2005 Idaho 41-253 — STATEMENT OF PURPOSE -- ADOPTION OF INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE

                                  TITLE  41
                                  INSURANCE
                                  CHAPTER 2
                         THE DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE
    41-253.  STATEMENT OF PURPOSE -- ADOPTION OF INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE. (1)
The purpose of sections 41-253 through 41-269, Idaho Code, is to protect human
life from fire, and to prevent fires. These sections are intended to prescribe
regulations consistent with nationally recognized good practice for the
safeguarding of life and property from hazards of fire and explosion arising
from the storage, handling and use of hazardous substances, materials, and
devices, and from conditions hazardous to life or property in the use or
occupancy of buildings or premises, and there is hereby adopted the
"International Fire Code," 2000 edition, with appendices thereto, published by
the International Code Council, Inc. and such later editions as may be so
published and adopted by the state fire marshal, as the minimum standards for
the protection of life and property from fire and explosions in the state of
Idaho.
    (2)  For the purposes of sections 41-253 through 41-269, Idaho Code, the
"International Fire Code" shall mean the publications as adopted under
subsection (1) of this section.