Florida uses another model code in place of the IFC

Record of adoption

In force since

Dec 31, 2023

Legal citation

s. 633.202, Fla. Stat.; Rules 69A-60.002 to 69A-60.007, F.A.C. (69A-60.003 NFPA 1; 69A-60.004 NFPA 101)

Adopted by

Florida State Fire Marshal (Division of State Fire Marshal, Florida Department of Financial Services)

Second reading

Agreed Oct 18, 2026

Applies

Based on another model code

Also called

FFPC, NFPA 1-FL, NFPA 101-FL, Rule chapter 69A-60, F.A.C.

Florida enforces NFPA 1 (Fire Code) and NFPA 101 (Life Safety Code), 2021 editions, through the Florida Fire Prevention Code instead of the ICC’s IFC; Florida-specific amendments exist. s. 553.73(1)(c) says the Fire Prevention Code and Life Safety Code are referenced in the Florida Building Code.

Exceptions

• Local governments may adopt only local amendments that strengthen the Florida Fire Prevention Code (s. 633.202(7))

Coming next

• Edition not knownPartial
  Planned for Dec 31, 2026ProposedRules 69A-60.002 to 69A-60.005 and 69A-60.007, F.A.C.; Rule 69A-3.012, F.A.C.; s. 633.202, Fla. Stat.

  Rule development opened in 2025. The State Fire Marshal noticed a proposed-rule hearing for Jul 14, 2026 (Microsoft Teams) and lists a proposed effective date of Dec 31, 2026. The SFM’s development plan names the 2024 NFPA 1 and 101 as the base.

How Florida adopts the IFC

• Agency rule
• The legislature sets the update schedule

The State Fire Marshal adopts the Florida Fire Prevention Code by rule under Chapter 120 and must adopt a new edition every third year, adopting the current editions of NFPA 1 and NFPA 101 (s. 633.202(1), (2)). Each cycle runs through rule development, advisory-council meetings and a proposed-rule hearing noticed in the Florida Administrative Register; local governments may only strengthen the code (s. 633.202(7)). No separate legislative approval step was found.

Cycle. Triennial by statute (s. 633.202(1)); 8th Edition effective Dec 31, 2023, 9th Edition proposed for Dec 31, 2026.

Laws, rulings, and other actions

1. Jul 14, 2026Other action
   Proposed-rule hearing noticed for the Florida Fire Prevention Code, 9th Edition (2026)

   State Fire Marshal hearing (Microsoft Teams) on Rule 69A-60 to adopt the 2024 editions of NFPA 1 and NFPA 101 with Florida amendments; a proposed effective date of Dec 31, 2026, is listed.

2. May 21, 2026Legislation
   CS/HB 1175, ch. 2026-892026 regular session

   Requires the Florida Building Commission and the State Fire Marshal to establish safety design standards for office surgery suites by a specified date (code content, no edition change).

   Enacted May 21, 2026, effective Jul 1, 2026

   flsenate.gov (opens in a new tab)
3. Apr 29, 2026Legislation
   HB 929, ch. 2026-552026 regular session

   Revised the chickee exemption in s. 553.73(10)(i); it also amends s. 633.202 (fire code).

   Enacted Apr 29, 2026, effective Jul 1, 2026

   laws.flrules.org (opens in a new tab)
4. May 19, 2025Legislation
   CS/HB 1137, ch. 2025-422025 regular session

   Added s. 553.73(20)(c) barring the Commission from adopting Florida Building Code provisions that prohibit or require installing materials to support more than one fuel source; it also amends s. 633.202 (fire code).

   Enacted May 19, 2025, effective Jul 1, 2025

   laws.flrules.org (opens in a new tab)

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 Oct 18, 2026.

The state’s record was last read on Oct 18, 2026, from six source pages.

Evidence 9 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.

• “Standards of the National Fire Protection Association, NFPA 1, the Fire Code, Florida 2021 Edition, Adopted”

• “11-11-18, 12-31-20, 4-26-22, 12-31-23.”

• “shall adopt the current edition of the National Fire Protection Association’s Standard 1, Fire Prevention Code”

• “The State Fire Marshal shall adopt, by rule pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54, the Florida Fire Prevention Code”

• “The Florida Fire Prevention Code and the Life Safety Code shall be referenced in the Florida Building Code”

• “indicate Florida specific amendments to the 2021 editions of NFPA 1 and 101 respectively.”

• “NFPA 1-FL Fire Code with Florida Amendments, 8th Edition, 2023”

• “Rulemaking Authority 633.104, 633.202, 633.208 FS.”

• About an exception

  “Any local amendment adopted by a local government must strengthen the Fire Prevention Code requirements”

Related pages

• See Florida’s IFC on the map
• IFC adoption in every state
• All six codes in Florida

Other codes in Florida

• NEC2020 NECVerified
• IBC2021 IBCVerified
• IRC2021 IRCVerified
• IECC residential2021 IECCVerified
• IECC commercial2021 IECCVerified