Carroll County, GA Fire Regulations: Smoke Detectors (2026)

2, part of the Fire Safety Requirements chapter of the county's adopted Property Maintenance Code (Section 18-91), requires single- or multiple-station smoke alarms in Groups R-2, R-3, R-4 and other dwellings not classified as Group R, installed on the ceiling or wall outside each separate sleeping area, in each room used for sleeping, and on every story of the dwelling unit including basements and cellars, though not crawl spaces or uninhabitable attics. A split-level home without a door between adjacent levels can rely on one alarm on the upper level to cover an adjacent lower level less than a full story below.

§ 25-2-40. 3 requires the alarms to draw primary power from commercial building wiring with permanent, non-switched connections and a battery backup that signals when batteries run low, though a solely battery-operated alarm is permitted where a building has no commercial power source or is not undergoing alterations that expose the structure. 4 requires multiple alarms in one unit to be interconnected so that one activation sounds all of them, audible over background noise in every bedroom with doors closed, except in buildings not undergoing alteration, repair or construction.