Fire Code Updates

Changes from the 2015 IFC to the 2021 IFC

  • 320, 202 Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing)
  • 321, 321.1 Exterior Artificial Combustible Vegetation  
  • 405.1, 405.2 (NEW), TABLE 405.3, 405.5 Emergency Drills
  • 508.1, 508.1.1, 508.1.3, 508.1.7 (NEW) Fire Command Center 
  • 510.4.1, 510.4.1.1, 202 Emergency Responder Communication Coverage - Signals 
  • 510.4, 510.4.2.4, 510.4.2.5, 510.4.2.8, 510.5.1 (NEW), 510.5.4 Emergency Responder Communication Coverage - Interference 
  • 603.4 Electrical Working Space 
  • 604.5.4 (NEW), 604.5.5 (NEW), 315.3.3Storage in Elevator Machine Rooms and Lobbies 
  • 605.1, 605.4, 605.4.1.1 (NEW), 605.4.2.1 (NEW), 605.4.2.2 Fuel Oil Storage Tanks 
  • 610 Clothes Dryer Exhaust Ducts 
  • 701.6 Maintenance of Fire-Resistance-Rated Construction
  • 703.2, 704.2 Repair of Penetrations and Voids
  • 708, 708.1 Maintenance of Spray Fire-Resistant Materials
  • 808.5 (NEW)Play Structures 
  • 202 (NEW), 901.1, 901.2, 901.2.1, 901 .4, 901.4.1, 901 .4.2, 901.4.3 (NEW), 901.4.5, 901.6 Life Safety Systems
  • 903.2.4.2 (NEW), 903.2.9.3 (NEW) Distilled Spirits
  • 903.2.4, 903.2.4.3 (NEW), 903.2.7, 903.2.7.2 (NEW), 903.2.9, 903.2.9.4 (NEW) Upholstered Furniture and Mattresses
  • 903.2.10, 903.2.1 1 .3 Group S-2 Parking Garages
  • 903.2.10.2, IBC 202 Mechanical-Access Parking Garage
  • 903.3.1.2 NFPA 13R Sprinkler System
  • 903.3.1.2.2 Sprinklers on Means of Egress Balconies
  • 905.3.1 Standpipes in Parking Garages
  • 906.1 Portable Fire Extinguisher
  • 907.2.10 (NEW) Manual Fire Alarm in Public-Storage and Self-Storage Facilities
  • 907.4, 907.5, 907.5.1 (NEW), 907.5.2.1.3 (NEW), 9 0 7.5.2.1.3.1 (NEW), 907.5.2.1.3.2 (NEW) Low-frequency Alarms in Sleeping Rooms
  • 907.5.2.1.2 Sound Pressure Level for Audible Alarms
  • 907.5.2.2.5, 1203.2.4 Standby Power for Emergency Voice/Alarm Communications Systems
  • 907.5.2.3.3, 907.5.2.3.3.1 (NEW) Expansion Capability for Fire Alarms in Group R-2
  • 907.6.6.1, 907.6.6.2 (NEW) Fire Alarm System Monitoring
  • 908.3 Emergency Alarm and Fire Alarm Interface
  • 909.17 Smoke Control System Response Time
  • 910.3.4 (NEW), 910.3.5 (NEW) Smoke and Heat Vent Operation
  • 913.1 Fire Pumps
  • 913.2.2 Protection of Circuits for Electric Fire Pumps
  • 914.3.1.2 Water Supply to Fire Pumps
  • 914.7, 914.7.1, 914.7.2, 202 Puzzle Rooms
  • 1006.3, 1006.3.1, 1006.3.2, 1017.3.2.3 Exit Access Stairways in Atriums
  • 1006.3.2, EXCEPTION 7; 1006.3, 1006.3.1 Egress from Occupied Roofs
  • 1006.3.4, TABLE 1006.3.4(1), TABLE 1 006.3.4(2) Single Exit - Exit Access vs. Common Path
  • 1009.2.1 Elevator Serving Occupied Roof
  • 1010.1.1 Size of Doors
  • 1010.2.4 Locks and Latches
  • 1010.2.8, 1010.2.8.1, 1031.2.2 Locking Arrangements in Educational Occupancies
  • 1010.2.9, 1010.2.9.1, 1010.2.9.2 Panic Hardware and Fire Exit Hardware
  • 1020.5 Dead-End Corridors in Group I-2
  • 1030.16, 1030.16.1 Handrails at Social Stairs
  • 1103.5.4 Sprinklers in High-Rise Buildings
  • 1103.7.5.1 Group R-1 Hotel and Motel Fire Alarm System
  • 1103.9 Carbon Monoxide Detection in Existing Buildings
  • 1203.1.2 Fuel Line Piping Protection
  • 1204 Portable Generators
  • 1205.3.3 Smoke Ventilation with Solar PV
  • 1207 Electrical Energy Storage Systems
  • CHAPTER 22 Combustible Dust-Producing Operations
  • 2308.1, 2308.2, 2308.2.3, 2308.2.4 CNG Vehicle Fueling
  • 2311.8 Repair of Lighter-than-Air Fueled Vehicles
  • 2404.3.3.6 Size of Spray Booths
  • TABLE 2704.2.2.1 Water-Reactive Solids in Semiconductor Fabs
  • 2808.3, 2808.3.1, 2808.4 Sizes of Piles and Stacks
  • TABLE 3203.8 High-Piled Storage of Lithium-ion Batteries
  • 3205.5 Aisle Maintenance in High-Piled Storage
  • 3209.4, 3209.4.1 (NEW), 3209.4.2 (NEW) Shutdown of Automated Rack Storage
  • 3303.3, 3303.3.1 Daily Fire Safety Inspection
  • 3303.5 Fire Safety for Types IV-A, IV-B and IV-C Construction
  • 3305.5 Fire Watch
  • 3305.9 Separation of Construction Areas
  • 3313 Water Supply During Construction
  • 3805.2.1, 3805.2.2, 3805.4, TABLE 3805.4 Restricted Materials in College Labs
  • 3904.2, 3904.2.1 (NEW), 3904.2.2 (NEW) Extraction Equipment
  • CHAPTER 40 (NEW), 903.2.4.2 (NEW), 903.2.9.3 (NEW), IBC 307.1 .1 Storage of Distilled Spirits and Wines
  • 5001.1, 5701.2, 202 Hazardous Material Exemptions
  • 5003.8.3.3 Number of Control Areas
  • TABLE 5003.11.1 Toxic Solids in Retail Occupancies
  • 5003.12, 5004.14 (NEW), 5005.3.3, 5005.4.3 Outdoor Control Areas
  • 5601.1.3 Retail of Consumer Use Fireworks
  • 5606.1, 5606.6 Ammunition Reloading in Commercial Operations
  • 5707.1, 5707.2, 5707.2.1, 5707.2.2 On-Demand Mobile Fueling
  • 6303.1.4, TABLE 6303.1.4, TABLE 6304.1 .5(1), TABLE 6304.1 .5(2) Storage of Oxidizers
  • APPENDIX H, SECTION H104 (NEW), H10 4.1 (NEW), H104.2 (NEW) Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards