FHCE 4320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: National Fire Protection Association, Life Safety Code, Fire Safety

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Financial Planning, Housing and Consumer Economics
• Course: FHCE 4320
• Professor: Brown

Document Summary

Life safety code: basics of, building safety codes, maintenance codes, concepts of negligence & premises liability. Implied warranty of habitability: codes, widely held notions. Building codes: minimum construction standards for safe housing, historically three regional model code groups, building officials code administrators international (boca) east coast & midwest, southern building code congress international (scbcci) southeast. International conference of building officials (icbo) west coast & some middle & midwest. Ibc: systematically updated every three years, new research, new construction materials, new building techniques, receives input from several sources. Building codes: permits, must comply to obtain certificates of occupancy (cos, ongoing to maintain compliance. Planning, technical, and research assistance to municipal governments. Enforcement: at a minimum, all construction in ga must meet the eight codes, ordinances give power to enforce administrative procedures, city & county building and property maintenance code enforcement provides for, building inspections.