Fire code compliance in Fort Lee, New Jersey
The New Jersey Uniform Fire Code is enforced in Fort Lee by the town's own local enforcing agency, the Borough of Fort Lee Bureau of Fire Prevention. This page names that agency and the chapters of the borough code our code book lists for Fort Lee.
Who enforces the fire code in Fort Lee, and under which chapters
- Local enforcing agency
- Borough of Fort Lee Bureau of Fire Prevention
- Municipality
- Borough of Fort Lee, Bergen County
The Borough of Fort Lee code chapters
- Chapter 216, Fire PreventionBorough of Fort Lee codeRelated, not from this chapter: non-life-hazard uses are registered with the municipality under its local fire-prevention ordinance and inspected by the local fire official on the local cycle.
- Chapter 182, Certificate of ComplianceBorough of Fort Lee codeRelated, not from this chapter: the fire official certifies smoke alarms, carbon monoxide alarms, and the portable extinguisher in a one- or two-family home at sale and at change of occupancy.
- Chapter 349, Smoke and Carbon Monoxide DetectorsBorough of Fort Lee code
- Chapter 126, Alarm SystemsBorough of Fort Lee codeRelated, not from this chapter: the NFPA 72 alarm inspection is a separate licensed trade. We do not do it. We track its date, make sure the visit happens, and file the report.
From our code book, word for word: “Borough of Fort Lee Bureau of Fire Prevention. Code: Chapter 216, Fire Prevention; Chapter 182, Certificate of Compliance; Chapter 349, Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Detectors; Chapter 126, Alarm Systems.”
Chapter numbers and titles are from the Borough of Fort Lee code. General information about published codes, not legal advice. The fire official's word controls, so ask the Borough of Fort Lee Bureau of Fire Prevention when a question is close.
The state fire code comes first. The local chapters sit beside it.
The New Jersey Uniform Fire Code (N.J.A.C. 5:70) governs a building in use and applies to every building except owner-occupied one- and two-family homes. Life Hazard Uses are registered with the state Division of Fire Safety and inspected on the state's schedule. Every other use the fire code applies to is registered with the municipality under its local fire-prevention ordinance and inspected by the local fire official. The use decides which list a building goes on. The owner does not choose.
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