with an early warning. Please take time to read this
manual and make this alarm is an integral part of your family's safety plan.
All First Alert ® and BRK ® Smoke Alarms conform to regulatory requirements, including UL217 and are designed to detect particles of combustion. Smoke particles of
varying number and size are produced in all fires.
Ionization technology is generally more sensitive than photoelectric technology at detecting small particles, which tend to be produced in greater amounts by flaming fires,
which consume combustible materials rapidly and spread quickly. Sources of these fires may include paper burning in a wastebasket, or a grease fire in the kitchen.
Photoelectric technology is generally more sensitive than ionization technology at detecting large particles, which tend to be produced in greater amounts by smoldering fires,
which may smolder for hours before bursting into flame. Sources of these fires may include cigarettes burning in couches or bedding.
For maximum protection, use both types of Smoke Alarms on each level and in every bedroom of your home.
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BEFORE YOU INSTALL THIS SMOKE ALARM
IMPORTANT! Read "Recommended Locations for Smoke Alarms" and "Locations to Avoid for Smoke Alarms" before beginning. This unit monitors the air, and when smoke reaches
its sensing chamber, it alarms. It can give you more time to escape before fire spreads. This unit can ONLY give an early warning of developing fires if it is installed, maintained and
located where smoke can reach it, and where all residents can hear it, as described in this manual. This unit will not sense gas, heat, or flame. It cannot prevent or extinguish fires.
Understand The Different Type of Smoke Alarms - Battery powered or electrical? Different Smoke Alarms provide different types of protection. See "About Smoke Alarms" for
details.
Know Where To Install Your Smoke Alarms - Fire Safety Professionals recommend at least one Smoke Alarm on every level of your home, in every bedroom, and in every bedroom
hallway or separate sleeping area. See "Recommended Locations For Smoke Alarms" and "Locations To Avoid For Smoke Alarms" for details.
Know What Smoke Alarms Can and Can't Do - A Smoke Alarm can help alert you to fire, giving you precious time to escape. It can only sound an alarm once smoke reaches the
sensor. See "Limitations of Smoke Alarms" for details.
Check Your Local Building Codes - This Smoke Alarm is designed to be used in a typical single-family home. It alone will not meet requirements for boarding houses, apartment
buildings, hotels or motels. See "Special Compliance Considerations" for details.
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RECOMMENDED LOCATIONS FOR SMOKE ALARMS
Installing Smoke Alarms in Single-Family Residences
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), recommends one Smoke Alarm on every floor, in every sleeping area,
and in every bedroom. In new construction, the Smoke Alarms must be AC powered and interconnected. See "Agency
Placement Recommendations" for details. For additional coverage, it is recommended that you install a Smoke Alarm in all
rooms, halls, storage areas, finished attics, and basements, where temperatures normally remain between 40˚ F (4.4˚ C)
and 100˚ F (37.8˚ C). Make sure no door or other obstruction could keep smoke from reaching the Smoke Alarms.
More specifically, install Smoke Alarms:
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On every level of your home, including finished attics and basements.
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Inside every bedroom, especially if people sleep with the door partly or completely closed.
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In the hall near every sleeping area. If your home has multiple sleeping areas, install a unit in each. If a hall is more
than 40 feet long (12 meters), install a unit at each end.
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At the top of the first-to-second floor stairway, and at the bottom of the basement stairway.
Specific requirements for Smoke Alarm installation vary from state to state and from region to region. Check with your local Fire Department for current
requirements in your area. It is recommended AC or AC/DC units be interconnected for added protection.
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USER'S MANUAL
SMOKE AND FIRE ALARM
10 Year Sealed
Battery Powered
Photo & Ion Smoke Alarm
IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ CAREFULLY AND SAVE.
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Page 1: Before You Install This Smoke Alarm
INTRODUCTION Thank you for choosing First Alert for your Safety needs. You have purchased a state of the art alarm designed to provide you with an early warning. Please take time to read this manual and make this alarm is an integral part of your family’s safety plan. - Page 2 PLACEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS NFPA 72 Chapter 29 - “For your information, the National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, NFPA 72, reads as follows:” 29.5.1* Required Detection. 29.5.1.1* Where required by other governing laws, codes, or standards for a specific type of occupancy, approved single and multiple-station smoke alarms shall be installed as follows: (1)*In all sleeping rooms and guest rooms (2)* Outside of each separate dwelling unit sleeping area, within 21 ft (6.4 m) of any door to a sleeping room, with the distance measured along a path of travel...
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Page 3: Understanding The Indicator Lights And Alarm Horn Patterns
OPTIONAL LOCKING FEATURES The locking feature is designed to discourage unauthorized removal of the Alarm. It is not necessary to activate the locks in single-family households where unauthorized battery or Alarm removal is not a concern. Tools you will need: • Needle-nose pliers or utility knife • Standard Flathead screwdriver. The locking feature uses locking pins, which are molded into the mounting bracket. - Page 4 IF THIS SMOKE ALARM SOUNDS - RESPONDING TO AN ALARM During an alarm, you will hear a loud, repeating horn pattern: 3 beeps, pause, 3 beeps, pause. • • If the unit alarms and you are not testing the unit, it is warning you of a potentially dangerous situation that requires your immediate attention. NEVER ignore any alarm.
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Page 5: Locations To Avoid For Smoke Alarms
LIMITED WARRANTY ® ® BRK Brands, Inc., (“BRK”) the maker of First Alert brand and BRK brand products, warrants that for a period of ten years from the date of purchase, this product will be free from defects in material and workmanship.
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Questions and answers
I am getting a low battery message on the model that is supposed to be a 10 year battery. I installed it on 7/10/22. The case has a date of 2022 February 01-L12. Recomendations? Thank you.
The First Alert SA3210 may show a low battery or end-of-life signal before 10 years due to premature battery failure. Some users reported the alarm giving a 5-chirp end-of-life signal after only 3.5 to 4 years, indicating the sealed battery did not last the full expected duration.
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