2021 Arkansas Fire Prevention Code (AFPC Vol. I), based on the 2021 International Fire Code w/ state amendments, 015.01.22 Ark. Code R. 005. Enforced by Arkansas State Fire Marshal (Division of Arkansas State Police), statewide jurisdiction; local fire departments may co-enforce by local ordinance adoption. Verified on the primary source, re-checked weekly.
Covers fire/life-safety in existing buildings statewide; effective Jan 1, 2023 under Act 841 of 2023 (A.C.A. 20-22-1010); supersedes the 2012 AFPC edition.
Source: primary document
Statewide layer. County and city amendments sit on top; the building view resolves them from your ZIP.
In force; no newer edition found (an Oct 2024 DPS document only redlines the existing 2021 edition, and a May 21, 2025 legislative rules-subcommittee agenda had no DPS fire-code item)
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 Arkansas Fire Prevention Code (AFPC Vol. I), based on the 2021 International Fire Code w/ state amendments, 015.01.22 Ark. Code R. 005. Covers fire/life-safety in existing buildings statewide; effective Jan 1, 2023 under Act 841 of 2023 (A.C.A. 20-22-1010); supersedes the 2012 AFPC edition.
Arkansas State Fire Marshal (Division of Arkansas State Police), statewide jurisdiction; local fire departments may co-enforce by local ordinance adoption.
Nothing is scheduled. The rule above stays in force until the state adopts a newer edition or amends the program; AHJ Radar re-checks the source weekly.
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