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marble falls

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2. If it's set up like UT at Austin, state fire codes supercede Austin and Travis County codes ...

Reply to viva la (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 30, 2021, 07:47 AM

Oct 2021

... to get building maps in the early 2000s, the Austin Fire Marshal had to threaten to refuse to answer alarms on campus.

I was an industrial member of NFPA back then and thinking there is a unified national code (at least back then) got an education for me. There was no and I understand is no single code or version of a code in the US. Building code, either.

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Are there no codes for fire safety? viva la Oct 2021 #1

If it's set up like UT at Austin, state fire codes supercede Austin and Travis County codes ... marble falls Oct 2021 #2

Fires behave differently across state, county, and municipal borders EYESORE 9001 Oct 2021 #3

And I bet you the students at UCSB are very well-behaved.... viva la Oct 2021 #4

I'm calling this Morlock Hall. hunter Oct 2021 #5