§2857 Window Fall Prevention Devices in Military Family Housing Units

Summary

The Secretary must make sure windows that meet the rule are fitted with fall-prevention devices. New military family housing built under contracts signed after October 1, 2019, and units that get whole-house renovation contracts on or after that date, must have these devices. For other existing units, the military must run a program to retrofit or replace such windows. The devices are window screens or guards that meet ASTM standard F2090–13 (or a successor). A covered window is one whose bottom sill is within 42 inches of the inside floor and the sill is more than 72 inches above the outside ground. The military must keep a record of every incident where a minor child is injured or killed by an unintentional window fall (as defined in Department of Defense Instruction 6055.7 series). Not later than 90 days after each calendar year ends, starting with 2017, the Secretary of Defense must report to the House and Senate Committees on Armed Services about all such falls. The rule applies to all Department of Defense family housing and housing acquired or built under subchapter IV.