2021 International Fire Code (IFC), Ala. Admin. Code ch. 482-2-101, effective Jan 1, 2025. Enforced by State Fire Marshal (Alabama Dept of Insurance), statewide via district deputies; local fire departments also inspect and enforce locally. Verified on the primary source, re-checked weekly.
Applies prospectively to projects contracted after each rule's effective date, not retroactively. The chapter's parallel 2015 IBC adoption was repealed Jan 1, 2023; a 2015 International Existing Building Code (482-2-109) still governs existing-building alterations.
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Permit-fee regs update Jan 1, 2027 (ch. 482-2-105/106/107/108); the 2015 IEBC (482-2-109) has not been updated to match the 2021 IFC cycle
No federal fire code applies to a private building; OSHA's exit-route, fire-extinguisher and emergency-plan rules (29 CFR 1910 Subparts E and L) apply to every employer alongside the state fire code.
2021 International Fire Code (IFC), Ala. Admin. Code ch. 482-2-101, effective Jan 1, 2025. Applies prospectively to projects contracted after each rule's effective date, not retroactively. The chapter's parallel 2015 IBC adoption was repealed Jan 1, 2023; a 2015 International Existing Building Code (482-2-109) still governs existing-building alterations.
State Fire Marshal (Alabama Dept of Insurance), statewide via district deputies; local fire departments also inspect and enforce locally.
Fee rule update Jan 1, 2027. Permit-fee regs update Jan 1, 2027 (ch. 482-2-105/106/107/108); the 2015 IEBC (482-2-109) has not been updated to match the 2021 IFC cycle
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