united-states rental-property utah
Are there any Utah, USA laws about landlords providing fire extinguishers or other fire suppression?
<p>I recently had a problem with a faulty light switch that had me worried about my townhome having an electrical fire. When I contacted the housing manager about it, he fixed the faulty switch, but told me that he doesn't provide fire extinguishers because they're too expensive and maintaining them is too much of a hassle.</p>

<p>Given that the building is over 30 years old and I've now had two electrical problems in as many months, I'm not going to risk my family's safety, so I bought a fire extinguisher last night. But I had always assumed that landlords were required to provide at least one fire extinguisher for residential dwellings. Is this not the case?</p>

<p>Are there any Utah or federal laws about whether a landlord is required to provide and maintain some means of fire suppression? Maybe in relation to renter's or property insurance?</p>

<p><a href="http://firemarshal.utah.gov/local-fire-ordinances/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Utah</a> uses the <a href="http://codes.iccsafe.org/app/book/content/2015-I-Codes/2015%20IBC%20HTML/Chapter%209.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">IFC Code</a> with modifications (none of which apper relevant based on a seach for "extinguisher"). You describe your premisis as a "townhome" which suggests it is a free-standing house, if so the <a href="http://www2.iccsafe.org/states/oregon/07_structural/07_PDFs/Chapter%203_Use%20and%20Occupancy%20Classification.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">classification</a> of your building would appear to be R-3 and fire extinguishers are not requires in that classification. If it is instead an apartment (more than 2 dwellings in the same building) then it is R-2 and fire extinguishers are required and would normally be the responsibility of the building owner.</p>

<p>Notwithstanding, a building built in the 1980s should not have electrical faults: You might wish to persuade the landlord to conduct an audit of the electrical system since he will be out of pocket if the building burns down.</p>
