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Smoke alarms, extinguishers and getting out
Smoke alarms, extinguishers and getting out: this guide has a section for each device and decision: ionisation versus optical alarms, where an alarm must go…
This launch guide maps the topic, the source base and the practical questions. Check the linked official authority before acting on a rule, deadline, price or safety requirement.
What this guide covers
This guide has a section for each device and decision: ionisation versus optical alarms, where an alarm must go in each room type, ceiling versus wall, sealed ten-year batteries, interlinked alarms, alarm lifetime and the ten-year replacement nobody knows about, deaf and hard-of-hearing alarms, extinguisher classes A/B/C/D/F and which one belongs in a kitchen, fire blankets, chip-pan and cooking-oil fires, lithium battery and e-bike charging fires, escape plans for a flat versus a house, escape ladders, and the smoke-alarm law and its penalties in each country.
Plus a printable household escape plan and drill.
How to use it
Use Smoke alarms, extinguishers and getting out to understand the inputs, units and assumptions before relying on an output. A useful result should be reproducible from the named source rather than presented as an unexplained score.
The page keeps the main question, its evidence base and its limits together in one canonical place. That makes it useful as a quick orientation and avoids splitting a broad subject into shallow pages before each narrower answer has enough verified material of its own.
Search vocabulary in four languages
Terminology changes across borders. These are example phrases people use for the same subject in Estonian, Finnish, Russian and English; they are included as a practical vocabulary aid, not as hidden keywords.
| Language | Example phrase |
|---|---|
| Estonian | suitsuandur kuhu paigaldada nõuded |
| Finnish | palovaroittimen sijoitus ohje |
| Russian | куда устанавливать датчик дыма в квартире |
| English | which fire extinguisher for kitchen |
Evidence and provenance
The evidence map below records the primary, official or openly licensed material chosen for this guide. It is deliberately visible so a reader can tell the difference between a rule published by an authority, a measured dataset and an editorial explanation.
Source: Päästeamet and Suomen Pelastusalan Keskusjärjestö public guidance, EN 14604 alarm and EN 3 extinguisher class definitions (facts cited), national statistics on dwelling fires (open). · checked 2026-09-09
Source names are preserved even where an authority changes its web address. No figure is added to this launch page unless it is already present in the cited source description or can be computed from a named dataset.
Scope and boundaries
/cogas is the poisoning gas and its detector; this is fire, smoke and escape.
Connected TempoLife guides
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Why it belongs on TempoLife
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Frequently asked questions
What does this guide cover?
This guide has a section for each device and decision: ionisation versus optical alarms, where an alarm must go in each room type, ceiling versus wall, sealed ten-year batteries, interlinked alarms, alarm lifetime and the ten-year replacement nobody knows about, deaf and hard-of-hearing alarms, extinguisher classes A/B/C/D/F and which one belongs in a kitchen, fire blankets, chip-pan and cooking-oil fires, lithium battery and e-bike charging fires, escape plans for a flat versus a house, escape ladders, and the…
What evidence does it use?
Päästeamet and Suomen Pelastusalan Keskusjärjestö public guidance, EN 14604 alarm and EN 3 extinguisher class definitions (facts cited), national statistics on dwelling fires (open).
Where does this guide stop?
/cogas is the poisoning gas and its detector; this is fire, smoke and escape.
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