Office of Life Safety

The Office of Life Safety administers the Frederick County Fire Code as it relates to the permitting and development review process. The office issues and inspects fire systems permits including suppression and fire alarm systems and reviews life safety requirements for site plans and non-residential building permits.

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General Guidelines

• Acceptable Turnarounds for Emergency Response Vehicles
• Carbon Monoxide Detectors
• General Information Non-Residential
• General Information New Dwellings
• Knox Box
• Life Safety Development Review Checklist
• Life Safety/ Fire Permit Inspection Request Procedures
• Overview of Life Safety Procedures
• Plowable Fire Hydrant Markers
• Posting Addresses
• Signage
• Speculative Shell/Core

Fees

Fire Alarm & Detection Systems (NFPA 72 -2013)

• Permit Application and Fees

Residential Fire Sprinkler Requirement

Ordinance 06-26-422 requires a fire sprinkler system for all new residential occupancies including, but not limited to, 1 or 2-family dwellings, modular dwellings and mobile homes, applied for on or after July 1, 2007.

The Residential Fire Sprinkler Ordinance 06-26-422 was adopted on July 20, 2006 by the Board of County Commissioners. Further details regarding this requirement can be found in the Fire Sprinkler Notice and Ordinance below.

• Fire Sprinkler Notice
• Fire Sprinkler Ordinance – 06-26-422

Suppression Systems

• General Information regarding Sprinklers
• Speculative Shell/Core Building Sprinkler System Requirements
• Suppression/Sprinkler Application and Fees

BDA

• Submittal Requirements 
• BDA Fire Alarm Checklist
• Policy for 2 Way Radio Communications Systems
• Application
• Code Requirements and UL Listing