This section of the Fire-Life Safety Page provides
a central location to secure information concerning fire safety
and fire protection equipment located in University Buildings. Also
recognized are the requirements of the various codes/standards
adopted by incorporation by reference by the Maryland State Fire
Prevention Code.
It has been the practice of the Maryland State Fire Marshal's
Office, the enforcing arm of the Fire Prevention Commission,
to retroactively require certain basic life safety features in
existing buildings, such as:
The State Fire Marshal's Office may authorize equivalencies to
provisions within the State Fire Code and therefore exempt certain
requirements.
NOTE: All buildings falling within the umbrella of the University
of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) have been excluded from this
data base.
Introduction