FIRE PREVENTION INFORMATION
In order that we may serve our public in a more efficient manner, the North Andover Fire Department has put forth the following guidelines in order to make the public’s experience with the town a more pleasant one:
1. If you are in the process of selling your home , you will need to obtain a certificate from the Fire Department , certifying that smoke detectors and carbon monoxide alarms are present in your home and in good working order. The application for this certificate can be obtained from the Fire Department Secretary’s office. There is a fifty dollars fee, due at the time of the application
2. Some detectors and carbon monoxide detectors can be battery operated unless hard wire smoke detectors were installed at the time the home was built . Hard wire detection CANNOT be replaced by battery detectors
3. Once the certificate has been signed by the inspector , it is valid for sixty days. In general the inspection is not scheduled until a firm closing date for the sale of the home has been set.
4. If the homeowner is having an addition built to his/ her home , and the addition includes at least one bedroom , then the home will need to be brought up to code , in its’ entirety .
Also, below are new regulations that apply only to residences
built prior to 1/1/1975
1. Smoke detectors located within 20 feet of an entryway to a kitchen or bathroom containing a bathtub or a shower shall not use ionization technology to determine an alarm condition. These devices shall be of the photoelectric type.
2. In areas other than the bathroom and kitchen, an approved monitored battery power smoke detector or an approved primary power smoke detector shall be one which employs both the ionization and photoelectric technology, in either a single unit or by means of two separate units to determine an alarm condition.
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