2000 -- S 2453
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LC00409
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S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2000
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A N A C T
RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Sections 23-28.34-2 and 23-28.34-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-28.34 entitled "Fire Detection Systems" are hereby amended to read as follows:
23-28.34-2. Minimum number of detectors --
(a) A minimum of one approved smoke detector shall be located in the highest habitable level and on each floor, level, or story.(b) For any floor, level, or story exceeding twelve hundred square feet (1200 sq. ft.) in area, one approved smoke detector shall be provided for each twelve hundred square feet (1200 sq. ft.) or portion thereof or as specified by the manufacturer for the particular device.
(c) For any attached garage, one approved heat detector shall be provided for each two hundred eighty square feet (280 sq. ft.) or portion thereof or as specified by the manufacturer for the particular device.
23-28.34-3. Location of detectors -- (a) Approved smoke detectors shall be located outside each separate sleeping area in the immediate vicinity of the bedrooms and on each additional story of the living unit including basements and cellars and excluding crawl spaces and uninhabitable attics. Bedrooms, or sleeping rooms, separated by other use areas, such as kitchens or living rooms, but not bathrooms, shall require a separate smoke detector.
(b) In basements or cellars, smoke detectors shall be located within twenty-four inches (24") of the base of stairways with solid risers and treads and side enclosed from the top of the stairway to the basement floor in addition to any other detector requirements for that level.
(c) In basements or cellars with an open stairway, smoke detectors shall be located at the top of the stairway in addition to any other detector requirements for that level.
(d) All detectors shall be mounted on the ceiling.
(e) In attached garages, heat detectors shall be located over each space allocated for a parked vehicle. For any enclosed storage area located above an attached garage that is accessed only through the garage by a stairway or a suspended ladder, a smoke detector shall be located in the center of the storage area.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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LC00409
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EXPLANATION
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
OF
A N A C T
RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY
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This act would require approved heat detectors to be placed in any attached garage.
This act would take effect upon passage.
