Colorado Springs requires working smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside each sleeping area, and on every level of all dwellings under the adopted International Fire Code and Colorado state law (CRS 38-45-103). Carbon monoxide alarms are also required within 15 feet of every sleeping area in homes with fuel-burning appliances or attached garages. Hardwired interconnected units are required in new construction.
Colorado Springs enforces the International Fire Code as amended. Landlords must install and test alarms before new tenancies and upon request. Short-term rentals must confirm working alarms during the annual life-safety inspection. Altitude-rated detectors are not required but photoelectric units perform better at Colorado Springs' 6,000-plus-foot elevation where smoldering fires are common from wood stoves. Battery replacement every year at daylight-saving changes is encouraged; 10-year sealed-battery units are acceptable.
Failure to maintain alarms is a 100-dollar fine and potential code enforcement action. In rental settings, tenant injury from a missing or disabled alarm creates landlord civil liability under Colorado premises liability law.
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