Purpose


Section 633.202(1), F.S., requires the Division of State Fire Marshal to adopt, by rule, the Florida Fire Prevention Code (FFPC). This rulemaking will amend sections of the FFPC that incorporate the National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) Standard 1 and NFPA Standard 101 to remove sections of each document related to refuse and trash in doorsteps and means of egress and sections related to structural components of buildings dealing with falls. This rule amendment will update the FFPC related to the NFPA Standard 1, Section 10.18.4 – Means of Egress and Sections 11.10.1 and 11.10.1.1 – Two-way radio Communication Enhancement Systems; and the NFPA Standard 101, Sections 24.2.8, A24.2.8, 12.2.1.2, 14.2.1.5, 16.2.1.1, 26.2.4, 28.2.1.4, 30.2.1.3, 32.2.2.7, 32.3.2.1.3, 36.2.1.6.1, 36.2.1.6.2, 38.2.1.5.1, 38.2.1.5.2, 40.2.1.3, and 42.2.1.3 – Grab Bars, pursuant to Section 633.202(5)(a), F.S., and make other required updates.