§ 29-291a — State Fire Prevention Code: Adoption and revision. Advisory committee. Official interpretation.

(a) The State Fire Marshal, in coordination with the advisory committee established under subsection (b) of this section and in accordance with the provisions of section 29-291e, shall adopt and administer a State Fire Prevention Code based on a nationally recognized fire code. The code shall be used to enhance the enforcement capabilities of local fire marshals and for the purposes of prevention of fire and other related emergencies. The code shall be revised as deemed necessary to incorporate any subsequent revisions to the nationally recognized fire code not later than eighteen months following the date of first publication of such revisions. The code shall include provisions for oil burners, flammable and combustible liquids, gas equipment and piping, liquefied gas and liquefied natural gas, hazardous chemicals, and processes and activities that occur in all buildings and structures regulated by the code and the areas adjacent to such buildings and structures. (b) There is established an advisory committee consisting of nine persons appointed by the State Fire Marshal. The State Fire Marshal shall appoint two members selected from a list of individuals submitted by the Codes and Standards Committee from the membership of said committee and seven members representing local fire marshals, deputy fire marshals and fire inspectors selected from a list of individuals submitted by the Connecticut Fire Marshals Association. (c) The State Fire Marshal may issue official interpretations of the State Fire Prevention Code, including interpretations of the applicability of any provision of the code, upon the request of any person. The State Fire Marshal shall compile and index each interpretation and shall publish such interpretations at periodic intervals not exceeding four months.

Legislative History

(P.A. 04-59, S. 1; P.A. 07-84, S. 1; P.A. 08-65, S. 1; P.A. 16-215, S. 6; P.A. 17-80, S. 1; P.A. 21-165, S. 3.) History: P.A. 04-59 effective May 10, 2004; P.A. 07-84 amended Subsec. (a) to extend deadline for adoption of the Fire Prevention Code from January 1, 2005, to October 1, 2008; P.A. 08-65 made a technical change in Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (c) re official interpretations of the code; P.A. 16-215 amended Subsec. (a) to add reference to Sec. 29-291e, to delete “adopted not later than October 1, 2008, and shall be” and to make a technical change, effective May 31, 2016; P.A. 17-80 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision re inclusion of provisions in State Fire Prevention Code for oil burners, flammable and combustible liquids, gas equipment and piping, liquefied gas and liquefied natural gas and hazardous chemicals, and making technical changes, effective July 1, 2017; P.A. 21-165 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing reference to nationally recognized fire prevention code with reference to nationally recognized fire code and adding provision re inclusion in State Fire Prevention Code for processes and activities that occur in all buildings and structures and adjacent areas, effective July 1, 2021.