International Fire Code
Maryland uses another model code in place of the IFC
Maryland uses another model code in place of the IFC. Its code is the State Fire Prevention Code. It has been in force since Jun 23, 2025. Adopted by State Fire Prevention Commission / Office of the State Fire Marshal. The legal citation is COMAR 29.06.01.06-.09; Public Safety Article, Title 6.
Record of adoption
Edition in force
Another model code
State Fire Prevention Code
Verified
- In force since
- Legal citation
- COMAR 29.06.01.06-.09; Public Safety Article, Title 6
- Adopted by
- State Fire Prevention Commission / Office of the State Fire Marshal
- Second reading
- Applies
- Based on another model code
- State amendments
- Major
- Also called
- SFPC, COMAR 29.06.01, NFPA 1 and NFPA 101 (2024 editions)
Maryland uses NFPA 1 and NFPA 101, not the IFC, for the State Fire Prevention Code.
Exceptions
- State matrix says the State Fire Prevention Code does not apply to one- and two-family dwellings or buildings in Baltimore City
How Maryland adopts the IFC
The State Fire Prevention Commission amends COMAR 29.06.01 by regulation published in the Maryland Register; the 2024 NFPA editions were proposed in February 2025 and took effect Jun 23, 2025. No legislative approval step was found.
Cycle. irregular; follows NFPA editions after a review committee and commission process (2018 editions replaced by 2024 editions in 2025)
Laws, rulings, and other actions
- LegislationHB 870, Large Buildings for Tomorrow Act, Chapter 4122026 regular session
Enacted title requires counties and municipalities to notify the Department of the Environment of new-building permit applications of 35,000 sq ft or more; the first-reader text also had Labor adopt energy requirements by Oct 1, 2028.
Enacted May 12, 2026, effective Oct 1, 2026
mgaleg.maryland.gov (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 .
The state’s record was last read on , from three source pages.
Evidence 4 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.
“This chapter incorporates by reference NFPA 1 Fire Code (2024 Edition)”
Fire Prevention Code, COMAR 29.06.01 (2024 adopted, errata)Office of the State Fire Marshalfiremarshal.maryland.gov (opens in a new tab)Administrative codeRetrieved “Amended effective June 23, 2025”
Fire Prevention Code, COMAR 29.06.01 (2024 adopted, errata)Office of the State Fire Marshalfiremarshal.maryland.gov (opens in a new tab)Administrative codeRetrieved “2024 NFPA 1 and 2024 NFPA 101 (not applicable to one- and two-family dwellings and buildings located in Baltimore City;”
Current Adopted Building-Related Codes in the State of Maryland (3/18/2026)Maryland Department of Labor, Building Codes Administrationlabor.maryland.gov (opens in a new tab)Agency pageRetrieved Md. Code Regs. 29.06.01.08 - [Effective 6/23/2025] National Fire Protection Association 1 Fire CodeCornell Legal Information Institutelaw.cornell.edu (opens in a new tab)Administrative code, secondaryRetrieved
Tracker cross-checks
Code adoption trackers are a cross-check. They are not Maryland’s own record.
ICC’s code adoption mapCross-checkDoes not agree with the record
Adoption chart row ‘State Maryland 21 21 21 21 X 21 X 21 21 X 21 21’; IFC = 2021, statewide