23392440, 69A-60.002 - Florida Administrative Rules, Law, Code, Register

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Notice: 23392440

Notice of Proposed Rule

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

Division:

Division of State Fire Marshal

Chapter:

THE FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CODE

Overview

RULE:

69A-60.002	Scope; Description of Florida Fire Prevention Code
69A-60.003	Standards of the National Fire Protection Association, NFPA 1, the Fire Code, Florida 2021 Edition, Adopted
69A-60.004	Standards of the National Fire Protection Association, NFPA 101, the Life Safety Code®, Florida 2021 Edition, Adopted
69A-60.005	Publications Referenced in NFPA 1, the Florida 2021 Edition, and NFPA 101, the Florida 2021 Edition, Added to the Florida Fire Prevention Code

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:

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 carry forward from the original and subsequent rules.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

633.104, 633.202, 633.208 FS.

LAW:

633.104, 633.202, 633.208 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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