(1) Any Florida school building which was initially occupied prior to January 1, 1985, is permitted to use the Florida Firesafety School Evaluation System originally dated September 19, 2000, and Amended June 28, 2001, which is located in Form DFS-K3-1456 http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-01845, (Rev 10-02) and which is hereby incorporated by reference, in lieu of or as an alternative to the requirements of Fl. Admin. Code R. 69A-58.008
    (2) The Florida Firesafety School Evaluation System, Form DFS-K3-1456 http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-01845, may be obtained by writing to the Division of State Fire Marshal, Bureau of Fire Prevention, 200 East Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0342.
    (3) The Florida Firesafety School Evaluation System must be authorized by the local fire official prior to the implementation of any of its alternative code provisions; however, a local fire official is not permitted to prohibit the use of the Florida Firesafety School Evaluation System for any building which was initially occupied prior to January 1, 1985.
    (4) For buildings occupied after January 1, 1985, boards, board fire officials and local fire officials may use the equivalency provisions of Section 1.4 of NFPA 101, the edition as adopted in Fl. Admin. Code R. 69A-3.021
Rulemaking Authority 633.104(1), (7), 1013.12(1) FS. Law Implemented 633.104(7), 633.206, 633.208, 1013.12, 1013.371, 1013.38 FS. History-New 2-18-03, Formerly 4A-58.009, Amended 11-26-06, 11-4-12.