Smoke Detectors
Fire Regulations
Requirements for smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors in homes, including how many you need and where they must be installed.
How Smoke Detectors Rules Differ by Place
Apopka, FL: Fire: Smoke Detectors
Heavy RestrictionsFlorida Building Code and FL §553.883 require working smoke alarms in every Apopka dwelling. Alarms required in each bedroom, outside sleeping areas, and on every floor. 10-year sealed…
Delray Beach, FL: Fire: Smoke Detectors
Heavy RestrictionsDelray Beach enforces Florida Building Code and FL §553.883 smoke alarm requirements: working smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside sleeping areas, and on each floor of all…
Homestead, FL: Homestead Smoke Detector Requirements
Heavy RestrictionsHomestead follows the Florida Building Code and Florida Fire Prevention Code for smoke detector requirements. Smoke alarms are required in every bedroom, outside each sleeping area…
Penn Hills, PA: Penn Hills Repealed Its Local Fire Alarm Rule
Few RestrictionsPenn Hills does not enforce its own smoke-detection or fire-alarm mandate anymore. The 1998 local rule requiring alarm and detection systems in 3,000-square-foot-plus buildings was…
Dothan, AL: Dothan Short-Term Rental Smoke Alarm Rule
Some RestrictionsThe City of Dothan requires a short-term commercial rental (STCR) approved through a Board of Zoning Adjustment special exception to install interconnected smoke alarms in every…
Hoover, AL: Hoover Requires Smoke Alarms in Dwellings
Some RestrictionsHoover's amended Property Maintenance Code requires approved smoke alarms in every existing dwelling unit and hotel or lodging guestroom, with extra detectors required where security…
Cities & Counties with Smoke Detectors Rules
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