Broken Arrow, OK Fire Regulations: Smoke Detectors (2026)
Key Facts
- Applies to
- Licensed short-term rentals
- Placement
- Every sleeping area, hallway, story
- Verification
- Annual photo self-inspection
- Authority
- Ord. No. 3905, eff. 4-7-2026
Summary
Broken Arrow's code sets no separate citywide smoke-detector section outside the adopted fire code, but licensed short-term rentals must post smoke alarms in every sleeping area, outside each sleeping area, and on every story, verified annually with photos.
Smoke alarms installed in every sleeping area, outside each sleeping area, and on every story (including basements). (Photo required)2.All smoke alarms test functional via the test button.3.Smoke alarms are within service life (manufacture date less than or equal to ten years ago or ten-year sealed).4.CO alarms on each story with a fuel-burning appliance or attached garage. (Photo required)5.CO alarms test functional via test button; within service life (per label).6.No battery missing or low-battery chirps present.7.Audible/visual notification is not obstructed by decor or furniture.8.No disabling or covering of alarms; no paint over units.9.Weather safety notice posted identifying the best interior severe-weather area/safe room (Oklahoma). (Photo required)10.Address numerals clearly visible from the street day and night (contrasting color, illuminated if practical). (Photo required)
B. Fire Extinguishers and Fire Protection
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 43).
Full Breakdown
The city's only itemized smoke-alarm standard in Broken Arrow's own code text sits inside the Short-Term Rental Safety and Operations Self-Inspection Checklist, an appendix to Chapter 7, Article XVII adopted by Ord. No. 3905 (effective April 7, 2026). It requires a smoke alarm in every sleeping area, one outside each sleeping area, and one on every story including basements, each documented with a photo at the annual self-inspection kept on file for three years. General dwellings in Broken Arrow, Tulsa County, Oklahoma follow the adopted International Fire/Building Code rather than a distinct city smoke-detector section, so this STR-specific checklist is the only locally authored text on placement.
Violations & Fines
Noncompliance is flagged on the required annual self-inspection and must be paired with a dated corrective plan and photo upload at renewal, per the license standards in Article XVII.
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