Sherman, TX Building Safety: Carbon Monoxide Detectors (2026)

Sherman's carbon monoxide rule lives in the fire code, not in a stand-alone detector ordinance. Section 3.03.008 points readers to article 3.04, and § 3.04.001(a) adopts the 2021 edition of the International Fire Code as the fire prevention code of the City of Sherman, Texas, followed by a numbered list of local additions, amendments and deletions. Item (60) in that list adds section 907.2.8.4, titled Carbon monoxide detectors.

The trigger is the building, not the occupant. Any building that includes an underground garage or vehicle storage area needs an approved carbon monoxide detection system, and so does any building that provides parking as part of the structure. The code says the system must be installed and also maintained, so the duty continues after the final inspection. The detection system must be monitored and must signal an alarm as part of the fire alarm panel, which means a stand-alone battery unit in a parking level does not satisfy the text.

The only exception printed under the section is Group R-3.

The neighboring amendments shape how the system gets built. Section 907.1.4 requires new or replacement alarm systems to be analog intelligent addressable fire detection systems, and section 907.6.3.2 says that when a fire alarm system is required by that section or by the fire code official, the system shall be point addressable and must send type and location information to Sherman Fire-Rescue dispatch. Section 103.1 creates the Sherman Fire Marshal's Office, headed by the fire code official, to implement and enforce the code. Article 3.04 was last amended by Ordinance 6691 adopted 2/5/2024 and Ordinance 6939 adopted 6/1/2026.