Updated in 2014, the New York City Fire Code is a City law that establishes fire safety requirements for buildings and businesses in New York City. It applies to all persons and places in New York City.
The Fire Code regulates such matters as emergency preparedness; the prevention and reporting of fires; the manufacture, storage, handling, use and transportation of hazardous materials and combustible materials; the conduct of various businesses and activities that pose fire hazards; and the design, installation, operation and maintenance of the buildings and premises that house such materials, businesses and activities.
Fire Code Chapters 1 and 3 have been revised to reflect the amendments to Sections FC 105.6 and 310 enacted by Local Law No. 187 of 2017, effective April 17, 2018.
Chapter 1 Administration
Chapter 2 Definitions
Chapter 3 General Precautions Against Fire
Chapter 4 Emergency Planning and Preparedness
Chapter 5 Fire Operations Features
Chapter 6 Building Services And Systems
Chapter 7 Fire-Resistance – Rated Construction
Chapter 8 Interior Furnishings, Decorations And Scenery
Chapter 9 Fire Protection Systems
Chapter 10 Means of Egress
Chapter 11 Aviation Facilities And Operations
Chapter 12 Dry Cleaning
Chapter 13 Combustible Dust-Producing Operations
Chapter 14 Fire Safety During Construction, Alteration & Demolition
Chapter 15 Flammable Finishes
Chapter 16 Fruit and Crop Ripening
Chapter 17 Fumigation and Insecticidal Fogging
Chapter 18 Semiconductor Fabrication Facilities
Chapter 19 Lumber Yards and Wood Waste Materials
Chapter 20 Manufacture of Organic Coatings
Chapter 21 Industrial Furnaces
Chapter 22 Motor Fuel – Dispensing Facilities and Repair Garages
Chapter 23 High-Piled Combustible Storage
Chapter 24 Tents and Other Membrane Structures
Chapter 25 Tire Rebuilding and Tire Storage
Chapter 26 Welding and Other Hot Work
Chapter 27 Hazardous Materials – General Provisions
Chapter 28 Aerosols
Chapter 29 Combustible Fibers
Chapter 30 Compressed Gases
Chapter 31 Corrosive Materials
Chapter 32 Cryogenic Fluids
Chapter 33 Explosives, Fireworks and Special Effects
Chapter 34 Flammable and Combustible Liquids
Chapter 35 Flammable Gases
Chapter 36 Flammable Solids
Chapter 37 Highly Toxic and Toxic Materials
Chapter 38 Liquefied Petroleum Gases
Chapter 39 Organic Peroxides
Chapter 40 Oxidizers, Oxidizing Gases and Oxidizing Cryogenic Fluids
Chapter 41 Pyrophoric Materials
Chapter 42 Pyroxylin Plastics
Chapter 43 Unstable (Reactive) Materials
Chapter 44 Water-Reactive Solids and Liquids
Chapter 45 Referenced Standards
Appendix A Fees
Appendix B Referenced Standard Modifications
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