In 2017, the Queensland Government introduced new legislation changing the compliance requirements for smoke alarms throughout Queensland. This change was made after extensive investigations were undertaken into the deaths of over 150 people and whether they could have been prevented. This new legislation mandates the following;

1. Installation of one smoke alarm per bedroom. Dwellings do not presently have smoke alarms inside bedrooms.
2. These new smoke alarms must communicate with the existing smoke alarms in the dwelling. It is a regulation that when one smoke alarm in the dwelling is activated, all alarms are activated, regardless of where else they are in the dwelling. This is referred to in legislation as interconnected. 
3. All alarms must be photoelectric rather than ionization. This means that the alarms can detect visible parts of combustion and will allow for a faster and earlier warning escape for occupants. 
4. Must be powered by either 240v volt or 10 year lithium battery. This means they must either be hardwired or powered by a long term, non-removable battery. 
5. Must comply with the new Australian Standard 3786;2014. 

Deadlines For Compliance 

There are Government-set deadlines in place for all buildings to be fully compliant;

• Category One: For dwellings that are leased, this is 01 January 2022. This includes apartments that are let to the market as permanent rentals, Airbnbs, guest hotel rooms run under Strata Title management and any dwellings at all that are sold after 01 January 2022. 
• Category Two: For all other dwellings, the due date for compliance is 01 January 2027. This includes houses and owner occupied apartments. 

Our Market Edge

How many times have you set off a smoke alarm while cooking a late night snack and woken the whole house from that one single alarm? Or tried to sleep with a smoke alarm beeping constantly because the batteries need to be changed? With the new legislation, all smoke alarms in a dwelling will activate if one is set off. Wouldn’t it be great to have a single button in a common space to shut off each smoke alarm straight away in the event it is not an emergency? This is exactly what a wall controller does.

 Further, the wall controller also has a built in function to easily service the smoke alarms. Almost anyone can easily complete compliance testing where a dwelling has a wall controller - its a quick 5 minute task. As our provider says "a wall controller is the best invention since the smoke alarm itself." Red Smoke Alarms

Prices

 There are several smoke alarm suppliers throughout Australia. We predominantly work with Red Smoke Alarms as they are a quality product, offer the wall controller module and a 10 year warranty which is the same as what top of the line products offer. 

Quotes

Get in touch by phone, email or text and we'll arrange to come out and meet you at the property for a thorough walk through before providing a quote. That means there are no unexpected changes to the prices quoted and you can be confident the quoted price won't change.