News
 U.S. Fire Administration supports changes to the International Residential Code that require residential fire sprinklers in all new residential construction. Click here.
Guidance for more than $500 million in FEMA preparedness grants for fire station construction. Click here.
Stimulus Bill Signed by President — IECC Requirements Included. Click here for details.
Report addresses national strategies for fire safety. Click here.
Oregon voters support building safe, defeat ballot measure exempting building permits. Click here for details.
Read ICC's latest electronic newsletters. New
York eReport, California
eReport.
Preparedness Kits Available from
ICC. Click
here for details.
ICC
helps local governments understand the challenges of the Wildland-Urban
Interface. Learn
more.
Most at-risk communities have no wildfire plan. Click here.
CSB reports on Synthron investigation, releases video on four explosions. Click here for details.
GSA tutorial teaches firefighters
security window escape. Click
here.
HUD
issues report on 2006 International Building Code and 2003
ANSI A117.1 Standard as safe harbors for compliance with the
Fair Housing Act’s accessibility requirements.
Click
here to read the report.
ICC helps local governments understand
the challenges of the Wildland-Urban Interface. Learn
more.
CSB reports on Hayes-Lemmerz International
aluminum dust explosion. Click
here.
CSB reports on dust explosion at
CTA Acoustics plant. Click
here.
United States Standard Strategy
released by ANSI. Click
here.
House Science Committee hears ICC testimony.
Click here.
ICC offers tips for building in
areas prone to wildfires. Click
here.
I-Codes Continue to be the code
of choice. Click
here.
HUD grants safe harbor status to
2003 IBC. Click
to read more; click
for HUD report; click
for NAHB reaction.
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