Interconnected photoelectric smoke alarms in every bedroom, hallway and storey - it's the law, and the final deadline applies to every home in Queensland, including the one you own and live in. Here's everything you need in one place.
Queensland's smoke alarm legislation (building on AS 3786:2014) sets four non-negotiable requirements. If your alarms are missing any one of these, your home is not compliant.
Alarms must be photoelectric - they detect smouldering smoke earlier. Older ionisation alarms no longer comply.
When one alarm activates, every alarm in the home must sound. Standalone alarms - even new ones - don't comply.
An alarm in each bedroom, plus every hallway that connects bedrooms to the rest of the home.
At least one alarm on every level of the home - even levels without bedrooms.
New builds and substantially renovated homes required interconnected photoelectric alarms from this date.
All rental properties, and any home being sold, required full compliance - every new lease and every contract of sale since has needed compliant alarms.
Every remaining home in Queensland, including owner-occupied homes, must comply. Penalties start from $2,757. An estimated hundreds of thousands of QLD homes still need upgrading - book early and beat the late-2026 rush.
Answer a few questions about your home and get your exact alarm count plus an instant indicative cost - 20 seconds, no details required.
The full legislation in plain English - what's required, where alarms go, and what AS 3786:2014 actually means.
The 2027 deadline guide for people who own and live in their home - options, process, and why acting early matters.
Rentals have required compliant alarms since 2022 - what property owners and managers need to stay covered.
Strobe light and vibrating bed-pad systems (RHIS) for deaf and hard-of-hearing occupants - fully compliant solutions.
Assessment, supply, install and certification by licensed electricians. Red Professional alarms, made locally at Chevallum.
We install Red Professional photoelectric alarms as standard - designed and manufactured by an Australian-owned company at Chevallum, ten minutes from our Palmwoods base. Ten-year warranty, AS 3786:2014 certified, available hardwired or wireless interconnected. A local product, installed by a local licensed team, with a compliance certificate on every job.
Call 0418 416 481 for a fixed quote, or start with the free calculator.
1 January 2027. By that date every Queensland home - including owner-occupied homes - must have interconnected photoelectric smoke alarms in every bedroom, every hallway connecting bedrooms, and on every storey. Rental properties and homes being sold have required them since 2022.
One in every bedroom, one in every hallway that connects bedrooms to the rest of the home, and at least one on every storey. A typical 3-bedroom single-storey home needs 4 alarms. Use our free calculator for an exact count and indicative cost.
No - Queensland law allows either 240V hardwired interconnected alarms or wireless interconnected alarms with sealed 10-year lithium batteries. Both are fully compliant. Hardwired alarms must be installed by a licensed electrician; wireless suits homes where running new cable isn't practical.
Penalties for non-compliance start from $2,757. Beyond fines, non-compliant homes risk insurance complications and - most importantly - slower warning in a real fire. Interconnected alarms give every occupant simultaneous warning.
Red Professional photoelectric alarms - Australian-owned, manufactured on the Sunshine Coast at Chevallum, 10-year warranty, hardwired or wireless interconnected. A compliance certificate is issued on every installation, and hearing-impaired solutions (strobe and bed-shaker) are available.
Book your assessment now - most Sunshine Coast homes are fully upgraded and certified in a single visit.
