Smoke Detectors: Coral Gables vs Miami Beach

Coral Gables enforces Florida Building Code, Residential Section R314 (smoke alarms) and the Florida Fire Prevention Code (NFPA 1 / NFPA 72). New construction and any permitted alteration, repair, or addition must install UL 217-listed alarms in every sleeping room, outside each sleeping area, and on every story, hardwired with battery backup and interconnected. F.S. 553.883 requires battery-only replacement alarms in existing 1-2 family homes to use sealed 10-year batteries.

Miami Beach follows Florida Building Code Residential Section R314 and Florida Statute 553.883 for smoke alarms, plus F.S. 509.211 carbon monoxide rules for lodging. Alarms are required in every sleeping room, outside each separate sleeping area, and on every story including basements, with interconnection in new construction. Battery-only alarms installed or replaced after January 1, 2015 must use a sealed nonremovable 10-year battery.