State Requirements for NFPA, Building Codes and Authorities Having Jurisdiction

The chart below offers a quick overview of regulations affecting the fire sprinkler industry in individual states. It provides a summary of legislation and codes. This information was gathered by the American Fire Sprinkler Association and was published in the November 2000 edition of Sprinkler Age magazine. A survey was mailed to the Fire Marshal in each state. The following questions were asked on the survey: 1 = Name of State 2 = What, if any, National Codes have been adopted by your state? 3 = What additional NFPA standards, if any, have been adopted by your state? 4 = What edition of NFPA 13 has been adopted by your state? 5 = If you haven't adopted the latest edition of NFPA 13, do you allow local jurisdictions to use the latest edition? 6 = Do you intend to adopt the international building code? 7 = Do you intend to adopt the international fire code? 8 = Has your state adopted NFPA 25? 9 = Have located jurisdictions in your state adopted NFPA 25? 10 = Does your state require a P.E. to do sprinkler design concepts? (i.e. identify occupancies and water supply) 11 = Does the Office of the State Fire Marshal have authority over all projects in the state or only over state-owned or state-financed projects?

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NJ	BOCA ’96 amended	None	1994	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	All for Fire Code Enf.
NY	None	None	1991 ed. ref.	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	N/A
PA	BOCA 1999	None	None	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	None
CT	BOCA 1996 amended; NFPA 101 1997 amended	NFPA 13, 13D, 13R, 25	1999	--	--	--	Yes	--	Yes or NICET	State
NC	SBCCI ’94 amended	None	1996	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	--	No	All
CA	UBC, UFC, CBC, CFC, all amended	1999	1996	No	Unk	Unk	No	No	No	State

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