FAQs • Gardner MA • CivicEngage

Where are Carbon Monoxide Detectors to be installed?: They are to be installed on each living level of the residence. In the basement near the stairs leading to the first floor. If there are no bedrooms on the first floor, it should be located in a room, (not the kitchen), preferable near the stairs leading to the second floor. If there is no second floor the detector shall be located within 10 feet of the bedrooms. The same location shall be used on the second floor where bedrooms are located, within 10 feet of the bedroom door(s).

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Fire Department

1. How are Carbon Monoxide detectors installed?: They are to be installed according to the manufacture’s recommendations for that make of detector. Instructions are on the containers. The boxes that detectors come in must be available for the inspector to view at the time of the inspections.

2. Where are Carbon Monoxide Detectors to be installed?: They are to be installed on each living level of the residence. In the basement near the stairs leading to the first floor. If there are no bedrooms on the first floor, it should be located in a room, (not the kitchen), preferable near the stairs leading to the second floor. If there is no second floor the detector shall be located within 10 feet of the bedrooms. The same location shall be used on the second floor where bedrooms are located, within 10 feet of the bedroom door(s).