2020 New York State Fire Code

The 2020 Fire Code of New York State® (FCNYS®) establishes minimum requirements for fire prevention and fire protection systems using prescriptive and performance-related provisions. It is founded on broad-based principles that make possible the use of new materials and new system designs. This 2020 edition is a derivative work of the 2018 edition of the International Fire Code® (IFC®) published by the International Code Council® (ICC®). This code is founded on principles intended to establish provisions consistent with the scope of a fire code that adequately protects public health, safety and welfare; provisions that do not unnecessarily increase construction costs; provisions that do not restrict the use of new materials, products or methods of construction; and provisions that do not give preferential treatment to particular types or classes of materials, products or methods of construction. FCNYS is a code that regulates minimum fire safety requirements for new and existing buildi