41-253. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE — ADOPTION OF INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE. (1) The purpose of sections 41-253 through 41-269, Idaho Code, is to protect human life from fire, and to prevent fires. These sections are intended to prescribe regulations consistent with nationally recognized good practice for the safeguarding of life and property from hazards of fire and explosion arising from the storage, handling and use of hazardous substances, materials, and devices, and from conditions hazardous to life or property in the use or occupancy of buildings or premises, and there is hereby adopted the "International Fire Code," 2000 edition, with appendices thereto, published by the International Code Council, Inc. and such later editions as may be so published and adopted by the state fire marshal, as the minimum standards for the protection of life and property from fire and explosions in the state of Idaho.
(2) A detached single family dwelling, to be constructed upon lands of five (5) acres or more outside an incorporated city and not within a designated area of city impact, shall be exempt from the water supply and access requirements of the adopted version of the International Fire Code unless a county land use or subdivision ordinance requires such compliance. A county adopted ordinance may expand the foregoing exemption applicable to detached single family dwellings by reducing the minimum parcel area requirement after first conducting a public hearing subject to public notice that complies with the requirements set forth in section 67-6509, Idaho Code, and after providing notice by mail to all fire agencies providing services to areas outside an incorporated city and not within a designated area of city impact that might be affected by any such proposal at least twenty-one (21) days prior to such public hearing.
(3) Assistants to the state fire marshal, as provided in section 41-256, Idaho Code, shall apply a reasonable interpretation to the International Fire Code as adopted by the state fire marshal, and rules of the state fire marshal, when undertaking any enforcement action.
(4) For the purposes of sections 41-253 through 41-269, Idaho Code, the "International Fire Code" shall mean the publications as adopted under subsection (1) of this section.
History:
[(41-253) 39-3501 added 1970, ch. 190, sec. 1, p. 547; am. and redesig. 1982, ch. 120, sec. 1, p. 338; am. 2002, ch. 86, sec. 5, p. 198; am. 2008, ch. 402, sec. 1, p. 1106; am. 2010, ch. 219, sec. 1, p. 492.]
Structure Idaho Code
Chapter 2 - THE DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE
Section 41-201 - DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE.
Section 41-202 - DIRECTOR — APPOINTMENT — TERM — QUALIFICATIONS.
Section 41-203 - TERMS CONSTRUED.
Section 41-204 - DIRECTOR’S OATH AND BOND.
Section 41-205 - OFFICIAL SEAL.
Section 41-206 - DIVISIONS AND EMPLOYEES.
Section 41-207 - DELEGATION OF POWERS.
Section 41-208 - PROHIBITED INTERESTS, REWARDS.
Section 41-209 - PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
Section 41-210 - GENERAL POWERS, DUTIES.
Section 41-212 - ORDERS, NOTICES.
Section 41-214 - RECORDS — REPRODUCTION — DESTRUCTION.
Section 41-215 - USE OF REPRODUCTIONS AND CERTIFIED COPIES AS EVIDENCE.
Section 41-216 - DIRECTOR’S ANNUAL REPORT.
Section 41-217 - PUBLICATIONS AUTHORIZED.
Section 41-218 - PUBLICATIONS — SALE.
Section 41-219 - EXAMINATION OF INSURERS.
Section 41-220 - EXAMINATION OF AGENTS, BROKERS, CONSULTANTS, MANAGERS, ADJUSTERS, PROMOTERS.
Section 41-221 - PLACE OF EXAMINATION.
Section 41-222 - EXAMINATION COOPERATION WITH OTHER STATES.
Section 41-224 - EXAMINATION — APPRAISAL OF ASSET.
Section 41-225 - OBSTRUCTION OF EXAMINATION — PENALTY.
Section 41-226 - EXAMINERS — QUALIFICATIONS.
Section 41-227 - EXAMINATION REPORT.
Section 41-228 - EXAMINATION EXPENSE.
Section 41-229 - WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE.
Section 41-230 - TESTIMONY COMPELLED — IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION.
Section 41-231 - HEARINGS AND APPEAL — SCOPE OF PROVISIONS.
Section 41-232 - HEARINGS IN GENERAL.
Section 41-234 - PLACE OF HEARING — ADMISSION OF PUBLIC.
Section 41-235 - NOTICE OF HEARING.
Section 41-236 - SHOW CAUSE NOTICE.
Section 41-237 - ADJOURNED HEARING.
Section 41-238 - NONATTENDANCE.
Section 41-240 - ORDER ON HEARING.
Section 41-247 - INQUIRY POWERS OF DIRECTOR.
Section 41-248 - INTERSTATE RELATIONS.
Section 41-253 - STATEMENT OF PURPOSE — ADOPTION OF INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE.
Section 41-255 - DUTIES OF STATE FIRE MARSHAL.
Section 41-256 - ASSISTANTS TO STATE FIRE MARSHAL — LOCAL APPEAL PROCEDURE.
Section 41-257 - STATE FIRE MARSHAL AS CHIEF ARSON INVESTIGATION OFFICER.
Section 41-258 - REPORT OF LOSSES BY FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES TO STATE FIRE MARSHAL.
Section 41-259 - INSPECTION OF BUILDINGS — ORDER OF REMEDY OR REMOVAL — SERVICE OF ORDER.
Section 41-260 - APPEAL FROM ORDER OF REMEDY OR REMOVAL — APPEAL FROM LOCAL APPEAL DECISION.
Section 41-263 - FAILURE TO PAY EXPENSE OF REPAIR OR DEMOLITION — ASSESSMENT.
Section 41-264 - INVESTIGATIVE HEARINGS — SUBPOENA OF WITNESSES — CONDUCT OF HEARING.
Section 41-265 - WITNESS FEES — CHARGE FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS.
Section 41-266 - ADMISSION OF INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE IN EVIDENCE.
Section 41-268 - ARSON, FIRE AND FRAUD PREVENTION ACCOUNT.
Section 41-269 - LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION OF ACT.
Section 41-286 - UNIFORM CLAIMS PROCESSING.
Section 41-288 - RETALIATORY REQUIREMENT.
Section 41-290 - FRAUDULENT CLAIMS.
Section 41-292 - DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION BY INSURERS.
Section 41-293 - INSURANCE FRAUD.
Section 41-294 - DAMAGE TO OR DESTRUCTION OF INSURED PROPERTY.
Section 41-295 - DUTIES OF THE INVESTIGATION SECTION.
Section 41-296 - CONFIDENTIALITY — COMPULSORY TESTIMONY.