Section 633.202(4), F.S., requires the State Fire Marshal to update, by rule, the Florida Fire Prevention Code every three years. Section 633.202(2), F.S., requires the State Fire Marshal to adopt the current editions of ....

 

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

Division of State Fire Marshal

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

69A-60.002Scope; Description of Florida Fire Prevention Code

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: Section 633.202(4), F.S., requires the State Fire Marshal to update, by rule, the Florida Fire Prevention Code every three years. Section 633.202(2), F.S., requires the State Fire Marshal to adopt the current editions of the National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) Standard 1, the Fire Code, and NFPA Standard 101, the Life Safety Code®, by reference. The proposed amendments will update the Florida Fire Prevention Code to include the most recently adopted NFPA standards and promulgate the triennial update of the Florida Fire Prevention Code as directed by section 633.202, F.S.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: These rule amendments address the rules and codes authorized by section 633.202, F.S. The rules are amended to adopt the most recent editions of the NFPA Standards 1 and 101, the other NFPA Standards adopted within the most recent editions of NFPA Standards 1 and 101, and to update NFPA Standards adopted in the rule to the most recently adopted editions. New Florida specific amendments to NFPA 1 and 101 are also adopted, while some, but not all, others carrying forward from the original and subsequent rules.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 633.104, 633.202, 633.208 FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 633.104, 633.202, 633.208 FS.

IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE NOTICED IN THE NEXT AVAILABLE FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE REGISTER.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Elijah Flowers, Division of State Fire Marshal, [e-mail], [phone].

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE FROM THE CONTACT PERSON LISTED ABOVE.