West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-41 - Design, Information And Procedural Manual For Mobile Home Parks › Section 64-41-10 - Fire Protection (Refer to Section 15 of the Mobile Home Regulations)

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
10.1. If a water
				supply of sufficient quantity is available, fire hydrants should be installed
				within 500 feet of all mobile homes, service buildings, or other structures.
				The hydrants or other water supply facilities should be so arranged as to
				permit the operation of a minimum of two 1 inch hose streams on any fire that
				might occur. The water supply system serving the hydrants should be able to
				provide a delivery of at least 75 gallons per minute at each of two nozzles,
				held 4 feet above the ground, at a flowing pressure of at least 30 pounds per
				square inch at the highest elevation in the area served.
10.2. If hydrants are not installed, then
				equivalent protection, as determined by the local fire protection authority of
				nations fire protection association standards, should be provided. Fires should
				be allowed only in stoves, incinerators, and other equipment specifically
				designed for such purposes; open fires should never be permitted. Mobile home
				developments should be kept free of dry brush, weeds, and combustible
				refuse.
10.3. At least one portable
				fire appliance, such as Class A extinguishers (soda-acid, pump tank,
				anti-freeze), should be installed in service buildings and other buildings to
				fight fires in ordinary combustible materials. These extinguishers should be
				located so that it will not be necessary to travel more than 100 feet from any
				mobile home to reach the nearest extinguisher.
10.4. In lieu of this extinguisher, the
				development may wish to provide valved water outlets with a garden hose of a
				type usable in all weather, permanently attached, or in cabinets immediately
				adjacent to the hose connection, and so located that any part of any mobile
				home can be reached with a garden hose stream.
10.5. One or more approved extinguishers of a
				type suitable for flammable liquid, Class B, or electrical fires, Class C, in
				accordance with NFPS standards should be so located that it will not be
				necessary to travel more than 100 feet to reach the nearest
				extinguisher.
10.6. Fire and safety
				hazards have been associated with mobile homes containing heating equipment
				that is inadequately vented, often because of improper construction or
				installation. Such equipment presents not only the danger of fire, but also the
				danger of asphyxiation from accumulation of carbon monoxide gas.
10.7. The owner or operator of the mobile
				home park should not permit residents to use heating or cooking equipment or
				systems that appear to be hazardous, such as portable fuel burning equipment in
				unvented, confined enclosures. To assure adequate safety, all equipment and
				systems should be constructed in accordance with the ANSI, Standard for Mobile
				Homes A119.1-1971.
10.8. It is
				recommended that each mobile home owner be encouraged to provide for his own
				protection a J. L. approved portable fire extinguisher suitable for handling
				fires in the home.