July 21, 2004—Tennessee adopted the most recent edition of a key fire safety code last month, keeping the state up-to-date on important safety regulations. NFPA 1, Uniform Fire Code (NFPA 1, UFC) took effect on June 2.
Used widely across the country, NFPA 1, UFC establishes reasonable levels of fire safety and property protection in order to protect people and property in new and existing buildings from hazards created by fire and explosion. NFPA 1, UFC integrates the two most widely adopted fire codes in the country, NFPA 1, Fire Prevention Code and the Uniform Fire Code.
In late March, Tennessee code enforcers participated in an NFPA training program that covers the code’s requirements and ways it can be best utilized in local communities. NFPA makes this training and the relevant codebooks available free to government code enforcement officials, which reduces code enforcement costs for Tennessee taxpayers. The training also ensures that code enforcers have the latest reference materials available after code updates.
NFPA 1 is part of a full set of codes for the built environment developed by NFPA and its partners. The Comprehensive Consensus Codes (C3) represents the only full set of construction codes that have been developed through processes accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), a private, nonprofit organization that administers and coordinates the U.S. voluntary standardization and conformity assessment system. The 300 NFPA technical committees responsible for developing and updating all codes and standards include 6,000 volunteers, representing enforcing authorities, installation and maintenance, labor, research and testing, insurance, special experts, consumers, and other users.
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