4101:2-89-04 Detectors required within private areas.

(A) Each dwelling unit, apartment, and condominium unit shall have at least one smoke detector installed in the immediate vicinity but outside of all sleeping rooms. Alarm signaling devices shall be clearly audible in all bedrooms within the dwelling unit, apartment, and condominium unit when all intervening doors are closed.

(B) When more than one sleeping room occurs within a dormitory or dwelling unit, one detector may serve more than one room provided that the required exits from such sleeping rooms are in a single private corridor within fifteen feet of the detector.

(C) When bedroom or sleeping areas are not fully enclosed or separated from other living areas within a living or sleeping unit, the smoke detector shall be installed nearest the area designated for sleeping.

(D) Dormitories accommodating more than ten people in one sleeping area shall have detector spacing determined by the “square of protection” as listed for the specific detector used or for each ten people, whichever is greater.

(E) For the purpose of installation and maintenance only, the applicable sections of the “National Fire Protection Association,” “Standard for the Installation, Maintenance, and Use of Household Fire Warning Equipment,” “NFPA No. 74-1975” shall be considered accepted engineering practice.

(F) Smoke detectors shall be tested, certified, and labeled to be in compliance with the “Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.,” “Standard for Single and Multiple Station Smoke Detectors,” “UL No. 217-1976” as revised February 1977.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 07/10/2007 and 07/01/2012

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 3781.10(E)

Rule Amplifies: 3781.03, 3791.04

Prior Effective Dates: 6/1/78