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Locations to install your smoke detectors in mobile
homes and rvs
Mobile homes and RVs built after about 1978 were designed and insula-
ted to be energy-efficient. In mobile homes and RVs built after 1978, smoke
detectors should be installed as described above. Older mobile homes
and RVs may have little or no insulation compared to current standards.
Outside walls and roofs are often made of non-insulated metal, which can
transfer thermal energy flow from outdoors. This makes the air right next to
them hotter or colder than the rest of the insideair. These layers of hotter or
colder air can keep smoke from reaching a smoke detector. Thereby, ins-
tall smoke detectors in such units only on inside walls. Place them between
4 and 6 inches (10 ~ 15 cm) from the ceiling. If you are not sure how much
insulation is in your mobile home or RV, then install the detector on an inside
wall. If the walls or ceiling are unusually hot or cold, then install the detec-
tor on an inside wall. Install one detector as close to the sleeping area
as possible for minimum security, or install one detector in each room for
security. Before you install any detector, please read the following section
on "LOCATIONS NOT TO INSTALL YOUR SMOKE DETECTORS".
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"Early warning fire detection is best achieved by the installation of fire de-
tection equipment in all rooms and areas of the household as follows:(1)
A smoke detector installed in each separate sleeping area (in the vicinity,
but outside of the bedrooms), and (2) Heat or smoke detectors in the living
rooms, dining rooms, bedrooms, kitchens, hallways, attics, furnace rooms,
closets, utility and, storage rooms, basements and attached garages." For
your information, NFPA Standard 74, Section 2-4 reads as follows: "2-4.1.1
Smoke detectors shall be installed outside of each separate sleeping area
in the immediate vicinity of the bedrooms and on each additional story of
the family living unit including basements and excluding crawl spaces and
unfinished attics. The provisions of 2-4.1.1 represent the minimum number
of detectors required by this standard. It is recommended that the househol-
der consider the use of additional smoke detectors for increased protection
for those areas separated by a door from the areas protected by the required
smoke detectors under 2-4.1.1 above. The recommended additional areas
are living room, dining room, bedroom(s), kitchen, attic (finished or unfi-
nished), furnace rooms, utility room, basement, integral or attached garage,
and hallways not included in 2-4.1.1 above. However, the use of additional
detectors remains the option of the householder." We recommend complete
coverage and use of additional smoke detectors.
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