Florida Fire Alarm Requirements for Older Homes

Local Inspection Issues Florida and SUNachi Inspectors
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Does Florida require fire alarms or smoke detectors to be installed for homes built prior to 2000?

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## Is there a Florida law that all older homes must have smoke alarms, regardless of when they were built?

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Does it matter? Always recommend that each bedroom has a smoke alarm, and that CO alarms are placed as needed

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It might if you are a seller. According to Kiddie

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Are homes built before 2000 safer so they don’t require them ???

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The Life Safety Code (NFPA 101) was passed by the NFPA in 1976, and was the first document that stated “smoke alarms are required” to be in every home.

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Thank you for the response,

Charles Sciba / CEO
Tip Top Appraisal, Inc.

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As a home inspetor in Ohio, unless the home was built after 2016 when the requirement here changed, I always recommmend ionization and photoelectric smoke detectors and CO detectors when appropriate, be installed in appropriate locations. I consider this a safety issue.

I also explain to my clients the difference between ionization and photoelectric and why both types should be installed, because unless they are a firefighter they most likely don’t know the difference.

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