[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 5]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR3280.208]

[Page 119-120]
 
                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
 CHAPTER XX--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOUSING--FEDERAL HOUSING 
        COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 3280--MANUFACTURED HOME CONSTRUCTION AND SAFETY STANDARDS--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart C--Fire Safety
 
Sec. 3280.208  Fire detection equipment.

    (a) General. At least one smoke detector (which may be a single 
station alarm device) shall be installed in the home in the location(s) 
specified in paragraph (b) of this section.
    (b) Smoke detector locations. (1) A smoke detector shall be 
installed on any wall in the hallway or space communicating with each 
bedroom area between the living area and the first bedroom door unless a 
door(s) separates the living area from that bedroom area, in which case 
the detector(s) shall be installed on the living area side as close to 
the door(s) as practicable. Homes having bedroom areas separated by any 
one or combination of common-use areas such as kitchen, dining room, 
living room, or family room (but not a bathroom or utility room), shall 
have at least one detector protecting each bedroom area.
    (2) When located in hallways, the detector shall be between the 
return air intake and the living area.
    (3) When a home is equipped or designed for future installation of a 
roof-mounted evaporative cooler or other equipment discharging 
conditioned air through a ceiling grille into the living space 
environment, the detector closest to the air discharge shall be located 
no closer than three horizontal feet from any discharge grille.
    (4) A smoke detector shall not be placed in a location which impairs 
its effectiveness.
    (c) Labeling. Smoke detectors shall be labeled as conforming with 
the requirements of Underwriters' Laboratories Standard No. 217--Fourth 
Edition 1993 for Single and Multiple Station Smoke Detectors.
    (d) Installation. Each smoke detector shall be installed in 
accordance with its listing. The top of the detector shall be located on 
a wall 4 inches to 12 inches, or at a distance permitted by

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the listing, below the ceiling. However, when a detector is mounted on 
an interior wall below a sloping ceiling, it shall be located 4 inches 
to 12 inches below the intersection of the connecting exterior wall and 
the sloping ceiling (cathedral ceiling). The required detector(s) shall 
be attached to an electrical outlet box and the detector connected by a 
permanent wiring method into a general electrical circuit. There shall 
be no switches in the circuit to the detector between the over-current 
protection device protecting the branch circuit and the detector. Smoke 
detector(s) shall not be placed on the same branch circuit or any 
circuit protected by a ground fault circuit interrupter.

[49 FR 32008, Aug. 9, 1984, as amended at 58 FR 55005, Oct. 25, 1993]