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Notice: 23392343

Notice of Proposed Rule

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

Division:

Division of State Fire Marshal

Chapter:

FIRE PREVENTION - GENERAL PROVISIONS

Overview

RULE:

69A-3.012

Standards of the National Fire Protection Association and Other Standards Adopted

PURPOSE:

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.

SUMMARY:

This rule amendment addresses the rules and codes authorized by section 633.202, F.S. The rule is 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 carry forward from the original and subsequent rules.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

633.104(1), 633.202, 633.206, 633.222 FS.

LAW:

633.104(1), 633.202, 633.206, 633.222, 791.012 FS.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

7/1/2020 Vol. 46/128

COMMENTS:

From 7/1/2020 To 7/22/2020 (21 Days)
The public comment period for this notice has already expired.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

No reference(s).

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