Redlands, CA Fire Regulations: Smoke Detectors (2026)

060(E), "Fire Protection," sets the smoke detector rule that applies to that conversion process. Every dwelling unit must get a smoke detector installed to National Fire Protection Association pamphlet No. 74, approved by the state fire marshal, and wired to an AC primary power source rather than battery-only. Placement is dictated precisely: the detector goes on the ceiling at a point centrally located in the corridor or area giving access to the sleeping rooms, and if the sleeping rooms sit on an upper level, the detector instead goes at the center of the ceiling directly above the stairway.

The same subsection requires a sprinkler system, fire alarm, and/or other fire protection devices as called for by the uniform fire code the city has adopted at the time the conversion application is filed, so the applicable fire-suppression standard tracks whatever edition of the fire code is current when the developer applies, not when the building was originally constructed. 060(A) mandate that condo conversions bring every unit and the common ownership facilities into compliance with the zoning, building, housing, mechanical, and fire codes the city has adopted, with the planning commission empowered to accept a lesser standard only if the subdivider demonstrates full compliance is not feasible. 25 as superseded.