International Fire Code (IFC) 2024 edition with Iowa amendments, 661 IAC ch. 201; effective Sept 10, 2025. Enforced by DIAL (Dept. of Inspections, Appeals & Licensing) adopts the code and issues statewide fire-safety rules under Iowa Code 10A.523, acting as state fire marshal; local fire chiefs/departments also inspect and enforce locally. Verified on the primary source, re-checked weekly.
Statewide fire/life-safety code for existing buildings; folds in NFPA 101-2012 for hospitals/healthcare and ICC 300-2023 for bleachers. Replaced the prior 2015-IFC-based chapters 200-211. Existing Group I-1/R occupancies must add smoke alarms.
Source: primary document
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In force since Sept 10, 2025; no further edition change pending as of this research
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.
International Fire Code (IFC) 2024 edition with Iowa amendments, 661 IAC ch. 201; effective Sept 10, 2025. Statewide fire/life-safety code for existing buildings; folds in NFPA 101-2012 for hospitals/healthcare and ICC 300-2023 for bleachers. Replaced the prior 2015-IFC-based chapters 200-211. Existing Group I-1/R occupancies must add smoke alarms.
DIAL (Dept. of Inspections, Appeals & Licensing) adopts the code and issues statewide fire-safety rules under Iowa Code 10A.523, acting as state fire marshal; local fire chiefs/departments also inspect and enforce locally.
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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