International Fire Code
Connecticut enforces the 2021 IFC
The 2021 International Fire Code (IFC) has been in force in Connecticut since Oct 1, 2022. It applies statewide. Adopted by State Fire Marshal and Codes and Standards Committee, DAS; Legislative Regulation Review Committee review. The legal citation is Conn. Gen. Stat. 29-292 and 29-292a (fire safety code); 29-291 and 29-291e (fire prevention code).
Record of adoption
Edition in force
2021 IFC
2022 Connecticut State Fire Safety Code (Part III) and 2022 State Fire Prevention Code
Verified
- In force since
- Legal citation
- Conn. Gen. Stat. 29-292 and 29-292a (fire safety code); 29-291 and 29-291e (fire prevention code)
- Adopted by
- State Fire Marshal and Codes and Standards Committee, DAS; Legislative Regulation Review Committee review
- Second reading
- Applies
- Statewide
- Also called
- CSFSC, CSFPC
The edition is stated on the DAS fire marshal history page.
Exceptions
- Existing buildings built before Jan 1, 2006, are covered by Part IV, 2021 NFPA 101, rather than Part III (IFC)
Coming next
- 2024 IFCPartialNo date yetProposedConn. Gen. Stat. 29-292a, 29-291e
DAS lists 2024 IFC (also 2021 NFPA 101 and 2024 NFPA 1) as anticipated; drafts went to the Legislative Regulation Review Committee (Dec 2, 2025); approval pending and date delayed from Jul 1, 2026.
How Connecticut adopts the IFC
Fire codes are adopted through separate procedures (CGS 29-291e for the Fire Prevention Code, 29-292a for the Fire Safety Code), developed jointly by the State Building Inspector and State Fire Marshal through the Code Amendment Subcommittee, and submitted to the Legislative Regulation Review Committee, as DAS pages and the LRRC page describe.
Cycle. Roughly triennial, coordinated with the building code (2016, 2018, 2022 all effective October 1).
How it was checked
Verified
Two separate readings of the state’s own record agree, and the passage is on file word for word.
Read twice: a second, blind reading of the state’s record agreed with the first on .
The state’s record was last read on , from two source pages.
Evidence 2 sources
Sources for the record itself come first, the state’s own records ahead of others. A label marks a source about something else, such as an exception. A source marked secondary is not the state’s own record.
“Adopts 2021 edition of International Fire Code (IFC) with Connecticut Amendments as Part III”
History of the CT State Fire Marshal’s OfficeConnecticut Department of Administrative Servicesportal.ct.gov (opens in a new tab)Agency pageRetrieved “2022 CT State fire prevention code amendments with errata (PDF)”
Fire Safety and PreventionConnecticut Department of Administrative Servicesportal.ct.gov (opens in a new tab)Agency pageRetrieved
Tracker cross-checks
Code adoption trackers are a cross-check. They are not Connecticut’s own record.
ICC’s code adoption mapCross-check
No IFC reading could be taken from the ICC chart (blank cells not marked); ICC state page names no fire code