---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 125.173"
title: "14"
number: "125.173"
heading: "Fire detectors."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/125.173"
---

# §125.173. Fire detectors.


Fire detectors must be made and installed in a manner that assures their ability to resist, without failure, all vibration, inertia, and other loads to which they may be normally subjected. Fire detectors must be unaffected by exposure to fumes, oil, water, or other fluids that may be present.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40113, 44701-44702, 44705, 44710-44711, 44713, 44716-44717, 44722.

### Source

Source: Docket 19779, 45 FR 67235, Oct. 9, 1980, unless otherwise noted.