Jupiter, FL Fire Regulations: Smoke Detectors (2026)
Key Facts
- Locations
- Every bedroom, hallway, each level
- Battery Type
- 10-year sealed lithium
- State Law
- FL 553.883
- New Builds
- Hardwired interconnected
- CO Alarms
- Required with gas or attached garage
Summary
Florida Building Code requires working smoke alarms in every sleeping room, outside sleeping areas, and on every level of residential dwellings. Jupiter enforces this at time of sale, permitted renovation, and rental inspection. 10-year sealed-battery alarms required in new installations under FL 553.883.
Carbon monoxide alarm required. - (1) Every separate building or addition to an existing building, other than a hospital, an inpatient hospice facility, or a nursing home facility licensed by the Agency for Health Care Administration, constructed on or after July 1, 2008, and having a fossil-fuel-burning heater or appliance, a fireplace, an attached garage, or other feature, fixture, or element that emits carbon monoxide as a byproduct of combustion shall have an approved operational carbon monoxide alarm installed within 10 feet of each room used for sleeping purposes in the new building or addition, or at such other locations as required by the Florida Building Code.
Full Breakdown
FL Statute 553.883 (effective 2015) requires any replacement or newly installed battery-powered smoke alarm in a one- or two-family dwelling to be a 10-year sealed lithium-battery unit. Hardwired interconnected alarms required in new construction and substantial renovations. Carbon monoxide alarms required in dwellings with attached garages or fuel-burning appliances per FL Building Code Chapter 9.
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