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Brown Deer updates fire prevention code to align with newer NFPA standards
Summary
The Village Board approved replacing Chapter 20 (Fire Prevention and Protection) to align local code with more current NFPA standards and state administrative code references; the update removes duplicative local provisions where state code now governs.
The Village of Brown Deer on Feb. 4 approved an ordinance replacing Chapter 20 of the municipal code to update the village fire prevention and protection code and better align it with state administrative code and current NFPA standards.
Village staff and a fire department representative explained the rewrite removes conflicting local definitions and duplicative maintenance sections that the state code now covers. The ordinance replaces older local language (last comprehensive update in 2012, as noted by staff) and adopts the NFPA 1 fire code while not…
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