The Division of Fire Safety provides code highlight sheets to assist the general public, building owners, contractors, and design professionals in interpreting technical code requirements. The code highlight sheets provide general information and to obtain more specific details please refer to the appropriate code reference.
The regional offices are staffed with safety professionals who have training and experience in developing solutions. Please contact your regional office for technical assistance.
- Access to Buildings using a Key Box System
- Accessible Aisles for Parking Spaces
- Accessible Features for Space used for Storage
- AFCI (arc-fault circuit interrupters) Improve Fire Safety
- Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) Dimensional Tolerances
- ASME Construction Standards Boiler & Pressure Vessel
- Audibility of Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detectors
- Blocked Exits
- Certification for People working on Oil Burning Equipment
- Chair Lifts used on Stairways
- Chimney - Interconnection
- Commercial Building Energy Standards
- Construction Documents – Content
- Construction Documents - Preparation
- Cooking Appliances
- Design Professional in Responsible Charge
- Determining Disproportionate Costs for Accessible Features
- Electrical Controls (Location of) in Adaptable Dwelling Units
- Electrical Equipment: Working Space
- Electrical Extension Cords
- Extension cords are not permitted to be used for the following:
- Emergency Operation Elevator Switch Key
- Energy Efficiency Certificates
- Exemption from Vertical Access Requirements for Mezzanines
- Exit Doors - Locking
- Exit Doors – Delayed-Egress Locks
- Exit Enclosure - Prohibited Use
- Exit Inspection by the Building Manager
- Fire Alarm Testing and Operation
- Fire Alarm – False Alarm
- Fire Door, Labeling
- Fire Protection Plan for Buildings during Construction, Alteration or Demolition
- Fire Resistance Designs, Underwriters Laboratories
- Fire Retardant Treated Wood
- Fire Safe Cigarette Information & Enforcement
- Fire Spread in Concealed Building Spaces
- Fireworks & Pyrotechnics
- Glazing Materials – Fire Rating
- Hearing for Electrical Code Update
- Historic Buildings; Security Measures to Prevent Arson
- Inspection and Testing of Fire Alarm Systems and Emergency Generators
- Inspection, Special Inspections and Structural Tests
- Insulation, Use of Foam Plastic
- Joints between Walls and Floors, Ceilings and Roof
- Lodging or Rooming Houses
- Mattress Flammability Standards
- Means of Egress
- Mechanical Code - 2003
- Noncombustible Building Materials
- Periodic Inspection & Test of Fire Protection Systems
- Periodic Inspection Boilers and Pressure Vessels
- Permit for a Change of Ownership of a Place of Assembly
- Pumps for Residential and Domestic Fire Sprinkler Systems
- Reinforced Walls for Grab Bars
- Reliability of Electric Fire Pumps
- Reporting of Fires
- Rubbish Removal
- Seating for Assembly Areas
- Sensitivity Testing for Smoke Detectors
- Smoke Alarm Testing
- Smoke Alarm, Date of Manufacture
- Smoke Alarms (Detectors), Specific Location Requirements
- Smoke Alarms (photoelectric)
- Specifications on Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detectors
- Sprinkler Systems - Bars, Nightclubs and Similar Buildings
- Tents, Canopies and Membrane Structures
- Unvented Heaters
- Valuation of Construction
- Vertical Platform Lifts
- Wood Veneers