UFC 3-600-01
26 September 2006
USC Title 15, Section 272
Utilization of Consensus
Technical Standards by Federal Agencies
USC Title 15, Section 2227
Fire Administration Authorization
Act (also referred to as the Fire Safety Act)
USC Title 15, Section 2225
Hotel-Motel Fire Safety
USC, Title 15, Section 272, identifies the necessary consensus technical
standards required to implement policy objectives and activities within the area of
fire protection engineering for the DOD. Compliance with criteria issued in
accordance with this UFC does not constitute an exception to the public laws.
Fire protection criteria must conform to the requirements of this UFC, the
National Fire Codes, published by the National Fire Protection Association
(NFPA), except as modified by this UFC, and portions of the International
Building Code (IBC), published by the International Code Council, as specifically
referenced by this UFC. Additional criteria include portions of the Factory Mutual
Global Property Loss Prevention Data Sheets (FM Global Data Sheets), as
specifically referenced by this UFC. Buildings required to be accessible must
meet the provisions of Federal Standard FED-STD-795, Uniform Federal
Accessibility Standard (UFAS) at http://www.access-board.gov/ufas/ufas-
(ADAAG) at http://www.access-board.gov/adaag/html/adaag.htm.
Note 1: UFC 1-200-01 identifies the base line building code as the International
Building Code to be used for all DoD construction. NFPA 5000 Building
Construction and Safety Code, State or Local building codes will not be used.
Note 2: Projects that have significant time delays between the award for design
and the beginning of construction must be re-evaluated and corrected to comply
with any new editions of criteria (including codes and standards) that have been
published.
1-3.1
Existing Facilities.
Existing facilities must meet the requirements of NFPA 101, Life Safety Code, for
existing occupancies.
1-3.1.1
Facilities that do not meet the requirements of NPFA 101 for
existing facilities must be brought up to, at least the minimum requirements for
existing facilities. If the facility cannot be brought up to the minimum
requirements for existing facilities without initiating a renovation, modernization,
or rehabilitation project, that project must meet the requirements for new
construction as specified in this UFC.
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