District of Columbia
NFPA 855, Standard for the Installation of Stationary Energy Storage SystemsThe effective date is not on file. Instrument: DC Fire Code Supplement (12-H DCMR).
- Applies
- Fire code predates NFPA 855, derived from the fire code edition
- Instrument
- DC Fire Code Supplement (12-H DCMR)
- Citation
- 12-H DCMR
- Scope
- Fire code predates NFPA 855
- Amendments
- Substantial
- Read on
- Oct 24, 2026 from 2 state pages
- Transition rule
- Not on file yet. Which permit date decides the edition is planned research.
What the record says
The passages that set the edition, quoted from the state’s own pages, each 30 words or fewer.
Exceptions and notes
Pages opened show the 2013 supplement (sections effective 2014-03-28) and the 2008 supplement over IFC 2006; neither names energy storage or NFPA 855. A newer cycle was not found. Not reviewed.
Coming next
Adoptions, proposals, and bills that would change this value.
DC 2023/2024 code cycle not confirmed either way.
Open questions from the research
- Search found no DC source on energy storage.
- Whether the Fire Code Supplement of 2023 exists and updates ESS rules is unchecked.
- applies_through set to ifc_ch12 by default; closer to 'none' for NFPA 855 unless a newer supplement applies.
- Current DC fire code edition and any 2020-05-29 instrument not verified; IFC edition under the supplement unknown.
- Search did not surface a 2021 or 2024 IFC adoption for DC.
Cross-check
What the code adoption trackers list for District of Columbia. Where one differs, the state’s own record decides.
No tracker reading is on file for this value.
How District of Columbia adopts the NFPA 855
Not yet researched.
History
Dated NFPA 855 actions on file for District of Columbia.
No dated NFPA 855 action is on file for District of Columbia yet.
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