Check up on fire alarm/CO detector and fire extinguisher

[Edita D.]

Hey guys,
per CA law, there needs to be an ANNUAL fire extinguisher checkup at the property, that needs to be performed by OWNERS/AGENTS/PMs. Also, there should be BIANNUAL change of batteries in fire alarms, performed by TENANTS.

Question 1: Do you have the fire alarm addendum in your lease mandating tenants to check the fire alarm once a month and change the battery twice a year?

Question 2: How do you go about keeping record of fire extinguisher annual checkup?

Question 3: Per our insurance, if we don't have a written record of fire alarm checkups, in case of fire our insurance company will NOT cover the losses. I feel like even though the law says this is TENANT'S responsibility, if we, OWNERS or PROPERTY MANAGER are not in charge of this (meaning doing checkups and recording OURSELVES), even WITH tenant's signature to do checkups, the insurance company will turn us down in case of fire. How do you guys handle this?
Thank you!