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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="9-1103" title_number="9" title_name="Fire Protection and Prevention" subtitle_number="11">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In a short–term rental unit, a short–term rental host shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>conspicuously post an evacuation diagram identifying all exits from the short–term rental unit and, if applicable, the exits from the building in which the short–term rental unit is located;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>conspicuously post a list of emergency telephone numbers for law enforcement and fire rescue services;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>provide a working fire extinguisher in the short–term rental unit; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>provide working smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms in the short–term rental unit.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (4) of this subsection, a smoke alarm or carbon monoxide alarm required under subsection (a) of this section shall be installed and maintained in accordance with State, county, and municipal fire codes.</text>
      <level label="2">
        <text>If multiple smoke alarms are required to be installed and maintained in the short–term rental unit, each smoke alarm shall:</text>
      </level>
      <level label="i">
        <text>be interconnected with other smoke alarms so that the activation of one smoke alarm activates all smoke alarms in the short–term rental unit; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>comply with an alternative requirement authorized by the State Fire Marshal in consultation with the State Fire Prevention Commission.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>When activated, a smoke alarm or carbon monoxide alarm required under this section shall  sound an alarm that is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>clearly audible in all sleeping rooms and sleeping areas in a short–term rental unit; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>loud enough to be heard over background noise and with all doors closed between the sleeping rooms in a sleeping area and the smoke alarm or carbon monoxide alarm.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A smoke alarm or carbon monoxide alarm required under this section shall be replaced if the smoke alarm or  carbon monoxide alarm:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>stops functioning;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>is more than 10 years old based on the production date marked on the back of the device; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>has no production date on the back of the device.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
