November 8, 2011 – Correcting what it characterized as a misleading press release issued by the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), the国家防火协会(NFPA) reiterated testimony delivered at a recent hearing of the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee in Alexandria, Viginia.
NFPA testified that according to its report Manufactured Homes, post-standard manufactured homes pose a fire death risk comparable to the risk in other one- or two-family homes. NFPA statistics show the fire death rate in all manufactured homes is 3.4 deaths per 100,000 occupied housing units, well above the range estimated for other homes, which is 2.3-2.6 deaths per 100,000 occupied housing units. Fire death rates have been considerably reduced by the federal standards, however, and NFPA estimates that the fire death rate in post-standard manufactured homes is 2.4 deaths per 100,000 occupied housing units, or comparable to the range of rates for other homes.
NFPA’s report concludes that new manufactured homes have as high a fire death risk as other new homes. All national model consensus codes for other new homes require fire sprinklers. NFPA testified in support of including fire sprinklers in the construction of manufactured homes.
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