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

Pompano Beach lies in Broward County's High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, but smoke-alarm rules are uniform statewide under the Florida Building Code, Residential (FBC-R), §R314, and the Florida Fire Prevention Code, which adopts NFPA 72. Alarms must be installed: (1) inside each sleeping room (bedroom); (2) outside each separate sleeping area in the immediate vicinity of bedrooms; and (3) on each additional story, including basements and habitable attics. In new construction and additions/alterations that require a permit, alarms must be hardwired to building power, equipped with battery backup, and interconnected so that activation of one sounds all alarms — wireless interconnection that meets UL 217 and UL 268 is permitted (FBC-R §R314.3, R314.4, R314.6). Ionization alarms must be at least 20 ft from a permanent cooking appliance; photoelectric at least 6 ft (FBC-R §R314.3.3). Existing dwellings that are not undergoing alteration may use 10-year sealed-battery alarms under F.S. 553.883, but any covered alteration triggers full hardwired/interconnected upgrade. Carbon monoxide alarms are required within 10 ft of each room used for sleeping in any dwelling with a fossil-fuel appliance, fireplace, or attached garage under F.S. 553.885. Short-term rentals must demonstrate working smoke and CO alarms during the city's annual STR inspection under §153.26; landlords of all rental housing have an independent duty to provide and maintain operable alarms under Chapter 153.