Fire Codes

Fire Facts

As of 2002, deaths in child-playing home structure fires had declined by roughly half since 1994, when the child-resistant lighter standard went into effect.

Source: From NFPA's Children Playing with Fire, March 2005.

Fire Codes

The City of Columbia Missouri has adopted the 2006 International Fire Code, with amendments, as published by the International Code Council.

Building and Fire Codes safeguard the public:

The building codes establish minimums for the design and construction of building and structures and their systems. Briefly these codes and their implementation provide for structural stability, adequate means of egress, a minimum acceptable level of protection to life and property from fire, light and ventilation, electrical distribution and sanitation.

Adopted codes include -

2006 International Building Code
2006 International Fire Code
2006 International Electrical Code and the 2005 National Electrical Code
2006 International Plumbing Code
2006 Mechanical Code
2006 International Fuel Gas Code