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S&B - Questions and Answers about the Wisconsin Fire Prevention Code in effect March 1, 2008

The Safety and Buildings Division Q&As below are about the Fire Prevention Code, Comm 14, in effect March 1, 2008.
The Wisconsin Fire Prevention Code and the National Fire Protection Association's (NFPA) 2006 edition of the NFPA 1: Uniform Fire Code are the primary resources for the answers to the following code-related questions. S&B recognizes the 2006 NFPA 1: Uniform Fire Code Handbook as another source of information.

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  Questions

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Comm 14.01 (11) (b) 5. s.  Fire prevention inspections for seasonal or periodic occupancies can be reduced to once a year if an interior inspection is conducted during the occupancy period. Is there a maximum length of time beyond which these seasonal or periodic occupancies become year-round occupancies that are subject instead to the every-6-months inspection frequency in Comm 14.01 (11) (b) 3.? (December 5, 2008)  


Questions and Answers

Comm 14.01 (11) (b) 5. s.  Fire prevention inspections for seasonal or periodic occupancies can be reduced to once a year if an interior inspection is conducted during the occupancy period. Is there a maximum length of time beyond which these seasonal or periodic occupancies become year-round occupancies that are subject instead to the every-6-months inspection frequency in Comm 14.01 (11) (b) 3.? (December 5, 2008)

Answer:
Seasonal in this code section is based on the four weather seasons in Wisconsin. An occupancy is seasonal if it extends for no more than two of those four seasons, which is a maximum time period of 6 months in any calendar year. An example of a seasonal occupancy is a summer recreational business that opens in early summer on a weekend-only basis, changes to a 7-day-a-week operation during the peak summer months, and then closes in the fall when the onset of winter conditions makes the recreational activity unlikely. A school or a school building that remains open during the nonschool-year summer period is not a seasonal occupancy.

Periodic occupancies also occur less extensively than on a year-round basis. They differ from seasonal occupancies, however, by occurring more intermittently, or repeatedly from time to time during the calendar year. An office building that is closed during weekends and open during weekdays throughout the year is not a periodic occupancy.


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Wisconsin Administrative Codes.
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Wisconsin Fire Prevention Code. Electronic copies of the Wisconsin Fire Prevention Code are available on the Legislative Reference Bureau's web site.

National Fire Protection Association's (NFPA) publications. NFPA publications can be purchased from the National Fire Protection Association www.nfpa.org, 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02269-9101, 617-770-3000. To order the latest National Fire Protection Association's (NFPA) codes and standards including NEC, NFPA 101, NFPA 13, NFPA 72, NFPA 70E and more, visit the NFPACatalog.
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