What Height Should a Fire Alarm Panel Be Mounted

A new requirement for the 2019 edition of NFPA 72

What height should a fire alarm panel be?

Manual Call Points Manual Call Point should be installed at a height of 1.2m above floor level at easily accessible, conspicious positions, on exit routes, at the entry floor landings of staircases and at all exits to the open air.

What decibel level is a fire alarm?

Fire alarms are set at a maximum level of 120 dBA; however even at this high level, an individual’s true exposure is unlikely to approach the 90 dBA average due to: Distance away from the alarm – noise levels fall off as the square of the distance.