Bridgeport, CT Fire Regulations: Smoke Detectors (2026)
Key Facts
- Where required
- Near sleeping areas, stairway heads
- Covered buildings
- Hotels, motels, 2+ family units
- Missing detector fine
- $100 per detector, per day
- Disabling detector fine
- $500
- Enforcement
- Fire dept. + code enforcement
Summary
Bridgeport requires an operable smoke detector near every sleeping area and at the head of each stairway in hotel, inn, motel and multi-family units.
All hotel, inn or motel rooms utilized for sleeping and each unit in all residential housing designed to be occupied by two or more families, including, but not limited to, apartment houses, condominiums and cooperatives shall contain at least one operable smoke detector in the vicinity of a sleeping area. All hotels, inns, motels and said residential housing designed to be occupied by two or more families, including, but not limited to, apartment houses, condominiums and cooperatives shall also have at least one operable smoke detector at the head of each stairway.
(Prior code § 11-17)
Full Breakdown
Under Bridgeport Municipal Code § 8.28.170, every hotel, inn or motel sleeping room and each unit in residential housing built for two or more families, apartment houses, condominiums and cooperatives included, must have at least one operable smoke detector near the sleeping area, plus one at the head of each stairway. Tenants must report a failed detector to the owner or the owner's agent under § 8.28.190, and the fire department along with the housing and commercial code enforcement office enforces the requirement per § 8.28.200.
Violations & Fines
Owners who fail to install a required detector face a $100 fine per missing detector, with each day of non-compliance a separate offense. Anyone who disables a detector or pulls its batteries (outside of repair or replacement) faces a $500 fine.
Frequently Asked Questions
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