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What is NYC FC § 404.3.1?

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This section mandates the preparation of a fire and emergency preparedness plan for Group B office buildings that accommodate more than five hundred individuals or more than one hundred individuals above or below street level. The enforcing agency for this statute is the Fire Department of New York (FDNY). Applies to building owners of large office occupancies.

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404.3.1 Fire and emergency preparedness plan (Level 2).

FC § 404.3.1

A fire and emergency preparedness plan in accordance with FC 401.5 shall be prepared for a Group B office building or occupancy occupied or designed to be occupied by more than five hundred persons, or more than one hundred persons above or below street level, other than buildings and occupancies subject to FC 404.2.

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