Bloomfield, NJ Fire Regulations: Smoke Detectors (2026)

Section 239-37 of the Bloomfield Township Code, titled Residential smoke alarms; carbon monoxide detectors, ties the township to the State Uniform Fire Code, N.J.A.C. 5:70, which § 239-8 adopts under the Uniform Fire Safety Act. Subsection A is one sentence: all devices required under the Uniform Fire Code shall be required. The township code does not restate device counts or locations, so the state fire code supplies the technical standard and the Bloomfield Fire Department, Bureau of Fire Prevention, enforces it.

The local teeth are in the certificate. Where a change of occupancy needs a certificate of compliance or other safety certification, none issues until the Fire Prevention Bureau finds the building equipped with alarm devices that have been tested and function correctly. Where that rule does not apply, no owner can sell, lease or otherwise permit residential occupancy of the building without first obtaining a certificate of compliance from the Bloomfield Fire Department, Bureau of Fire Prevention. The application is obtained from the office of the Fire Prevention Bureau, and a Fire Inspector must determine that the devices are functioning correctly before the certificate issues. A notice must be posted in the vestibule and business office or offices of covered units stating that a new certificate of compliance is required on all changes in occupancy.

Subsection F sets the Fire Prevention Bureau's Transfer of Property Title fees: $200 for a single-family residential dwelling, $260 for a two-family dwelling, $320 for a three-family dwelling, and $60 for each additional dwelling unit, not to exceed $2,000 total. Commercial and manufacturing buildings pay $315 up to 5,000 square feet, $625 from 5,001 to 20,000 square feet, $935 from 20,001 to 50,000 square feet, and $1,250 over 50,001 square feet. Any reinspection of a residential or commercial building costs $25. Anyone aggrieved by an order of the local enforcement agency can appeal to the Construction Board of Appeals of the County of Essex under § 239-35.