Upgrade your smoke alarms today

Published on: May 6, 2021

IN CASE YOU MISSED, Starting 1 January 2022, homes must have to install interconnected smoke alarms.
This may include placing interconnected photoelectric smoke alarms into the bedrooms in addition to the required smoke alarms. For additional information, see below.

* All homes or units being sold or leased, or existing leases renewed, will require hardwired photoelectric, interconnected smoke alarms. Non-removable 10-year battery smoke alarms can be installed in place
* Smoke alarms in the dwelling must:
* be photoelectric (AS3786-2014); and
* not also contain an ionisation sensor; and
* Be hardwired to the mains power supply, if currently hardwired. Otherwise, smoke alarms can be either hardwired or powered by a non-removable 10 yr battery or a combination of both.
* be interconnected with every other smoke alarm in the dwelling, so all activate together.
* The legislation requires smoke alarms must be installed in the following locations:
* on each storey
* in each bedroom
* if there is no hallway, between the bedroom and other parts of the storey; and
* if there are no bedrooms on a storey, at least one smoke alarm must be installed in the most likely path of travel to exit the dwelling.

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