Principles of Fire Prevention Ch 4

Principles of Fire Prevention, 4th edition, Public Safety Group. ISBN: 9781284180237

Chapter 4 Essay

Submit an essay which provides the answers to the following items.

1. Describe the origin of the model code system in the United States.
2. List and explain the major model code organizations and describe the evolution of model code organizations in the United States.
3. Describe the code change process used by the model code organizations.
4. Describe the methods of code adoption by states and local governments.
5. Discuss the impact of the agendas of groups participating in the model code process.
6. Describe the importance of occupancy classification and use-group to the code development process.
7. List and describe the different occupancy classifications and use-groups used by the two model codes organizations.

The body of the document will include the question and then the response in fully developed paragraphs.