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Sedgwick County adopts 2025 fire code, approves 85 local amendments
Summary
The Board of County Commissioners adopted the 2025 Sedgwick County Fire Code, incorporating the 2024 International Fire Code and a package of 85 local amendments, including new requirements for exterior riser-room heating, signage size and limits on hazardous materials near residential areas.
Sedgwick County commissioners on Wednesday approved a resolution adopting the 2025 Sedgwick County Fire Code, which incorporates the 2024 International Fire Code and 85 county-specific amendments. The motion passed on a roll call vote with all five commissioners voting aye.
The action updates the county’s fire-safety standards and local amendments that the county fire marshal and building officials reviewed in 2024. Sedgwick County Fire District 1 Fire Marshal Brad Crisp said the update “does provide for adequate fire protection, public safety, public health and public welfare” and does not “unnecessarily increase construction costs” while aligning county requirements with the new model code.
Crisp and staff presented an amendment package they said was the product of internal review, the local fire code board of standards and…
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