What You Need to Know About the New Smoke Detector Standards
New UL smoke detector requirements scheduled to go into effect next year are designed to enhance the ability to detect different types of fires, and minimize nuisance alarms
The latest version of the UL standard for smoke detectors is designed to help ensure that devices can both detect a wider variety of fires, and avoid generating a nuisance alarm when there is not an emergency. Many manufacturers are making key changes to their smoke detectors in order to meet the new requirements, and, as Brian Boisse, senior engineering manager for fire system manufacturer Mircom, explains, they will be prohibited from manufacturing devices that don’t meet the new requirements after June 30, 2021.