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Smoke, carbon monoxide and heat alarms
Smoke, carbon monoxide and heat alarms: both countries make these compulsory and both rules are widely misunderstood: Estonia has required a smoke alarm…
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What this guide covers
Both countries make these compulsory and both rules are widely misunderstood: Estonia has required a smoke alarm since 2009 and a CO alarm in every home with a gas appliance since 2018; Finland counts one alarm per 60 m² per floor.
Item pages give placement per room and the places never to mount one, ionisation against photoelectric with the published fire-test differences, sealed ten-year lithium against 9 V, interlinked alarms, CO alarm levels and their alarm times, heat alarms for kitchens and garages, alarms for deaf households with the subsidy route, and home extinguisher and fire-blanket classes. ~15 pages.
How to use it
Use Smoke, carbon monoxide and heat alarms 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 | vingugaasiandur kohustuslik |
| Finnish | palovaroitin määrä neliöt |
| Russian | датчик угарного газа где установить |
| English | where to place a CO alarm |
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: Tuleohutuse seadus and Päästeamet requirements (Riigi Teataja, official), pelastuslaki 379/2011 §17 (Finlex, official), EN 14604 and EN 50291-1 scope abstracts, NIST smoke-alarm test reports (public domain). · checked 2026-09-09
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Scope and boundaries
/prepared is the 72-hour kit and civil emergencies; this is the device, its placement and the legal duty. A sounding CO alarm means 112.
Connected TempoLife guides
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Why it belongs on TempoLife
/prepared, /home, /firstaid.
Frequently asked questions
What does this guide cover?
Both countries make these compulsory and both rules are widely misunderstood: Estonia has required a smoke alarm since 2009 and a CO alarm in every home with a gas appliance since 2018; Finland counts one alarm per 60 m² per floor. Item pages give placement per room and the places never to mount one, ionisation against photoelectric with the published fire-test differences, sealed ten-year lithium against 9 V, interlinked alarms, CO alarm levels and their alarm times, heat alarms for kitchens and garages, alarms…
What evidence does it use?
Tuleohutuse seadus and Päästeamet requirements (Riigi Teataja, official), pelastuslaki 379/2011 §17 (Finlex, official), EN 14604 and EN 50291-1 scope abstracts, NIST smoke-alarm test reports (public domain).
Where does this guide stop?
/prepared is the 72-hour kit and civil emergencies; this is the device, its placement and the legal duty. A sounding CO alarm means 112.
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