NAC461A.270. Fire protection.

     1. The developer of a site for a mobile home park shall submit a plan for the protection of the park against fire to the fire department which is responsible for furnishing fire protection to the park. The plan must contain the numerical designation or street name and number of each mobile home lot in the park. Each lot must be marked for identification, and each marker must be easily readable from the street serving the lot. The plan must be approved by the local fire department.

     2. Each mobile home must be located in such a manner that mobile equipment for fighting fires can be brought to within 100 feet of the home.

     3. If the fire alarms serving the park are to be installed along a street, the alarms must be in accordance with Standard 1221 of the Public Fire Service Communications in volume 12 of the National Fire Codes, 1984 edition, which is hereby incorporated by reference. A copy of this volume may be obtained from the National Fire Protection Association, Battery March Park, Quincy, Massachusetts 02269, at a price of $7.

     4. The supply of water for fire fighting must be adequate to permit the effective operation of two 1 1/2-inch hoses on any fire in the park. The supply may be obtained from:

     (a) Hydrants connected to an underground source of water;

     (b) An accessible reservoir or other source of water consisting of at least 3,000 gallons; or

     (c) An apparatus of the local fire department which is equipped with a water tank or tanks with a capacity of 750 gallons and a pumping capacity of 250 gallons per minute.

     5. If fire hydrants are provided, they must be located along the streets of the park or public ways and be readily accessible for use by the fire department, and each mobile home or other building in the park must be located within 500 feet of a hydrant. Threads for coupling hoses to the hydrants must conform to the threads used by the local fire department.

     (Added to NAC by Mfd. Housing Div., eff. 6-29-84)