UAE fire alarm rules: Two weeks left for UAE homeowners to install mandatory fire alarms

Are you a UAE homeowner? Then you need to make sure you are in the know about home safety rules.

And the deadline for all homeowners in the country to install fire detectors is approaching.

If this applies to you, then it will be a legal requirement to have a fire alarm inside your property from Monday January 1 2024.

It’s not just fire safety equipment that has to be set up, but property owners also need to subscribe to the civil defence e-system.

Owners were granted three years from the date the mandate took effect in January 2021 to fulfil the mandate. This means that all homeowners have until January 2024 to make sure they have fire alarms fitted.

The rule is to be applied to all existing residences and those to be built in the future.

Federal or local government departments that issue licences for the construction of residential homes have to make sure that fire detectors have been installed, and that the owner has subscribed to the e-system before handing over a completion certificate.

As for homes of people with limited income, the federal and local governments will cover the costs of installing fire detectors.