Indiana Administrative Code › Title 675 - FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING SAFETY COMMISSION › Article 22 - FIRE PREVENTION CODES › Rule 2.5 - 2014 Indiana Fire Code › Section 2.5-2 - Chapter 1; administration

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 22-13-2-2
Affected: IC 22-12-7; IC 22-13; IC 22-14; IC 36-8-17
Sec. 2.
Chapter 1 is amended as follows:
(a) Amend Section 101.1 to delete the text
				and insert the following: 101.1 Title; Availability. This rule shall be known
				as the 2014 Indiana Fire Code and shall be published, except incorporated
				documents, by the Department of Homeland Security for general distribution and
				use under that title. Wherever the term "this code" is used throughout this
				rule, it shall mean the 2014 Indiana Fire Code.
(b) Amend Section 101.2 to delete the text
				and insert the following: The provisions of this code shall apply to existing
				conditions as well as to conditions arising after the adoption thereof.
				Buildings, systems, and uses legally in existence at the adoption of this code
				shall be permitted to continue so long as they are maintained in a condition
				that is equivalent to the quality and fire resistive characteristics that
				existed when the building was constructed, altered, added to, or
				repaired.
(c) Amend Section 101.3
				to delete the text and insert the following: 101.3 Intent. The intent of this
				code is to prescribe maintenance, new construction requirements, and
				operational rules for the safeguarding, to a reasonable degree, of life and
				property from the hazards of fire or explosion arising from the storage,
				handling, or use of substances, materials, and devices.
(d) Delete Sections 102.1, 102.2, 102.3,
				102.5, 102.6, 102.8, 102.9, and 102.10 in their entirety without
				substitution.
(e) Amend Section
				102.7 to delete the text and insert the following: 102.7 Referenced codes and
				standards. The codes and standards referenced in this code shall be those that
				are listed in Chapter 80 and such codes and standards shall be considered part
				of the requirements of this code to the prescribed extent of each such
				reference. Where differences occur between the provisions of Chapter 80 and the
				standards directly adopted by the Commission, the standards adopted by the
				Commission shall govern.
(f) Amend
				Section 102.11, after "federal law", insert as follows: , except as otherwise
				provided under IC 22-13-2-3.
(g)
				Delete Section 103 in its entirety without substitution.
(h) Delete Sections 104.1, 104.2, 104.3,
				104.4, 104.5, 104.6, 104.6.1, 104.6.2, 104.6.3, and 104.6.4 without
				substitution.
(i) Amend Section
				104.7 to delete it in its entirety and insert the following: 104.7 Approval.
				Wherever in this code the State Fire Marshal, the Division of Fire and Building
				Safety, the chief of the fire department, or the code official are authorized
				to approve any location, method, material, system, or product in achieving
				compliance with this code, that decision shall be based on the following:
(1) Investigation or tests conducted by
				recognized authorities; or
(2)
				Investigation or tests conducted by technical or scientific organizations;
				or
(3) Accepted principles.
The investigation, tests, or principles shall establish that
				  the materials, equipment, and types of construction are safe for their intended
				  purpose.