North Carolina
NFPA 855, Standard for the Installation of Stationary Energy Storage SystemsThe effective date is not on file. Instrument: 2018 NC State Building Code: Fire Code.
- Applies
- Fire code predates NFPA 855, derived from the fire code edition
- Instrument
- 2018 NC State Building Code: Fire Code
- Citation
- G.S. 143-138; S.L. 2025-2 s. 5.12(b)
- Scope
- Fire code predates NFPA 855
- Amendments
- Substantial
- Read on
- Oct 24, 2026 from 3 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.
“The delayed effective date of this Rule is January 1, 2025.”
“The 2024 North Carolina State Building Code is effective on 7/1/25.”
“Until the official effective date is determined, the 2018 North Carolina State Building Code remains in effect.”
Exceptions and notes
2018 NC Fire Code (2015 IFC base) predates NFPA 855 in ch. 12. The 2024 NC Fire Code (2021 IFC base) is adopted but its effective date is deferred. NC amendments in the Fire Code volume; none checked.
Coming next
Adoptions, proposals, and bills that would change this value.
2024 NC Fire Code takes effect 12 months after the State Fire Marshal certifies printing and Residential Code Council conditions; no date set in sources found.
Open questions from the research
- Two readings differ: first ifc_ch12/2020 (2024 North Carolina State Building Code: Fire Code), second none/None (2018 NC State Building Code: Fire Code). Held at lead until settled.
- Baseline (2015 IFC, 2018 code) appears stale; 2024 code mandatory 7/1/25.
- NC amendments to 2021 IFC chapter 12 not read.
- OAH rule says delayed effective Jan 1, 2025 vs OSFM mandatory 7/1/25.
- Sources are dated April 2025; whether OSFM has certified and the 2024 code is now in effect (Oct 2026) was not found.
- Effective date of the 2018 Fire Code (baseline 2019-01-01) not rechecked.
- 2015 IFC base for the 2018 volume taken from baseline, not a page I opened.
Cross-check
What the code adoption trackers list for North Carolina. Where one differs, the state’s own record decides.
No tracker reading is on file for this value.
How North Carolina adopts the NFPA 855
Not yet researched.
History
Dated NFPA 855 actions on file for North Carolina.
No dated NFPA 855 action is on file for North Carolina yet.
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