Coral Springs, FL Fire Regulations: Smoke Detectors (2026)

Coral Springs sits in the Florida Building Code's High-Velocity Hurricane Zone (HVHZ, all of Broward and Miami-Dade) and enforces the Florida Building Code, Residential, 8th Edition (2023), Section R314 for smoke alarms in new construction and substantial alterations. R314.3 requires a smoke alarm inside every sleeping room, one outside each separate sleeping area in the immediate vicinity of the bedrooms, and at least one on each story including basements. R314.4 requires interconnection so that activation of one alarm sounds all alarms in the dwelling. R314.6 requires hard-wired primary power from the building wiring with battery backup. For Level 1 alterations to existing single-family homes, Florida Statute 553.883 allows replacement battery-only alarms to be sealed 10-year lithium units. R315 imposes the same coverage rules for carbon monoxide alarms wherever fuel-fired appliances or attached garages are present. For vacation rentals registered under Coral Springs LDC Section 250.160, the City requires the smoke and CO detection system to be installed and continually maintained per FBC R314 and R315, interconnected, hard-wired, and on building primary power, plus a portable, multi-purpose dry chemical 2A:10B:C extinguisher on each floor installed and maintained per NFPA 10, mounted on a wall in an open common area or in an enclosed space with appropriate signage. These systems are inspected before each Certificate of Compliance is issued.