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Wis. Stat. Section 101.14 Authority

  • SPS 314.01 Administration

  • NFPA 1.7.6 Right of Entry to Inspect

  • NFPA 1.7.8 Interference with Enforcement

  • NFPA 1.7.14 Stop Work

  • NFPA 1.7.15 Imminent Dangers and Evacuation

Chapter 10 General Fire Safety

  • 10.1 Fundamental Requirements    

  • 10.2 Owner/Occupant Responsibilities [Also See SPS 314.01(8)]      

  • 10.3 Occupancy

  • 10.4 Maintenance, Inspection, and Testing

  • 10.5 Building Evacuation

  • 10.6 Fire Drills

  • 10.7 Reporting of Fires and Other Emergencies

  • 10.8 Tampering with Fire Safety Equipment

  • 10.9 Emergency Plans        

  • 10.10 Smoking             

  • 10.11 Open Flame, Candles, Open Fires, and Incinerators

  • 10.12 Fire Protection Markings

  • 10.13 Seasonal and Vacant Buildings and Premises    

  • 10.14 Combustible Vegetation

  • 10.15 Special Outdoor Events, Carnivals, and Fairs

  • 10.16 Outside Storage [Also See SPS 314.10(4)]

  • 10.17 Parade Floats

  • 10.18 Powered Industrial Trucks

  • 10.19 Storage of Combustible Materials

  • 10.20 Indoor Children’s Playground Structures

Chapter 11 Building Services

  • 11.1 Electrical Fire Safety   

  • 11.2 Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning

  • 11.3 Elevators, Escalators, and Conveyors

  • 11.4 Utilities

  • 11.5 Heating Appliances [Also See SPS 314.11]   

  • 11.6 Rubbish Chutes, Incinerators, and Laundry Chutes    

  • 11.7 Stationary Generators and Standby Power Systems

  • 11.8 Smoke Control

  • 11.9 Emergency Command Center

Chapter 12 Features of Fire Protection

  • 12.1 General

  • 12.2 Construction   

  • 12.3 Fire Resistive Materials and Construction

  • 12.4 Fire Doors and Other Operating Protectives

  • 12.5 Interior Finish

  • 12.6 Contents and Furnishings

  • 12.7 Fire Barriers

  • 12.8 Smoke Partitions

  • 12.9 Smoke Barriers

Chapter 13 Fire Protection Systems

  • 13.1 General             

  • 13.2 Standpipe Systems       

  • 13.3 Automatic Sprinklers [Also See SPS 314.13(1)-(2) and (6)]            

  • 13.4 Fire Pumps [Also See SPS 314.13(1)-(2) and (6)]            

  • 13.5 Water Supply [Also See SPS 314.13(1)-(2) and (6)]            

  • 13.6 Portable Extinguishers      

  • 13.7 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems [Also See SPS SPS 314.13(5)] 

  • 13.8 Other Fire Protection Systems

Chapter 14 Means of Egress

  • 14.1 Application           

  • 14.2 Exit Access Corridors        

  • 14.3 Exits             

  • 14.4 Means of Egress Reliability     

  • 14.5 Door Openings        

  • 14.6 Enclosure and Protection of Stairs  

  • 14.7 Exit Passageways       

  • 14.8 Capacity of Means of Egress   

  • 14.9 Number of Means of Egress     

  • 14.10 Arrangement of Means of Egress   

  • 14.11 Discharge from Exits        

  • 14.12 Illumination of Means of Egress    

  • 14.13 Emergency Lighting       

  • 14.14 Marking of Means of Egress     

  • 14.15 Secondary Means of Escape

Chapter 16 Safeguarding Construction, Alteration, and Demolition Operations

  • 16.1 General Requirements      

  • 16.2 Processes and Hazards        

  • 16.3 Fire Protection           

  • 16.4 Safeguarding Construction and Alteration Operations [Also See SPS 314.16] 

  • 16.5 Fire Safety During Demolition  

  • 16.6 Torch-Applied Roofing Systems    

  • 16.7 Tar Kettles            

  • 16.8 Asbestos Removal

Chapter 17 Wildland Urban Interface

  • 17.1 General            

  • 17.2 Plans             

  • 17.3 Wildland Fire-Prone Areas

Chapter 18 Fire Department Access and Water Supply [Also See SPS 314.01(2)(a)3. a.-d.]

  • 18.1 General            

  • 18.2 Fire Department Access     

  • 18.3 Water Supplies

  • 18.4 Fire Flow Required for Buildings

Chapter 19 Combustible Waste and Refuse

  • 19.1 General              

  • 19.2 Combustible Waste and Refuse

Chapter 20 Occupancy Fire Safety */**

*Chapter Scope: Furnishings; Contents; Decorations; Treated Finishes; Scenery; Foam; Exhibit and Display Materials; Hot Plates; Cooking Operations; Exposition Facilities and Trade Shows; Crowd Managers; Multi-Level Play Structures; High-Rise Buildings; Bulk Storage; Pesticides and Herbicides

**See Occupancy Type for Specific Code Requirements SPS 314.20 Open Flame Devices and Pyrotechnics (Applies to All Occupancies)

  • 20.1 Assembly Occupancies      

  • 20.2 Educational Occupancies     

  • 20.3 Day-Care Occupancies      

  • 20.4 Health Care Occupancies       

  • 20.5 Residential Board and Care Occupancies

  • 20.6 Ambulatory Health Care Centers  

  • 20.7 Detention and Correctional Occupancies  

  • 20.8 Hotels and Dormitories       

  • 20.9 Apartment Buildings       

  • 20.10 Lodging or Rooming Houses    

  • 20.11 One and Two Family Dwellings and Manufactured Housing       

  • 20.12 Mercantile Occupancies      

  • 20.13 Business Occupancies      

  • 20.14 Industrial Occupancies        

  • 20.15 Storage Occupancies       

  • 20.16 Special Structures and High-Rise Buildings       

  • 20.17 Historic Buildings and Cultural Resources

Chapter 21 Airports and Heliports

  • 21.1 Hangars        

  • 21.2 Terminals

  • 21.3 Rooftop Heliport Construction and Protection

Chapter 22 Automobile Wrecking Yards

  • 22.1 General

  • 22.2 Permits

  • 22.3 Fire Department Access Roads   

  • 22.4 Welding and Cutting        

  • 22.5 Housekeeping           

  • 22.6 Fire Extinguishers        

  • 22.7 Tire Storage          

  • 22.8 Burning Operations        

  • 22.9 Motor Vehicle Fluids

Chapter 23 Cleanrooms

  • 23.1 General            

  • 23.2 Applicability

  • 23.3 Permits

Chapter 24 Dry Cleaning

  • 24.1 General

  • 24.2 Permits

Chapter 25 Grandstands and Bleachers, Folding and Telescopic Seating, Tents, and Membrane Structures

  • 25.1 General            

  • 25.2 Tents             

  • 25.3 Grandstands            

  • 25.4 Folding and Telescopic Seating     

  • 25.5 Permanent Membrane Structures  

  • 25.6 Temporary Membrane Structures

Chapter 26 Laboratories Using Chemicals

  • 26.1 General            

  • 26.2 Laboratories in Health Care Occupancies

Chapter 27 Manufactured Home and Recreational Vehicle Sites

Chapter 28 Marinas, Boatyards, Marine Terminals, Piers, and Wharves

  • 28.1 Marinas, Boatyards and Other Recreational Marine Facilities  

  • 28.2 Marine Terminals, Piers, and Wharves   

  • 28.3 Construction, Conversion, Repair, and Lay-Up of Vessels

Chapter 29 Parking Garages

  • 29.1 General  

Chapter 30 Motor Fuel Dispensing Facilities and Repair Garages

  • 30.1 Motor Fuel Dispensing Facilities   

  • 30.2 Repair Garages           

  • 30.3 Operational Requirements

Chapter 31 Forest Products

  • 31.1 General

  • 32.2 Permits

  • 31.3 Protection of Storage of Forest Products

Chapter 32 Motion Picture and Television Production Studio Soundstages and Approved Production Facilities

  • 32.1 General

  • 32.2 Permits

  • 32.3 Housekeeping           

  • 32.4.11 Fire Protection      

Chapter 33 Outside Storage of Tires

  • 33.1 General            

  • 33.2 Individual Piles           

  • 33.3 Emergency Response Plan      

  • 33.4 Fire Control Measures        

  • 33.5 Site Access          

  • 33.6 Signs and Security          

  • 33.7 Outdoor Storage of Altered Tire Material

Chapter 34 General Storage

  • 34.1 General            

  • 34.2 Classification of Commodities     

  • 34.3 Building Construction        

  • 34.4 Storage Arrangement       

  • 34.5 General Fire Protection      

  • 34.6 Building Equipment, Maintenance, and Operations          

  • 34.7 Protection of Rack Storage      

  • 34.8 Protection of Rubber Tires      

  • 34.9 Protection of Roll Paper       

  • 34.10 Storage of Idle Pallets

Chapter 35 Animal Housing Facilities

  • 35.1 General

  • 35.2 Permits

Chapter 36 Telecommunications Facilities and Information technology Equipment

  • 35.1 General

Chapter 40 Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention

  • 40.1 General

Chapter 41 Welding, Cutting and Other Hot Work

  • 41.1 General            

  • 41.2 Responsibility for Hot Work      

  • 41.3 Fire Prevention Precautions      

  • 41.4 Sole Proprietors and Individual Operators

  • 41.5 Public Exhibitions and Demonstrations 

  • 41.6 Arc Welding Equipment                 

Chapter 42 Refueling

  • 42.1 General            

  • 42.2 Automotive Fuel Servicing

  • 42.9 Marine Fueling           

  • 42.10 Aircraft Fuel Servicing        

  • 42.11 Alternate Fuels

Chapter 43 Spraying, Dipping, and Coating Using Flammable or Combustible Materials   [Also See SPS 314.01(1)(f)]

  • 43.1 Application            

  • 43.2 Automated Electrostatic Spray Equipment           

  • 43.3 Handheld Electrostatic Spray Equipment           

  • 43.4 Drying, Curing, or Fusion Processes  

  • 43.5 Miscellaneous Spray Operations  

  • 43.6 Powder Coating          

  • 43.7 Organic Peroxides and Plural Component Coatings   

  • 43.8 Styrene Cross-Linked Composites Manufacturing [Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastics]   

  • 43.9 Dipping and Coating Processes    

  • 43.10 Training  

Chapter 44 Solvent Extraction

  • 44.1 General            

  • 44.2 Application           

  • 44.4 Special Requirements

Chapter 45 Combustible Fibers

  • 45.1 General            

  • 45.2 Electrical Wiring         

  • 45.3 No Smoking          

  • 45.4 Vehicles and Material Handling Equipment

  • 45.5 Loose Storage of Combustible Fibers

  • 45.6 Baled Storage           

  • 45.7 Storage of Hay, Straw, and Other Similar Agricultural Products  

  • 45.8 Hazardous Materials

Chapter 50 Commercial Cooking Equipment

  • 50.1 Application           

  • 50.2 General Requirements        

  • 50.3 Protection of Coverings and Enclosure Materials           

  • 50.4 Fire-Extinguishing Equipment   

  • 50.5 Procedures for the Use, Inspection, Testing and Maintenance of Equipment          

  • 50.6 Minimum Safety Requirements for Cooking Equipment [Also See SPS 314.50 for exceptions for mobile kitchens]

Chapter 51 Industrial Ovens and Furnaces

  • 51.1 General            

  • 51.2 Location            

  • 51.3 Safety Controls           

Chapter 52 Stationary Battery Systems

  • 52.1 General  

  • 52.3 Safety Features

Chapter 53 Mechanical Refrigeration

Chapter 60 Hazardous Materials

  • 60.1 General Requirements        

  • 60.2 Special Definitions

  • 60.3 Classification of Materials, Wastes and Hazard of Contents

  • 60.4 Permissible Storage and Use Locations (Maximum Allowable Quantities per Control Area - Tables)

  • 60.5 Fundamental Requirements

Chapter 61 Aerosol Products

  • 61.1 General Provisions        

  • 61.2 Basic Requirements

  • 61.3 Storage in Warehouses and Storage Areas

  • 61.4 Mercantile Occupancies

  • 61.5 Operations and Maintenance

Chapter 63 Compressed Gases and Cryogenic Fluids

  • 63.1 General Provisions        

  • 63.2 Building-Related Controls      

  • 63.3 Compressed Gases        

  • 63.4 Cryogenic Fluids        

  • 63.5 Bulk Oxygen Systems      

  • 63.6 Gaseous Hydrogen Systems    

  • 63.7 Liquefied Hydrogen Systems             

Chapter 64 Corrosive Solids and Liquids

  • 64.1 General              

Chapter 65 Explosives, Fireworks, and Model Rocketry [Also See SPS 314.65]

  • 65.1 General              

  • 65.2 Display Fireworks         

  • 65.3 Pyrotechnics Before a Proximate Audience             

  • 65.4 Flame Effects Before an Audience  

  • 65.5 Fireworks Manufacturing       

  • 65.6 Model Rocketry          

  • 65.7 Rocketry Manufacturing      

  • 65.8 High Power Rocketry        

  • 65.9 Explosives            

  • 65.11 Sale, Handling, and Storage of Consumer Fireworks       

Chapter 66 Flammable and Combustible Liquids [Also See SPS 314.01(1)(f)]

  • 66.1 General              

  • 66.6 Fire and Explosion Prevention and Risk Control

  • 66.7 Electrical Systems

  • 66.9 Storage of Liquids in Containers – General Requirements [Also See ATCP 94]

  • 66.14 Hazardous Materials Storage Lockers

  • 66.15 Outdoor Storage

  • 66.16 Automatic Fire Protection for Inside Liquid Storage Areas

  • 66.18 Specific Operations

  • 66.21 Storage of Liquids in Tanks - Requirements for All Storage Tanks

  • 66.24 Storage Tank Buildings

  • 66.25 Storage Tank Vaults

  • 66.27 Piping Systems

Chapter 67 Flammable Solids

  • 67.1 General             

Chapter 68 Highly Toxic and Toxic Solids and Liquids

  • 68.1 General              

Chapter 69 Liquefied Petroleum Gases and Liquefied Natural Gases

  • 69.1 General Provisions         

  • 69.2 LP-Gas Equipment and Appliances    

  • 69.3 Installation of LP-Gas Systems  

  • 69.4 LP-Gas Liquid Transfer       

  • 69.5 Storage of Cylinders Awaiting Use, Resale, or Exchange        

  • 69.6 Vehicular Transportation of LP-Gas

  • 69.7 LP-Gases at Utility Plants     

  • 69.8 Liquefied Natural Gas [LNG]

Chapter 70 Oxidizers Solids and Liquids

  • 70.1 General   

Chapter 71 Pyrophoric Solids and Liquids

  • 71.1 General

Chapter 72 Unstable Reactive Solids and Liquids

  • 72.1 General

Chapter 73 Water-Reactive Solids and Liquids

  • 73.1 General

Chapter 74 Ammonium Nitrate

  • 74.1 General

Chapter 75 Organic Peroxide Solids and Liquids

  • 75.1 General

 

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