Gwinnett County, GA Fire Regulations: Smoke Detectors (2026)

§§ 25-2-4 and 25-2-12 and the Georgia Administrative Procedure Act. At least one copy must be kept on file in the office of the fire marshal, and the adopted codes and standards are treated as if printed out in full in the article, which is where the applicable smoke-detector and fire-alarm placement and testing requirements actually live. Section 42-20 then makes this adopted fire code, called simply 'the fire code' in the article, the standard that prevails over any other local code or ordinance touching the same building components or systems whenever there is a conflict, with final approving authority resting in the community risk reduction division of the county department of fire and emergency services, also called the fire prevention section and the fire marshal's office.

Section 42-21 authorizes enforcement by the department of fire and emergency services and by county police, and it extends enforcement power to the police department of any municipality inside the county, which matters here because incorporated cities such as Lawrenceville and Duluth run their own separate codes. 00 per day, or up to 60 days in the county jail, or both, and each day a prohibited condition continues counts as a separate violation. The fire marshal may also order work stopped in writing when it is being done contrary to the code or in an unsafe manner, and may revoke a permit or approval obtained through a false statement or misrepresentation.