Smoke alarms are vital in saving lives and property and proper use and installation is critical.

6/5/2018 (Permalink)

Smoke alarms are vital in saving lives and property and proper use and installation is critical.  

In New York, the NYS Department of State Division of Code Enforcement and Administration has specific requirements for existing residential installations: RCNYS section 317.1.1 require single and multiple-station smoke alarms to be located as follows:

1. On the ceiling or wall outside of each separate sleeping area in the immediate vicinity of bedrooms.

2. In each room used for sleeping purposes.

3. In each story within a dwelling unit, including basements and cellars but not including crawl spaces and uninhabitable attics.

In dwellings or dwelling units with split levels and without an intervening door between the adjacent levels, a smoke alarm installed on the upper level shall suffice for the adjacent lower level provided that the lower level is less than one full story below the upper level.