2021 Virginia Statewide Fire Prevention Code (SFPC, 13VAC5-52), incorporating the 2021 IFC with Virginia amendments; effective Jan 18, 2024. Enforced by Local fire officials where the locality has adopted SFPC enforcement (optional, full or partial); State Fire Marshal enforces where localities do not (Code of Va. 27-98); Board of Housing and Community Development adopts. Verified on the primary source, re-checked weekly.
Applies to existing structures and premises; equipment and safeguards approved at construction must be maintained. IFC Chapter 1 and appendices not adopted; IFC Chapter 11 deleted, so retrofit mandates sit in VEBC Chapter 11.
Source: primary document
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2024 SFPC targeted to take effect Oct 2027 (day not set) per DHCD schedule: proposed regs Nov 2026, final approval Mar 2027, final publication Jul 2027
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 Virginia Statewide Fire Prevention Code (SFPC, 13VAC5-52), incorporating the 2021 IFC with Virginia amendments; effective Jan 18, 2024. Applies to existing structures and premises; equipment and safeguards approved at construction must be maintained. IFC Chapter 1 and appendices not adopted; IFC Chapter 11 deleted, so retrofit mandates sit in VEBC Chapter 11.
Local fire officials where the locality has adopted SFPC enforcement (optional, full or partial); State Fire Marshal enforces where localities do not (Code of Va. 27-98); Board of Housing and Community Development adopts.
2024 SFPC target Oct 2027. 2024 SFPC targeted to take effect Oct 2027 (day not set) per DHCD schedule: proposed regs Nov 2026, final approval Mar 2027, final publication Jul 2027
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