International Fire Code
The rules for the other 40 years of a building's life.
The building code stops caring once the certificate of occupancy is issued. The fire code takes over from there, and it is the document that most directly creates the inspection work a service contractor sells.
5 lessons · 20 challenge questions · about 0.8 hours · Applied
Written against the 2021 edition.
What you will be able to do
- Understand the ICC family and the three-year revision cycle
- Use Chapter 9 to determine where a fire alarm system is required by occupancy
- Explain the owner's ongoing maintenance and recordkeeping obligations
- Handle an impairment correctly instead of improvising
Course outline
The fire code in context
- The ICC family and the IFC's job
- How the IFC uses NFPA standards
Chapter 9: fire protection systems
- Section 907: where fire alarms are required
- Section 901.6: the owner's maintenance duty
- Impairments and out-of-service systems