Section SPS 314.001 - Adoption and application(1) NFPA 1 . (a)Adoption of model fire code. NFPA 1, Fire Code - 2012, subject to the modifications specified in this chapter, is hereby incorporated by reference into this chapter. Note: A copy of NFPA 1, Fire Code, is on file in the offices of the Department and the Legislative Reference Bureau. Copies of NFPA 1, Fire Code, may be purchased from the National Fire Protection Association at 11 Tracy Drive, Avon, MA 02322; and may be purchased or accessed free of charge at www.nfpa.org.
(b)Application of model fire code. The use, operation and maintenance of public buildings and places of employment shall comply with NFPA 1 as referenced in par. (a), except as otherwise provided in this chapter.(2) ALTERNATE MODEL FIRE CODE. Where a municipality has by ordinance adopted requirements of an alternate model fire code and any additional requirements, that, in total, are equivalent to NFPA 1 as referenced in sub. (1), the department will not consider that ordinance to be in conflict with sub. (1); and property owners or managers, or employers, need only comply with that ordinance.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Safety and Professional Services SPS 314.001
CR 06-120: cr. Register February 2008 No. 626, eff. 3-1-08; CR 09-104: am. (1) (a), (b), renum. (2) (a) to be (2) and am., r. (2) (b) Register December 2010 No. 660, eff. 1-1-11; correction in (1) (title) made under s. 13.92(4) (b) 2, Stats., Register December 2010 No. 660; CR 13-105: am. (1) (a), (2) Register August 2014 No. 704, eff. 9-1-14. In assisting a municipality that has adopted or plans to adopt an alternate model fire code, Departmental staff typically will provide expertise relating only to NFPA 1 and this chapter, and should not be expected to be familiar with the alternate fire code and any local requirements needed to establish equivalency with NFPA 1 and this chapter. Creating that equivalency is the responsibility of that municipality, not the Department.