Smoke Detectors: Bay Hill vs Orlando

Florida Building Code and NFPA 72 require working smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside sleeping areas, and on each floor of all Orange County homes. Battery backup required for 10-year sealed alarms in new construction.

Florida Statute 553.883 and the Florida Residential Code (which adopts NFPA 72 and IRC R314) require working smoke alarms in every Orlando dwelling. New construction and substantial renovations require interconnected, hard-wired alarms with battery backup in each sleeping room, outside each sleeping area, and on every floor including basements. Existing homes must have at least one working alarm on every level. Rentals must have functioning alarms at lease commencement. As of 2014, replacement alarms in single-station configurations must use sealed 10-year batteries.