Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 19 - Department of Insurance › Part 7 - State Fire Marshal › Chapter 7 - Rules and Regulations for the Mississippi Fire Prevention Code › Rule 19-7-7.02 - Definitions

Current through June 25, 2024
7.02.1 : Mississippi Fire Prevention Code -
				Miss. Code §
									45-11-103.
A. Miss. Code §
										45-11-103
				states that the standards embodied in the Mississippi Fire Prevention Code
				shall be based upon and shall not be less stringent than the standards
				established by the standard fire prevention code as promulgated by the Southern
				Building Code Congress International, Inc., as the same may be revised or
				amended, and the provisions of the Mississippi Code. As of 1994, the Southern
				Building Code Congress International, Inc. became the International Code
				Council and the standard fire prevention code became the International Fire
				Code. Therefore, the Mississippi Fire Prevention Code shall be based upon the
				most current edition of the International Fire Code, as revised or amended.
B. The Mississippi Fire Prevention
				Code adopts the International Fire Code as published by International Code
				Council beginning with the 1976 Standard Fire Prevention Code (SBCCI) and
				Appendix A up to and including the most current edition of the International
				Fire Code as promulgated by the International Code Council as same may be
				revised or amended. The Mississippi Fire Prevention Code is also adopted for
				all counties and municipalities that do not adopt a distinct fire prevention
				code meeting the requirements of paragraph D. below. Editions of the Standard
				Fire Prevention Code that are recognized and adopted by the State Fire Marshal
				include: 1976, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, the
				International Fire Code (IFC) 2000, 2003, 2006, 2012, 2015, and 2018 as
				published by the International Code Council, the 2018 Edition of the
				International Building Code (IBC), and the 2018 Edition of the International
				Residential Code (IRC) for One-and-Two Family Dwellings, with the exception of:
1. Section R313, Automatic Fire Sprinkler
				Systems, in its entirety,
2.
				Section P2904, Dwelling Unit Fire Sprinkler Systems, in its entirety.
C. Miss. Code §
										45-11-103
				states that the State Fire Marshal shall have the authority to deviate from the
				minimum requirements of the International Fire Code and the Standard Fire
				Prevention Code when the imposition and enforcement of a specific requirement
				would violate any existing state statutory provision or cause undue hardship or
				when such deviation would enable builders to take advantage of new methods,
				materials or equipment which is of recognized adequacy.
D. Any county or municipality may adopt a
				fire prevention code with standards not less stringent than the Mississippi
				Fire Prevention Code listed above. The provisions and enforcement mechanism
				thereof shall apply and not the Mississippi Fire Prevention Code and as such
				the county or municipality will assume responsibility for local code
				enforcement for places of public assembly within their respective
				jurisdictions.