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The chapters and sections of the Virginia Statewide Fire Prevention Code (SFPC) listed below are available for viewing only in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). Content copying and printing is not available. In addition, Fairfax County amendments to the SFPC are available for viewing in a single, printable PDF document. If you did not know, PDF is a popular format for viewing electronic documents online. To view any of the documents listed below you must have Adobe Reader installed on your computer. Get a FREE copy of Adobe Reader

Title Page || Preface || Table of Contents || Code Index || Referenced Standards
Chapter 1 - Administration || County Amendments to Chapter 1
Chapter 2 - Definitions || County Amendment to Chapter 2
Chapter 3 - General Requirements || County Amendment to Chapter 3
Chapter 4 - Emergency Planning and Preparedness || County Amendment to Chapter 4
Chapter 5 - Fire Service Features || County Amendment to Chapter 5
Chapter 6 - Building Services and Systems || County Amendment to Chapter 6
Chapter 7 - Fire-Resistance-Rated Construction || No County Amendment to Chapter 7
Chapter 8 - Interior Finish, Decorative Materials and Furnishings || County Amendment to Chapter 8
Chapter 9 - Fire Protection Systems || County Amendment to Chapter 9
Chapter 10 - Means of Egress || County Amendment to Chapter 10
Chapter 11 - Aviation Facilities || No County Amendment to Chapter 11
Chapter 12 - Dry Cleaning || No County Amendment to Chapter 12
Chapter 13 - Combustible Dust-Producing Operations || No County Amendment to Chapter 13
Chapter 14 - Fire Safety During Construction and Demolition || No County Amendment to Chapter 14
Chapter 15 - Flammable Finishes || No County Amendment to Chapter 15
Chapter 16 - Fruit and Crop Ripening || No County Amendment to Chapter 16
Chapter 17 - Fumigation and Thermal Insecticidal Fogging || No County Amendment to Chapter 17
Chapter 18 - Semiconductor Fabrication Facilities || No County Amendment to Chapter 18
Chapter 19 - Lumber Yards and Woodworking Facilities || No County Amendment to Chapter 19
Chapter 20 - Manufacture of Organic Coatings || No County Amendment to Chapter 20
Chapter 21 - Industrial Ovens || No County Amendment to Chapter 21
Chapter 22 - Motor Fuel-Dispensing Facilities and Repair Garages || No County Amendment to Chapter 22
Chapter 23 - High-Piled Combustible Storage || No County Amendment to Chapter 23
Chapter 24 - Tents and Other Membrane Structures || No County Amendment to Chapter 24
Chapter 25 - Tire Rebuilding and Tire Storage || No County Amendment to Chapter 25
Chapter 26 - Welding and Other Hot Work || No County Amendment to Chapter 26
Chapter 27 - Hazardous Materials-General Provisions || County Amendment to Chapter 27
Chapter 28 - Aerosols || No County Amendment to Chapter 28
Chapter 29 - Combustible Fibers || No County Amendment to Chapter 29
Chapter 30 - Compressed Gases || No County Amendment to Chapter 30
Chapter 31 - Corrosive Materials || No County Amendment to Chapter 31
Chapter 32 - Cryogenic Fluids || No County Amendment to Chapter 32
Chapter 33 - Explosives and Fireworks || County Amendment to Chapter 33 (Extensive)
Chapter 34 - Flammable and Combustible Liquids || County Amendment to Chapter 34
Chapter 35 - Flammable Gases and Flammable Cryogenic Fluids || No County Amendment to Chapter 35
Chapter 36 - Flammable Solids || No County Amendment to Chapter 36
Chapter 37 - Highly Toxic and Toxic Materials || No County Amendment to Chapter 37
Chapter 38 - Liquefied Petroleum Gases || County Amendment to Chapter 38
Chapter 39 - Organic Peroxides || No County Amendment to Chapter 39
Chapter 40 - Oxidizers, Oxidizing Gases and Oxidizing Cryogenic Fluids || No County Amendment to Chapter 40
Chapter 41 - Pyrophoric Materials || No County Amendment to Chapter 41
Chapter 42 - Pyroxylin (Cellulose Nitrate) Plastics || No County Amendment to Chapter 42
Chapter 43 - Unstable (Reactive) Materials || No County Amendment to Chapter 43
Chapter 44 - Water-Reactive Solids and Liquids || No County Amendment to Chapter 44
Chapter 45 - Marinas || No County Amendment to Chapter 45
Chapter 46 - Construction Requirements for Existing Buildings (Deleted)
Chapter 47 - Referenced Standards || County Amendment to Chapter 47

About the Fire Prevention Code ...

Protection of Life and Property. The Virginia Statewide Fire Prevention Code (SFPC), simply referred to as the Fire Prevention Code, prescribes regulations for the protection of life and property from the hazards of fire or explosion and for the handling, storage, sale, and use of fireworks, explosives, or blasting agents, and provides requirements for the administration and enforcement of such regulations. Fairfax County enforces these regualtions

Enforcement Authority. Pursuant to Section 62-2-6 of the Fairfax County Code, the Office of the Fire Marshal (i.e., Fire Prevention Division of the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department) is authorized to enforce the Fire Prevention Code. Furthermore, in accordance with §27-97 of the Code of Virginia, Fairfax County is empowered to adopt fire prevention regulations that are more restrictive or more extensive in scope (i.e., amendments), and may establish such procedures or requirements as may be necessary for the administration and enforcement of the Fire Prevention Code. The more restrictive or extensive regulations and local administration and enforcement provisions or requirements are contained within Chapter 62 of the Fairfax County Code. The Fairfax County Fire Marshal is also authorized to enforce the Fire Prevention Code in the towns of Clifton, Herndon, and Vienna.

“Fire Prevention Code” includes enforceable provisions from the following three individual publications:

2009 Virginia Statewide Fire Prevention Code, SFPC (PDF)
2009 International Fire Code (IFC) published by the ICC (incorporated by reference by Section 103.1 of the 2009 SFPC)
Fairfax County Code, Chapter 62 - Fire Protection (PDF) (includes amendments to the SFPC listed in Section 62-2-8)

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	Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department Office of the Fire Marshal 10700 Page Avenue Fairfax, Virginia 22030 Telephone: 703-246-4800 Fax: 703-691-0209 Fire Marshal Announcements

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