Those of you that follow me know my love for the International Fire Code and Mechanical Code, as well as how each state utilizes these codes. I use these codes daily in my process safety and fire safety work as I truly believe they provide us an excellent baseline in our risk reduction efforts. This year the state of OH has been working to revise it’s state fire code to the newer IFC 2015. This process has been very educating to me in a number of ways, but mostly from reading the comments/concerns brought forward by the commenters. One such concern was one that I have been an unknowing party to for decades and one I am quite embarrassed to admit I never even considered. Take a look at these pictures and tell me what you see:
