Huntington, NY Fire Regulations: Smoke Detectors (2026)

L. No. 17-2011, requires single or multiple-station smoke alarms in all residential or residentially-used dwelling units regardless of occupant load. Subsection (A) puts the installation and maintenance duty on the owner or person-in-charge, and treats any failure, neglect or refusal to install or maintain the alarms as a chapter violation. Subsection (B) sets placement: on the ceiling or wall outside each separate sleeping area, in any room used for sleeping, and on every floor of the dwelling unit including basements and cellars, though not in crawl spaces or uninhabitable attics; a split-level unit without a door between levels can rely on a single alarm on the upper level to cover the lower level if that lower level is less than one full story down.

Subsection (C) makes it independently unlawful for an owner, occupant or person-in-charge to fail, refuse or neglect to keep the alarms in operative condition at all times. Section 124-51 then governs the power source: alarms in dwellings served by commercial electricity must be hardwired with a battery backup that signals when batteries run low, though Subsection (B) allows solely battery-operated alarms where no construction is underway, where there is no commercial power source, or in existing areas untouched by wall or ceiling work.