# Updating Fire Safety Standards
> **US Department of Veterans Affairs** · Final rule; affirmation. · Published 2011-11-16 · Effective 2011-11-16 · 76 FR 70885
## Document
- **Document number:** 2011-29471
- **Category:** va-other
- **Agency:** US Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Federal Register citation:** 76 FR 70885
- **CFR reference:** 38 CFR 59
- **Publication date:** 2011-11-16
- **Effective date:** 2011-11-16
## Abstract

This document affirms as final, without changes, a provision included in a final rule with request for comments that amended the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regulations concerning community residential care facilities, contract facilities for certain outpatient and residential services, and State home facilities. That provision established a five-year period within which all covered buildings with nursing home facilities existing as of June 25, 2001, must conform to the automatic sprinkler requirement of the 2009 edition of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 101. This rule helps ensure the safety of veterans in the affected facilities.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2011/11/16/2011-29471/updating-fire-safety-standards)
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