Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73not60
§2226 Dissemination of Fire Prevention and Control Information
Title 15 › Chapter 49— FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL › § 2226
Summary
FEMA's Administrator may encourage States to promote automatic sprinklers and smoke detectors and share information about their life‑saving value, including sending guidelines in section 2225 and the master list in section 2224(b) to governments, fire services, and, on request, to private organizations and individuals.
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Title 15, §2226
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The Administrator of FEMA, acting through the Administrator, is authorized to take steps to encourage the States to promote the use of automatic sprinkler systems and automatic smoke detection systems, and to disseminate to the maximum extent possible information on the life safety value and use of such systems. Such steps may include, but need not be limited to, providing copies of the guidelines described in section 2225 of this title and of the master list compiled under section 2224(b) of this title to Federal agencies, State and local governments, and fire services throughout the United States, and making copies of the master list compiled under section 2224(b) of this title available upon request to interested private organizations and individuals.
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Amendments
2013—Pub. L. 112–239 substituted “Administrator of FEMA” for “Director”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of all functions, personnel, assets, components, authorities, grant programs, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Under Secretary for Federal Emergency Management relating thereto, to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, see section 315(a)(1) of Title 6, Domestic Security. For
Transfer of Functions
, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see former section 313(1) and section 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
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15 U.S.C. § 2226
Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60