NFPA 501A-2003 Manufactured Home Installations, Sites, and Communities1.pdf

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The 1982 edition of Standard for Firesafety Criteria for Mobile Home Installations, Sites, and Communities superseded the 1977 edition and was adopted by NFPA at its Annual Meeting held in San Francisco on May 19, 1982. The 1982 edition was produced by the newly formed Committee for Firesafety for Mobile Homes (June 10, 1979), which was charged with the responsibility of developing documents for fire safety criteria for single-family mobile homes, including the installation, sites, and communities, and the maintenance of and improvements for existing mobile homes. There- fore, that edition excluded all sections of previous editions not considered within the com- mittee scope. Notably excluded were stabilizing and anchoring systems, requirements for piers and footings, and plumbing, including sewage disposal systems. Requirements for park electrical systems were addressed by reference to NFPA70, National Electrical Code®. Modifications were also made in sections dealing with fuel supply, air conditioning, and life and fire safety. Major revisions to the standard were made in the 1987 edition in an attempt to better coordinate the NFPAchapters in a joint publication with NCSBCS,ANSIA225.1/NFPA501A. Major changes included substituting “manufactured home” for “mobile home” throughout; deleting Chapter 3, “Air Conditioning”; expanding Chapter 2, “Fuel Supply”; and combining three appendixes into two. The standard was reconfirmed in 1992 with a plan to expand the scope of NFPA 501A to cover fire safety requirements for the design, construction, installation, alteration/ rehabilitation, maintenance, use, and occupancy of manufactured homes, manufactured home sites, and manufactured home communities, including accessory buildings and struc- tures. This was a major revision of the scope and the entire standard, and the committee targeted a complete revision of 501Afor 1994. 501A1 Copyright National Fire Protection Association Provided by IHS under license with NFPA Not for ResaleNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS -,-,- The Standard is downloaded from www.bzfxw.com Standard Sharing The 1997 edition was a reconfirmation of the 1992 edition of NFPA501A. The proposed expansion of the scope of the 1992 edition, as noted in the previous paragraph, was discussed and acted on by the technical committee. The scope of the NFPA 501A document was not expanded but instead a new document was generated. This document, NFPA 501, Standard on Manufactured Housing, represents the reconstituted 1977 edition of Standard for Mobile Homes. This original document was the basis for the federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards. The earlier editions of NFPA 501A were jointly developed and published by NFPA and NCSBCS as the A225.1/ NFPA 501A document. The 1997 edition of NFPA 501A was published as a separate, stand-alone document in agree- ment with NCSBCS and contained only the fire safety requirements.The nonfire safety requirements were published by NCSBCS asA225.1 (1994 edition). At present, NFPAhas taken over responsibility for the NCSBCSA225 Standard. It was processed concurrently with this edition of NFPA501A. The 1999 edition was a reconfirmation of the earlier document. In June 1998, NFPA was selected by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to update the federal standards (24 CFR 3280) for manufactured homes.As a result of this selection by HUD, the original technical committee for manufactured homes was expanded into six technical committees and a technical correlating committee. This expansion occurred during the Report on Comments phase of the 1999 edition. The2000editionhadonlyafewminorrevisions.Onerevision,in4.3.5,pertainedtoupdatingthewatersuppliesfor fire department operations. The other revisions were editorial in nature. The 2003 edition has been reformatted to meet the NFPA Manual of Style requirements, which are editorial and format related. Several definitions were deleted during this revision cycle. 501A2FIRE SAFETY CRITERIA FOR MANUFACTURED HOME INSTALLATIONS, SITES, AND COMMUNITIES 2003 Edition Copyright National Fire Protection Association Provided by IHS under license with NFPA Not for ResaleNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS -,-,- The Standard is downloaded from www.bzfxw.com Standard Sharing Technical Correlating Committee on Manufactured Housing (MAN-AAC) David Hilton Goins, Chair North Carolina Dept. of Insurance, NC E Walter P. Sterling, Nonvoting Secretary National Fire ProtectionAssociation, MA Bill Farish, Fleetwood Homes, CAM William Freeborne, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, DC E Danny D. Ghorbani, Manufactured HousingAssociation for Regulatory Reform, DC M Martin C. Gilchrist, Urban Research and Development Corp., PASE Mike Mafi, National Conference of States on Building Codes and Standards, VAE John Pabian, Underwriters Laboratories Inc., IL RT Jake Pauls, Jake Pauls Consulting Services in Building Use and Safety, MD C Rep.American Public HealthAssociation Janet Potter, Manufactured Home OwnersAssociation of America, NC C Michael J. Slifka, PFS Corporation, WI RT Nader Tomasbi, Liberty Homes, Inc., IN M Frank Walter, Manufactured Housing Institute, VAM Alternates C. Edgar Bryant, Champion Enterprises, Inc., MI M (Alt. to B. Farish) Clarence Cook, Shelby Township, MI C (Alt. to J. Potter) Margaret R. Figueroa, Underwriters Laboratories Inc., IL RT (Alt. to J. Pabian) Stanley C. Harbuck, School of Building Inspection, UTC (Alt. to J. Pauls) Mark A. Nunn, Manufactured Housing Institute, VAM (Alt. to F. Walter) John R. Stevens, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, DC E (Alt. to W. Freeborne) Nonvoting John Lake, Marion County Fire/Rescue, FL E Chair, MAN-FIR Richard Mancini, Rhode Island State Building Commission, RI E Chair, MAN-PLU Robert A. McCullough, Ocean County Construction Inspection Department, NJ E Chair, MAN-ELE Jerry L. McHale, Federation of Manufactured Home Owners of Florida, FL C Chair, MAN-ADM Raymond F. Tucker, RADCO, CART Chair, MAN-STR Michael L. Zieman, RADCO, CART Chair, MAN-MEC Walter P. Sterling, NFPAStaff Liaison Committee Scope: This Correlating Committee shall have primary responsibility for documents or portions of documents that provide a safe and healthy environment for the occupant of a manufactured home. Technical Committee on Administration for Manufactured Housing (MAN-ADM) Jerry L. McHale, Chair Federation of Manufactured Home Owners of Florida, FL C Danny D. Ghorbani, Manufactured HousingAssociation for Regulatory Reform, DC M Martin C. Gilchrist, Urban Research and Development Corp., PASE David Hilton Goins, North Carolina Department of Insurance, NC E Doug Gorman, Home-Mart, Incorporated, OK M Rep. Manufactured HousingAssociation of Oklahoma Jeffrey T. Inks, NationalAssociation of Home Builders, DC U Jake Pauls, Jake Pauls Consulting Services in Building Use air infiltration; thermal insulation; certification for heating and comfort cooling; and heating, cooling, and fuel-burning equipment that is installed within, on, or external to a manufactured home. Technical Committee on Plumbing for Manufactured Housing (MAN-PLU) Richard A. Mancini, Chair Rhode Island State Building Commission, RI E Marguerite E. Carroll, Underwriters Laboratories Inc., CART John M. Halliwill, InternationalAssociation of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, CAE William C. Masters, Homes of Merit, Inc., FL M James R. Paschal, NSF International, MI RT Kent Pribyl, Nebraska Public Service Commission, NE E David Viola, Plumbing Manufacturers Institute, IL M Michael L. Zieman, RADCO, CART Alternates Perry W. Meikle, Underwriters Laboratories Inc., CART (Alt. to M. E. Carroll) Hari Ramanathan, InternationalAssociation of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, CAE (Alt. to J. M. Halliwill) Theodore C. Lemoff, NFPAStaff Liaison Committee Scope: This Committee shall have primary responsibility for documents or portions of docu- ments on plumbing systems that provide a safe and healthy environment for the occupants of a manufac- tured home. 501A5COMMITTEE PERSONNEL 2003 Edition Copyright National Fire Protection Association Provided by IHS under license with NFPA Not for ResaleNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS -,-,- The Standard is downloaded from www.bzfxw.com Standard Sharing Technical Committee on Structural for Manufactured Housing (MAN-STR) Raymond F. Tucker, Chair RADCO, CART John G. Bradfield, Composite PanelAssociation, MD U Bill Broecker, Foremost Corporation ofAmerica, MI I C. Edgar Bryant, Champion Enterprises, Inc., MI M Bill Farish, Fleetwood Homes, CAM Evor F. Johns, Progressive Engineering, Inc., IN SE Michael A. Kinard, Kinro Incorporated, TX M Mike Mafi, National Conference of States on Building Codes and Standards, VAE Harry W. (Hank) Martin, American Iron and Steel Institute, CAM Therese P. McAllister, Greenhorne wordsusedinthe masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter; the singular number shall include the plural, and the plural n