Construction documents · Arkansas
The Arkansas Fire Prevention Code includes more than a fire-system checklist. Identify the building or residential volume and the separate trade references so the drawing set uses the correct requirements for each discipline.
Your codes, connected to your drawings
Groundbook can review your drawings against the state and local code PDFs you upload. Add the adopted code books and amendments that apply to your project, then review potential issues with links to the supporting sources.
Upload the applicable code PDFs alongside the drawing set. Include the edition, local amendments, and project requirements.
Set code PDFs to Code and Use as reference. Mark the drawings you want reviewed as Check this file.
Follow the linked drawing and reference, check applicability, and have the responsible professional verify the issue.
State and local references
Examples of references you can bring into Groundbook. Confirm the adopted edition, effective date, and project scope with the reviewing authority, then upload the applicable PDFs.
Supply the relevant Arkansas rules and code volumes for the building, residential, or fire scope.
Use the model references incorporated into the applicable AFPC package together with Arkansas amendments.
Code names link to official agency or publisher resources. Reviewed September 9, 2026. The reference set comes from the files you supply.
Arkansas reference guide
The State Fire Marshal’s published rules describe the Arkansas Fire Prevention Code as incorporating the International Fire, Building, and Residential Codes with Arkansas amendments. Select the volume that applies to the building and work.
Arkansas: official Fire Prevention Code rulesThe rules identify the Arkansas State Plumbing Code and Department of Health onsite-wastewater rules as the relevant replacements for certain model-code references. Ask the local authority which current trade rules and submission documents apply.
Arkansas: official Fire Prevention Code rulesSources reviewed September 9, 2026. Confirm current requirements and project applicability with the reviewing authority.
Prepare a useful review
Use this preparation list for Groundbook alongside the official permit checklist.
Include the governing Fire Prevention Code volume, state amendments, and the project’s confirmed edition. Add local submission instructions.
Bring applicable plumbing and onsite-wastewater references with civil and MEP plans. Do not rely on a generic model-code cross-reference where Arkansas uses separate rules.
Supply occupancy, egress and rated-assembly drawings, door schedules, and fire-protection scope. Compare the drawings with the project’s selected code analysis.
Identify which files are being checked, which are references, and which revisions are superseded. Include reviewer comments and responses where they explain an unresolved decision.
Use the drawing-register templateFrom documents to decisions
Compare stated design information with the code and local references you supply. Verify scope, exceptions, and the source behind each potential issue.
Review code referencesLook for incomplete information and conflicting requirements before submission. Assign each verified finding to the responsible designer.
Prepare for submissionCheck relationships across drawings, schedules, specifications, and reports. Resolve the source conflict and carry the decision into the issued set.
Review the whole packageBefore you start
No. The published rules incorporate fire, building, and residential model codes with Arkansas amendments. Determine the applicable volume and coordinate it with separate state trade requirements.
Supply the current drawing set and schedules, relevant specifications and reports, the applicable code and amendment PDFs, and the reviewing authority’s checklist. Identify the edition, project scope, and permit stage. Groundbook reviews the supplied evidence; do not assume every local requirement is already available.
No. Groundbook surfaces potential conflicts and omissions with links to source documents for professional verification. It does not issue permits, certify compliance, provide permit-expediting services, or replace the authority having jurisdiction.
Official source directory
Code structure and Arkansas-specific references; confirm the operative rules for the application.
Bring your drawings and the references that govern the project.