Haltom City, TX Fire Regulations: Smoke Detectors (2026)
Key Facts
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- Alarms required in every bedroom and outside sleeping areas
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- One alarm on every story including basements and habitable attics
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- New construction must be hardwired with battery backup
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- Rentals require working alarms at turnover per TX Property Code 92
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- Carbon monoxide alarms required with fuel appliances or attached garage
Summary
Haltom City enforces the IRC and IFC smoke alarm standards: working alarms on every sleeping level, inside each bedroom, and within 10 feet of sleeping areas. Rentals must provide operable alarms at turnover.
Sec. 92.255. INSTALLATION AND LOCATION. (a) A landlord shall install at least one smoke alarm in each separate bedroom in a dwelling unit. In addition: (1) if the dwelling unit is designed to use a single room for dining, living, and sleeping, the smoke alarm must be located inside the room; (2) if multiple bedrooms are served by the same corridor, at least one smoke alarm must be installed in the corridor in the immediate vicinity of the bedrooms; and (3) if the dwelling unit has multiple levels, at least one smoke alarm must be located on each level.
Full Breakdown
11) governing smoke alarm placement and maintenance. In all new construction and substantial remodels, smoke alarms are required in every sleeping room, outside each separate sleeping area within 10 feet of the bedroom doors, on every story including basements, and interconnected so activation of one sounds all alarms. Hardwired alarms with battery backup are required in new construction; existing dwellings generally must maintain at least battery-powered alarms at these locations. Alarms must be installed at least 3 feet from HVAC registers and 20 feet from cooking appliances to reduce nuisance trips (photoelectric technology is recommended near kitchens).
Under Texas Property Code Chapter 92 Subchapter F, residential landlords must provide working smoke alarms at the start of a tenancy and test them at the request of the tenant; landlords cannot charge the tenant for routine battery replacement if they provided the alarm. Carbon monoxide alarms are required in dwellings with attached garages or fuel-burning appliances under the IRC. Haltom City Fire Department will provide free smoke alarm installations for low-income residents through state and federal community risk reduction programs when funding is available.
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