lodged, causing a vehicle to flip over near 49th Street. One motorist had
to be extracted from the vehicle and was reportedly taken to a nearby hos-
pital via ambulance.
the word on a new state law effec-
tive July 1 that will enforce smoke
detectors to be updated and placed
on every floor of a residence by the
year 2018.
Prevention Residential Smoke
Alarms, has been passed and goes
into effect on July 1.
tors are over 10 years old and
whether they use a 10-year sealed
battery as required under Maryland
law by 2018. The notice will be
added to the current Seller Property
Condition Disclosure Forms.
tems if the smoke detectors are bat-
tery operated and are over 10 years
old or malfunction when tested.
Smoke detectors that are hard-wir-
ed are also required to be updated
every 10 years or when those sys-
tems malfunction. Finally the legis-
lation requires that at least one
smoke detector be located on every
floor of a residence by 2018.
construction in Ocean City will al-
ready comply with the new code.
built prior to 1974 by State Law
were allowed to use battery power-
ed smoke detectors," Hartley said. "I
am sure in Ocean City we have
quite a few smoke detectors that are
10 years or older."
code by first spreading the word
through public education and serv-
ice announcements. They will be
reaching out to hotels, motels and
condominium associations.
the code. By the time the resort's
busy season comes to a close this
summer, an enforcement plan
should be put in place.
on new construction and require-
ments of smoke detectors. All sin-
gle-family and multi-family go
through the permitting process with
the building departments and all
their codes meet or exceed what the
State has just put out," Hartley said.
tributes smoke alarms to those who
can't afford them or don't have them
will be updated and ready to go as
of July 1.
longer pass out battery operated
smoke detectors with nine-volt bat-
teries anymore," Hartley explained.
"I am working with the president of
the Ocean City Volunteer Fire Com-
pany to purchase the code compli-
ant smoke detectors with the 10-
year battery life, so we will still be
able to do the hand-out program"
in technology to alleviate the prob-
lems of residents or tenants taking
the batteries out when they have a
nuisance alarm. The new smoke
detectors have a hush mode. When
it is accidently activated, the smoke
detector doesn't have to be pulled
out of the wall or the battery doesn't
have to be removed, it can be put
into hush mode and it will allow it to
reset.
it 100 percent before we roll some-
thing out but for the immediate com-
pliance for our hand-outs we are
going to be up to speed by July 1,"
Hartley said.
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