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County building official outlines Poudre Fire Authority's 2024 fire code changes and wildfire-code coordination
Summary
Eric Fried briefed commissioners on Poudre Fire Authority's adoption of the 2024 fire code, differences from existing code (board of appeals structure and unsprinkled containment area size), and staff proposals to align wildfire hardening requirements countywide.
Larimer County Building Official Eric Fried briefed the Board of County Commissioners July 28 on the Poudre Fire Authority’s adoption of the 2024 fire code and related issues including appeals processes and wildfire construction-hardening requirements.
“State law says that for a fire code to apply in a fire district in the unincorporated part of the county, the board of county commissioners has to approve the administration of that fire code,” Fried told commissioners, explaining why the county must act on fire-district code adoptions that affect unincorporated areas.
Fried summarized key changes in the Poudre Fire Authority code compared with the 2021 code. He said one notable amendment reduces the maximum unsprinkled…
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