{"data":{"id":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-fc-404","jurisdiction":"us-nyc","citation":"N.Y.C. Admin. Code § FC 404","heading":"Section FC 404: Office Buildings","body":"404.1 General.\n\nGroup B office buildings and occupancies shall comply with the emergency preparedness requirements set forth in FC 401, 416 and this section.\n\n404.2 Emergency preparedness in office buildings and occupancies with comprehensive fire safety/emergency action plans.\n\nGroup B office buildings and occupancies required by FC 404.2.1 to have a comprehensive fire safety and emergency action plan shall comply with the emergency preparedness requirements of this section.\n\n404.2.1 Comprehensive fire safety/emergency action plan (Level 1).\n\nA comprehensive fire safety and emergency action plan in accordance with FC 401.4 shall be prepared for:\n\n1. a high-rise or large-area Group B office building occupied or designed to be occupied by more than five hundred persons, or more than one hundred persons above or below the street level.\n\n2. a Group B office occupancy occupied or designed to be occupied by a total of more than one hundred persons on one or more high-rise floors.\n\n3. any other Group B office building, and any other Group B office occupancy, occupied or designed to be occupied by more than five hundred persons, or more than one hundred persons above or below the street level, that was required to have a fire safety director under the New York City Fire Prevention Code or this code prior to the effective date of this section.\n\n4. any other Group B office building or occupancy as to which the commissioner determines that preparation of such a plan is in the interest of public safety given the location, use or occupancy of the building.\n\nException: Office buildings and occupancies subject to FC 404.2.1(1), (2) and (3) that have lawfully installed a fire alarm system without voice communication capability.\n\n404.2.2 Fire and life safety staff.\n\nThe comprehensive fire safety and emergency action plan required by FC 401.4 shall designate FLS staff consisting of an FLS director, deputy FLS directors, FLS building evacuation supervisors, FLS wardens, deputy FLS wardens, FLS brigade members and searchers, to exercise the authority and perform the duties of their respective FLS assignments. FLS staff shall be provided with initial and refresher FLS staff training in accordance with FC 401.4.5.2. FLS brigade members shall be trained in the use of portable fire extinguishers.\n\n404.3 Emergency preparedness in office buildings and occupancies with fire and emergency preparedness plans.\n\nGroup B office buildings and occupancies required by FC 404.3.1 to have a fire and emergency preparedness plan shall comply with the emergency preparedness requirements of this section.\n\n404.3.1 Fire and emergency preparedness plan (Level 2).\n\nA 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.\n\n404.3.2 Fire and emergency preparedness staff.\n\nThe commissioner may prescribe by rule that, in Group B office buildings and occupancies that are provided with voice communication capability (other than buildings and occupancies subject to FC 404.2), there shall be present during regular business hours one or more members of the FEP staff required pursuant to FC 401.5.5 who hold a certificate of fitness for emergency announcements and other fire safety duties.","path":["New York City Administrative Code","Title 29","Chapter 2: New York City Fire Code"],"source_url":"https://files.amlegal.com/pdffiles/NewYorkCity/Admin/XML.zip","current_through":"Local Law 2026/135 (enacted August 31, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T02:48:57Z","sha256":"fc2bbd1845040be66fa26c17192f0602b1f813d0ba2fcb5454013d7338cf144a","source_id":"us-nyc","stale":true,"prev":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-fc-403","next":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-fc-405"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}