Miami Beach, FL Fire Regulations: Smoke Detectors (2026)

Miami Beach has not adopted a city-specific smoke alarm ordinance; the controlling rules are state-level. Florida Building Code Residential Section R314 (which incorporates NFPA 72) requires UL 217-listed smoke alarms in each sleeping room, outside each separate sleeping area in the immediate vicinity of the bedrooms, and on each additional story of the dwelling including basements and habitable attics. New construction and substantial alterations must use alarms that are hardwired to the building's electrical system with battery backup and that are interconnected so activation of one triggers all alarms. F.S. 553.883, effective January 1, 2015, requires that any battery-powered smoke alarm newly installed or replacing an existing battery alarm be powered by a nonremovable, nonreplaceable 10-year sealed battery; one- and two-family dwellings and townhomes undergoing repairs or Level 1 alterations may use these sealed-battery units in lieu of retrofitting hardwired devices. For carbon monoxide, F.S. 509.211 requires every lodging establishment room containing a fossil-fuel-fired boiler regulated by Chapter 554 in a building that also contains sleeping rooms to have a carbon monoxide alarm; F.S. 553.885 requires any new building constructed on or after July 1, 2008 with a fossil-fuel appliance, fireplace, or attached garage to have an approved CO alarm within 10 feet of each sleeping room. Vacation rental and lodging properties licensed by DBPR under F.S. Ch. 509 are inspected against these standards as part of the Annual Fire Inspection administered by Miami Beach Fire Rescue alongside the BTR.