Smoke alarms are one of the best Safety devices in your home or commercial area that saves lives and property when properly installed and maintained. We price fair and focus on maintaining good long-term relationships with our customers & Clients. We assess, Install, Replace and move. We are complying with all South Australian laws and regulations. Regulation 76B under the Development Act 1993
Smoke Alarms For Impaired Persons For those who are deaf or hard of hearing, there are smoke alarm systems available that incorporate strobe lights and vibrating elements in addition to the audible alert signal. If you are dependent on others for movement (e.g. paraplegic), a smoke alarm system may be interfaced with equipment that will send a pre-recorded message or signal to the service provider so that the fire service and a designated carer can be immediately notified to respond.
Since 1 January 1995, smoke alarms have been required in all new homes in South Australia. These alarms must be hard-wired to the 240 volt mains power supply unless the dwelling is not connected to such a supply.
They should also be fitted with a back-up battery to provide power in case of a mains power supply failure.
In dwellings not connected to mains power, smoke alarms powered by 10 year life, non-replaceable, non-removable, permanently connected batteries may be installed.
As a minimum requirement all homes where building approval was granted before 1 January 1995 are required to be fitted with a smoke alarm powered by a replaceable battery subject to the following change of ownership conditions.
Change of ownership on or after 1 February 1998
From 1 February 1998, if there is a change of ownership of the land on which any building covered by this legislation is built, the new owner must, within 6 months of title transfer, install smoke alarms either:
• hard-wired to the 240 volt household power supply (unless the dwelling is not connected to such a supply); or
• powered by 10 year life, non-replaceable, non-removable, permanently connected batteries.
Home owners were required to comply with the smoke alarm legislation for existing buildings by 1 January 2000.
Interconnection Of Alarms
From 1 May 2014, smoke alarms have been required to be interconnected in all new class 1 dwellings, within sole-occupancy units of class 2 and 3 buildings and in class 4 parts of buildings. (Class 4 is a single dwelling in an office building, retail building, storage building, manufacturing building or public building.)
In existing buildings (i.e. those approved before 1 May 2014) any extension or addition (approved from 1 May 2014) which requires more than one smoke alarm must have those alarms interconnected however there is not a requirement to interconnect to alarms in the existing building.
Smoke alarms in subsequent extensions will be required to interconnect to any alarms in extensions approved after 1 May 2014.
How Many Smoke Alarms And Where?
The Development Regulations require that one or more smoke alarms must be installed in every dwelling in locations that will provide reasonable warning to occupants of sleeping areas so that they may safely evacuate in the event of a fire.
