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Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 55 - PUBLIC SAFETYPart V - Fire Protection
Chapter 1 - Preliminary Provisions
Section V-103 - General Provisions

La. Admin. Code tit. 55 § V-103

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Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024
Section V-103 - General Provisions
A. It shall be the policy of the state fire marshal that in all instances or specifications provided in the statutes or in the codes referenced by the statutes, or by any specific references in administrative rulings by the state fire marshal, that the Standard Building Code published by the Southern Building Code Congress International, and the International Building Code published by the International Code Council, and the National Fire Codes and standards published by the National Fire Protection Association, the publications referenced by the NFPA 1 Fire Code and the NFPA 101 Life Safety Code, and the publications specifically identified in the following list, shall be used as the materials for determinations by the state fire marshal.

NFPA 1

2015 Edition

Fire Code

NFPA 18

2011 Edition

Standard on Wetting Agents

NFPA 32

2011 Edition

Standard for Dry Cleaning Plants

NFPA 37

2015 Edition

Standard for the Installation and Use of Stationary Combustion Engines and Gas Turbines

NFPA 51

2013 Edition

Standard for the Design and Installation of Oxygen-Fuel Gas Systems for Welding, Cutting, and Allied Processes

NFPA 53

2016 Edition

Recommended Practice on Materials, Equipment, and Systems Used in Oxygen-Enriched Atmospheres

NFPA 99B

2015 Edition

Standard for Hypobaric Facilities

NFPA 101

2015 Edition

Life Safety Code

NFPA 495

2013 Edition

Explosive Materials Code

NFPA 664

2012 Edition

Standard for the Prevention of Fires and Explosions in Wood Processing and Woodworking Facilities

NFPA 820

2016 Edition

Standard for Fire Protection in Wastewater Treatment and Collection Facilities

NFPA 901

2016 Edition

Standard Classifications for Incident Reporting and Fire Protection Data

NFPA 1123

2014 Edition

Code for Fireworks Display

NFPA 1124

2017 Edition

Code for the Manufacture, Transportation, Storage, and Retail Sales of Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles

NFPA 1221

2013 Edition

Standard for the Installation, Maintenance, and Use of Emergency Services Communications Systems

NFPA 1402

2012 Edition

Guide to Building Fire Service Training Centers

NFPA 1403

2012 Edition

Standard on Live Fire Training Evolutions

NFPA 1961

2013 Edition

Standard on Fire Hose

NFPA 1962

2013 Edition

Standard for the Inspection, Care, and Use of Fire Hose, Couplings, and Nozzles and the Service Testing of Fire Hose

B. All inspections and other evaluations of buildings constructed or remodeled pursuant to plans submitted to the Office of State Fire Marshal for review shall be made utilizing new construction requirements set forth in the Life Safety Code published by the National Fire Protection Association, the NFPA 1 Fire Code published by the National Fire Protection Association, the special provisions for high-rise building section of the Standard Building Code published by the Southern Building Code Congress International, the fire protection and life safety provisions of the International Building Code published by the International Code Council, and the FGI Guidelines published by the Facilities Guidelines Institute for facilities evaluated on behalf of the Department of Health as follows.

Building Constructed or Remodeled

Life SafetyCode Edition

NFPA 1 Fire CodeEdition

Section/Building CodeEdition

Sections/ InternationalBuilding Code Edition

FGI Guidelines

prior to 1/1/1975

1967

-

-

1/1/1975 to 12/31/1979

1973

518 / 1974 Chapter 4 revisions to 1973

-

1/1/1980 to 8/31/1981

1976

518 / 1974 Chapter 4 revisions to 1973

-

9/1/1981 to 8/31/1986

1981

506 / 1979

-

9/1/1986 to 2/18/1989

1985

506 / 1985

-

2/19/1989 to 5/31/1992

1988

506 / 1985

-

6/1/1992 to 1/4/1995

1991

506 / 1988

-

1/5/1995 to 5/31/1998

1994

506 / 1991

-

6/1/1998 to 6/30/2001

1997

412 / 1994

-

7/1/2001 to 12/31/2001

2000

412 / 1994

-

1/1/2002 to 6/30/2004

2000

412 / 1997

-

7/1/2004 to 9/30/2007

2003

-

-

10/1/2007 to 6/30/2010

2006

-

-

7/1/2010 to 12/31/2013

2009

-

-

1/1/2014 to 6/30/2017

2012

-

9 and 10/2012

after 7/1/2017

2015

2015

9 and 10/2015

2014

C. All references to performance based criteria in the Life Safety Code shall only be considered by the Office of State Fire Marshal after an appeal of a decision has been timely made.

La. Admin. Code tit. 55, § V-103

Promulgated by the Department of Public Safety, Office of Fire Protection, LR 1:145 (February 1975), amended LR 5:468 (December 1979), LR 6:71 (February 1980), amended by the Office of the State Fire Marshal, LR 7:588 (November 1981), LR 9:417 (June 1983), amended by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of the State Fire Marshal, LR 15:96 (February 1989), LR 17:1114 (November 1991), LR 23:1688 (December 1997), LR 27:857 (June 2001), LR 27:2257 (December 2001), repromulgated LR 29:183 (February 2003), amended LR 30:1303 (June 2004), LR 33:671 (April 2007), LR 36:1564 (July 2010), LR 39:1478 (June 2013), Amended LR 43969 (5/1/2017).
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 40:1563(F), R.S. 40:1563(L), R.S. 40:1578.6(A), and R.S. 40:1578.7(E).