OCEAN CITY — Resort officials last week repealed some sections of the town’s fire protection code that could save homeowners thousands of dollars by reducing a few minimum standards deemed to be redundant.
Ocean City Fire Marshal David Hartley last Tuesday presented to the Mayor and Council a handful of sections in the town’s existing fire protection code that have been determined to be redundant in new construction with technological advances. For example, heat detectors and hallway pressurization are currently required in the Ocean City fire code in all structures exceeding 50 feet.
Heat detectors and hallway pressurization are required in minimum national standards for fire protection, but they have been determined to be redundant, unnecessary and even ineffective in many cases for a variety of reasons. For example, Hartley explained with advances in sprinkler systems and smoke detectors in individual units, the heat detectors and hallway pressurization have become redundant in new construction and only add to the cost of construction unnecessarily.
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3 comments:
Wow - a positive AND cost savings story involving our fire fighting community. Refreshing actually from all the negative stories both here on the shore and in Salisbury!!!
Fire sprinklers and septic systems have been the demise of the construction business in Wicomico County and the state of Maryland.
That's why so many homes are being built in Sussex county.
How many people burn in fires vs die from smoke inhalation. And how much water damage vs fire damage? shouldn't smoke detector be enough.
12:53 Bingo. Fire systems and huge mound septics add huge costs to building a home. Oh the soils dont drain well....but you can spread manure and spray nitrogen on thousands of acres no issue there. Its not home septics causing issues.
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