Floyd County, GA Fire Regulations: Smoke Detectors (2026)

The requirement sits in the ULDC's manufactured homes article (Appendix B, Art. 4, Manufactured Homes) as part of the mandatory pre-relocation inspection: before any mobile home already in the county relocates to a new site, the owner must have it inspected, at the owner's cost, covering structural integrity, HVAC gas piping pressure, electrical wiring to National Electrical Code standards, and smoke detectors. The smoke detector clause requires the detector to be installed and operational using the home's own internal electrical wiring rather than battery power alone, placed at minimum in the hallway leading to the sleeping area, Underwriters' Laboratories approved, and installed per the manufacturer's instructions.

This inspection duty is distinct from the county's broader adoption of the current National Fire Protection Association Standard 101, Life Safety Code, under Floyd County Code § 2-10-1, which sets construction, occupancy and maintenance standards for buildings and structures generally but does not itself state a numeric smoke-alarm rule. The Rome-Floyd County Building Inspection Department, fire marshal, and county health department administer manufactured home reviews under the ULDC's general standards.