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2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - FIRESCOPE Program › Section 13073.

13073. The Office of Emergency Services shall carry out this chapter in cooperation with the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, including the Office of the State Fire Marshal, and with the advice of the Fire and Rescue Service Advisory Committee/FIRESCOPE Board of Directors within the Office of Emergency Services.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 339. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Firefighters Memorial › Section 13081.

13081. (a)  The construction of a memorial to California firefighters on the grounds of the State Capitol is hereby authorized. For purposes of this chapter, the grounds of the State Capitol is that property in the City of Sacramento bounded by Ninth, Fifteenth, “L,” and “N” Streets. The actual site for the memorial shall be selected by the task force after consultation with the State Office of Historic Preservation, and after consultation with, and approval of, the Department of General Services and the Historic State Capitol Commission.
(b)  No state moneys shall be expended for any of the purposes specified in this chapter. Funds for the construction of the memorial shall be provided exclusively through private contributions for this purpose.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1217, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Firefighters Memorial › Section 13083.

13083. Firefighters’ memorial ceremonies, including the dedication of the memorial and any subsequent ceremonies, shall be conducted by the California Fire Foundation, in consultation with the Assembly General Research Committee on Fire, Police, Emergency, and Disaster Services.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1217, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 13100.

13100. (a)  The Office of the State Fire Marshal is hereby created in the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The Office of the State Fire Marshal shall be administered by the State Fire Marshal, who shall be a Chief Deputy Director of Forestry and Fire Protection in accordance with paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 702 of the Public Resources Code and appointed pursuant to Section 13101 of this code.
(b)  The Office of the State Fire Marshal and the State Fire Marshal in the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection succeed to, and are vested with, all of the powers, duties, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the former Office of the State Fire Marshal and the former State Fire Marshal, as the case may be, in the State and Consumer Services Agency.
(c)  Wherever any reference is made in any law to the former Office of the State Fire Marshal or to the former State Fire Marshal in the State and Consumer Services Agency pertaining to a power, duty, responsibility, or jurisdiction transferred to, and vested in, the Office of the State Fire Marshal or the State Fire Marshal in the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the reference shall be deemed to be a reference to, and to mean, the Office of the State Fire Marshal or the State Fire Marshal in the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, as the case may be.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 332, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 13100.1.

13100.1. The functions of the office shall be to foster, promote and develop ways and means of protecting life and property against fire and panic.
(Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 1173.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 13101.

13101. The State Fire Marshal shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Governor. In order to be eligible for appointment, he or she shall have had not less than eight years experience in a regularly organized fire department in this State. He or she shall be paid the annual salary provided for by Chapter 6 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 332, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 13103.

13103. The State Fire Marshal may appoint those assistant or deputy state fire marshals as he or she may consider necessary from among active chiefs of fire departments, fire marshals of cities, counties, and districts providing fire protection, and the salaried field assistants of the State Fire Marshal.
The State Fire Marshal and the assistant or deputy state fire marshals shall exercise the functions of peace officers.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 332, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 13104.

13104. The State Fire Marshal shall aid in the enforcement of all laws and ordinances, any rules and regulations adopted under the provisions of Division 11 (commencing with Section 12000) of, and Part 1 (commencing with Section 13000) and Part 2 (commencing with Section 13100) of Division 12 of, the Health and Safety Code, and building standards adopted by the State Fire Marshal and published in the State Building Standards Code relating to fires or to fire prevention and protection.
The State Fire Marshal shall, if possible, attend, and take charge of and protect all property which may be imperiled by any fire other than:
(a)  A forest, brush, or grain fire.
(b)  A fire occurring within any city or town maintaining a fire department, within a fire protection district, or within a county where there is a regularly appointed county fire warden.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1152.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 13104.5.

13104.5. Except on property which has been deeded to the state for taxes, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection may abate fire hazards existing on property owned, controlled, or held in trust by the state, in areas not under the jurisdiction of the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection, upon the request of the legislative body of the city, county, or city and county within which the property is situated. The cost of the abatement shall be paid out of any money in the State Treasury appropriated for that purpose.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 332, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 13104.6.

13104.6. The State Fire Marshal may determine the existence of a fire hazard on any property which has been deeded to the State for taxes and may serve a written notice of condemnation of the fire hazard on the State Controller, or on any person designated by the Controller. The fire hazard is then subject to removal in accordance with the law relating to removal of public nuisances on tax deeded property.
(Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 693.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 13105.

13105. The State Fire Marshal shall encourage the adoption of fire prevention measures by means of education, engineering, and enforcement and shall prepare or cause to be prepared for dissemination information relating to the subject of fire prevention and extinguishment.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 332, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 13105.2.

13105.2. (a)  The State Fire Marshal shall establish and operate a statewide hazardous materials training facility to be located at the Del Valle Firefighting Facility of the County of Los Angeles.
(b)  Subdivision (a) shall be operative in any fiscal year only to the extent that funds are appropriated in the annual Budget Act or donated by private donors, contributed by local agencies, or provided by other funding sources for the purpose of subdivision (a). Donations by private donors, local agencies, or other sources may be in the form of money, in-kind services, or equipment. All monetary contributions received pursuant to this subdivision shall be deposited into a special deposit fund account to carry out the requirements of subdivision (a).
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 597, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 13105.5.

13105.5. The State Fire Marshal shall establish or cause to be established a program of fire prevention training for fire prevention inspectors employed by local fire protection agencies. The training program shall be conducted on a regional basis located near such agencies which employ or contract with such inspectors.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 581.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 13105.6.

13105.6. On or before July 1, 2023, the State Fire Marshal, with the involvement of the Statewide Training and Education Advisory Committee, shall develop a curriculum for livestock producers eligible for the livestock pass program described in Section 2350 of the Food and Agricultural Code. The curriculum shall, at a minimum, provide education regarding basic fire behavior, communications during a disaster emergency, and incident command structure. The curriculum shall provide for the initial certification as well as the continuing education or recertification of livestock producers eligible for the livestock pass program. It is the intent of the Legislature that any certification training utilizing the curriculum developed pursuant to this section be no more than four hours in duration, ensuring that commercial livestock producers may avail themselves of the curriculum.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 60, Sec. 26. (AB 203) Effective June 30, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 13105.7.

13105.7. (a)  The State Fire Marshal may establish a schedule of fees for the inspection, approval, and listing of testing laboratories which test consumer products for fire safety that are regulated by the State Fire Marshal.
(b)  The State Fire Marshal may charge the testing laboratories fees to cover the costs of the program specified in subdivision (a), including the cost of establishing the fee schedule.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 616, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 13106.

13106. During the existence of a fire, the State Fire Marshal may protect any property which is affected thereby until the arrival of the owner or claimant. If the owner or claimant does not take charge of the property within twenty-four hours, the State Fire Marshal may store it at the owner’s or claimant’s expense.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 13107.

13107. (a)  The State Fire Marshal shall investigate every explosion or fire occurring in any state institution, state-owned building, or any building which is determined, pursuant to regulations adopted by the State Fire Marshal, to be state occupied, and every explosion or fire occurring in those areas of the state not under the jurisdiction of a legally organized fire department or fire protection district or other public entity, including, but not limited to, the state, which provides fire protection in which there is suspicion that the crime of arson or attempted arson has been committed.
(b)  Upon request of the chief fire official of a legally organized fire department or fire protection district, or the governing body thereof, or upon request of the chief of a police department or the sheriff regarding a fire which occurs in an area where there is no operating arson investigation unit, the State Fire Marshal shall, within the limitation of resources and manpower established for those purposes, investigate any explosion or fire occurring within the jurisdiction of the requesting official in which there is suspicion that the crime of arson or attempted arson has been committed.
(c)  The State Fire Marshal shall cooperate in the establishment of a program for training fire department personnel in arson investigation and detection.
(d)  In order to carry out his or her responsibilities and duties pursuant to this section, the State Fire Marshal shall establish an arson investigation unit within his or her office, which shall be staffed with necessary personnel to perform the function for which the unit is established.
(e)  If there is reason to believe that any fire or explosion investigated by the State Fire Marshal resulted from a crime or that a crime has been committed in connection with it, the State Fire Marshal shall report that fact in writing to the district attorney of the county in which the fire or explosion occurred.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 332, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 13107.5.

13107.5. The State Fire Marshal may investigate every break, and shall investigate every explosion or fire, involving a pipeline reported by a local agency pursuant to Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 51010) of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code. The State Fire Marshal may immediately order any pipeline closed when it is determined to be necessary to do so in the interests of public safety. The pipeline shall remain closed until it is determined that operations may be resumed with safety or until any discovered safety defect has been remedied or repaired.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 861.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 13108.1.

13108.1. The State Fire Marshal, in consultation with the Bureau of Household Goods and Services, shall review the flammability standards for building insulation materials, including whether the flammability standards for some insulation materials can only be met with the addition of chemical flame retardants. Based on this review, and if the State Fire Marshal deems it appropriate, he or she shall, by July 1, 2015, propose for consideration by the California Building Standards Commission, to be adopted at the sole discretion of the commission, updated insulation flammability standards that accomplish both of the following:
(a) Maintain overall building fire safety.
(b) Ensure that there is adequate protection from fires that travel between walls and into confined areas, including crawl spaces and attics, for occupants of the building and any firefighters who may be in the building during a fire.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 578, Sec. 35. (SB 1483) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 13108.5.1.

13108.5.1. (a) The State Fire Marshal shall, prior to the next triennial edition of the California Building Standards Code (Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations) adopted after January 1, 2023, research and develop, and may propose to the California Building Standards Commission, mandatory building standards for fire resistance based on occupancy risk categories in very high, high, and moderate California fire severity zones in state responsibility areas, local responsibility areas, and in land designated as a Wildland Urban Interface Fire Area by cities and other local agencies under the scope of Chapter 7A (Materials and Construction Methods for Exterior Wildfire Exposure) of the California Building Standards Code. The building standards required under this section shall apply to nonresidential, critical infrastructure buildings and shall include both of the following:
(1) Fire rating requirements for structures under Risk Category III and IV as per ASCE 7 in addition to ignition-resistant construction.
(2) For Risk Category III and IV structures, require fire ratings of four hours, three hours, and two hours in very high, high, and moderate severity zones, respectively.
(b) As used in this section, “ASCE 7” means the Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures, as adopted by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
(c) The California Building Standards Commission shall consider for adoption the building standards proposed by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to subdivision (a).
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 284, Sec. 1. (AB 2322) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 13108.5.2.

13108.5.2. (a) The State Fire Marshal shall research standards for single-exit, single stairway apartment houses, with more than two dwelling units, in buildings above three stories and provide a report to the Senate Committee on Governmental Organization, the Assembly Committee on Emergency Management, the Joint Legislative Committee on Emergency Management, and the California Building Standards Commission by January 1, 2026.
(b) The report required pursuant to subdivision (a) shall address fire and life safety or emergency activities in single-exit, single stairway apartment houses, with more than two dwelling units, in buildings above three stories.
(c) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2028.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 345, Sec. 1. (AB 835) Effective January 1, 2024. Repealed as of January 1, 2028, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 13108.6.

13108.6. The State Fire Marshal may adopt regulations specifying the access to roof areas of commercial establishments which firefighters shall have and may limit or restrict the use of razor wire fences, chain link fences, or any other fences which would obstruct that access.
For purposes of this section, “commercial establishment” shall not include any facility of a public utility.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 632, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 13108.9.

13108.9. The State Fire Marshal shall adopt regulations to require a public address system with an emergency backup power system for all buildings or structures constructed on or after July 1, 1991, which are intended for public assemblies of 10,000 or more persons.
The State Fire Marshal shall adopt regulations to require any existing building or structure intended for public assemblies of 10,000 or more persons which, on or after January 1, 1991, has or subsequently installs a public address system, to have an emergency backup power system for the public address system.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1426, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 13109.

13109. The State Fire Marshal, his or her deputies, or his or her salaried assistants, the chief of any city or county fire department or fire protection district and their authorized representatives may enter any building or premises not used for dwelling purposes at any reasonable hour for the purpose of enforcing this chapter. The owner, lessee, manager or operator of any such building or premises shall permit the State Fire Marshal, his or her deputies, his or her salaried assistants and the chief of any city or county fire department or fire protection district and their authorized representatives to enter and inspect them at the time and for the purpose stated in this section.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 332, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 13110.

13110. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the State Fire Marshal may propose, adopt, and administer the regulations that he or she deems necessary in order to ensure fire safety in buildings and structures within this state including regulations related to construction, modification, installation, testing, inspection, labeling, listing, certification, registration, licensing, reporting, operation, and maintenance. Regulations that are building standards shall be submitted to the State Building Standards Commission for approval pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18935) of Part 2.5 of Division 13.
(b) The Office of the State Fire Marshal may establish and collect reasonable fees necessary to implement this section, consistent with Section 3 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution.
(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 377, Sec. 4. (AB 433) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 13110.5.

13110.5. The State Fire Marshal shall gather statistical information on all fires, medical aid incidents, and hazardous materials incidents occurring within this state. The chief fire official of each fire department operated by the state, a city, city and county, fire protection district, organized fire company, or other public or private entity which provides fire protection, shall furnish information and data to the State Fire Marshal relating to each fire which occurs within his or her area of jurisdiction. The chief fire official of each fire department operated by the state shall, and the chief fire official of fire departments operated by a city, city and county, fire protection district, organized fire company, or other public or private entity which provides fire protection may, also furnish information and data to the State Fire Marshal relating to medical aid incidents and hazardous materials incidents which occur within their area of jurisdiction. The State Fire Marshal shall adopt regulations prescribing the scope of the information to be reported, the manner of reporting the information, the forms to be used, the time the information shall be reported, and other requirements and regulations as the State Fire Marshal determines necessary.
The State Fire Marshal shall annually analyze the information and data reported, compile a report, and disseminate a copy of the report, together with his or her analysis, to each chief fire official in the state. The State Fire Marshal shall also furnish a copy of his or her report and analysis to the State Emergency Medical Services Authority and any other interested person upon request.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 345, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 13110.7.

13110.7. The State Fire Marshal shall establish and maintain a registry of burn injuries and deaths, and shall annually compile a statistical report of such injuries and deaths.
The director of every burn center which examines, treats, or admits a person with a burn or smoke inhalation injury or a person who suffers a burn-related death shall file a report with the State Fire Marshal describing the injury or death at the end of the examination or treatment or at the time the patient is discharged from the burn center or at the time of the patient’s death.
As used in this section, the term “burn center” means an intensive care unit in which there are specially trained physicians, nursing and supportive personnel and the necessary monitoring and therapeutic equipment needed to provide specialized medical and nursing care to burned patients.
The State Fire Marshall shall, in cooperation with the burn centers, develop the form to be used in reporting information to the State Fire Marshal under this section.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 149.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 13111.

13111. The State Fire Marshal may adopt a model ordinance for adoption by any local agency authorized pursuant to Article 3.6 (commencing with Section 50078) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code to establish uniform schedules and rates for assessments for fire suppression services as provided in Section 50078.2 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1396, Sec. 18.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 13111.1.

13111.1. (a)  The office of the State Fire Marshal may expend money appropriated for the administration of the laws, the enforcement of which is committed to the office. Such expenditures by the office shall be made in accordance with law in carrying on the work for which such appropriations were made.
(b)  A sum, not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) in each fiscal year, may be withdrawn for investigative purposes from General Fund money appropriated in support of the office of the State Fire Marshal, without at the time furnishing vouchers and itemized statements. This sum shall be used as a revolving fund where cash advances are necessary, and at the close of each fiscal year, or any other time, upon demand of the Department of Finance, shall be accounted for and substantiated by vouchers and itemized statements submitted to and audited by the State Controller.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 562.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 13111.3.

13111.3. The State Department of Health shall establish and administer a program which will make loans available to private nonprofit children’s institutions and private nonprofit homes for the aging which are nonprofit community care facilities for adults under subdivision (a) of Section 1502 of the Health and Safety Code from such funds as may be appropriated by the Legislature to pay the cost of the installation of automatic sprinkler systems or detectors responding to invisible products of combustion other than heat approved by the State Fire Marshal. Any loan pursuant to this section shall bear interest at a rate of 5 percent per annum and shall not be for a term exceeding 30 years.
The State Department of Health shall adopt and enforce such regulations as may be necessary for the reasonable administration of the loan program which it is required by this section to establish and administer.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 406.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 13112.

13112. Every person who violates any provision of this chapter, or any order, rule, or regulation made pursuant to this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) or more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both.
A person is guilty of a separate offense each day during which he or she commits, continues, or permits a violation of any provision of, or any order, rule, or regulation made pursuant to, this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 322, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 13112.1.

13112.1. Notwithstanding Section 1463 of the Penal Code, all fines and forfeitures imposed by or collected in any court of this state, as a result of citations issued by the State Fire Marshal or salaried deputy state fire marshals employed by the State of California, for any violation of this part or of any regulation adopted pursuant to this part, shall be deposited, as soon as practicable after the receipt of the fine or forfeiture, with the county treasurer of the county in which the court is situated. Amounts so deposited shall be paid at least once a month as follows:
(a)  One-half to the Treasurer, by warrant of the county auditor drawn upon the requisition of the clerk or judge of the court, for deposit in the California Fire and Arson Training Fund, on order of the Controller. At the time of the transmittal, the county auditor shall forward to the Controller, on the form or forms prescribed by the Controller, a record of the imposition, collection, and payments of the fines or forfeitures.
(b)  One-half to the county in which the offense was committed for disposition as provided in Section 1463 of the Penal Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 333, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 13112.2.

13112.2. All revenue collected pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 13112.1 shall be deposited in the California Fire and Arson Training Fund and shall be available, when appropriated by the Legislature, for the office of the State Fire Marshal to support fire training.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 333, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 13113.

13113. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person, firm, or corporation shall not establish, maintain, or operate a hospital, children’s home, children’s nursery, or institution, home or institution for the care of people who are elderly, persons with mental health disorders or intellectual disabilities, or nursing or convalescent home, wherein more than six guests or patients are housed or cared for on a 24-hour-per-day basis unless there is installed and maintained in an operable condition in every building, or portion thereof where patients or guests are housed, an automatic sprinkler system approved by the State Fire Marshal.
(b) This section shall not apply to homes or institutions for the 24-hour-per-day care of ambulatory children if all of the following conditions are satisfied:
(1) The buildings, or portions thereof where children are housed, are not more than two stories in height and are constructed and maintained in accordance with regulations adopted by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to Section 13143 and building standards published in the California Building Standards Code.
(2) The buildings, or portions thereof housing more than six children, shall have installed and maintained in an operable condition therein a fire alarm system of a type approved by the State Fire Marshal. The system shall be activated by detectors responding to invisible products of combustion other than heat.
(3) The buildings or portions thereof do not house children with mental health disorders or children with intellectual disabilities.
(c) This section shall not apply to any one-story building or structure of an institution or home for the care of the aged providing 24-hour-per-day care if the building or structure is used or intended to be used for the housing of no more than six ambulatory aged persons. However, the buildings or institutions shall have installed and maintained in an operable condition therein a fire alarm system of a type approved by the State Fire Marshal. The system shall be activated by detectors responding to products of combustion other than heat.
(d) This section does not apply to occupancies, or any alterations thereto, located in type I construction, as defined by the State Fire Marshal, under construction or in existence on March 4, 1972.
(e) “Under construction,” as used in this section, means that actual work shall have been performed on the construction site and shall not be construed to mean that the hospital, home, nursery, institution, sanitarium, or a portion thereof, is in the planning stage.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 144, Sec. 38. (AB 1847) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 13113.5.

13113.5. The State Fire Marshal shall adopt regulations requiring the installation of automatic fire devices activated by products of combustion other than heat in all facilities within the scope of Sections 13143 and 13143.6, which provide 24-hour per day care, which house six or fewer persons, and which do not have automatic sprinkler systems.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 693.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 13113.6.

13113.6. (a) Any person, or public or private firm, organization, or corporation, that owns, rents, leases, or manages a facility that hosts a ticketed event for live entertainment shall make an announcement of the availability of emergency exits prior to the beginning of the live entertainment.
(b) As used in this section, “facility” means a building or portion of a building having an assembly room with an occupancy load of less than 1,000 persons and a legitimate stage for the gathering together of 50 or more persons as defined pursuant to Division 2 of Section 303.1.1 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations (California Building Code of 2001).
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 537, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 13113.9.

13113.9. (a)  For the purposes of this section:
(1)  “Burglar bars” are security bars located on the inside or outside of a door or window of a residential dwelling.
(2)  “Residential dwelling” means a house, apartment, motel, hotel, or other type of residential dwelling subject to the State Housing Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 17910) of Division 13) and a manufactured home, mobilehome, and multiunit manufactured housing as defined in the Mobilehome-Manufactured Housing Act of 1980 (Part 2 (commencing with Section 18000) of Division 13).
(b)  On or before July 1, 1998, the State Fire Marshal shall develop and adopt regulations for the labeling and packaging of burglar bars addressing the requirements in the California Building Standards Code intended to promote safety in the event of a fire. For this purpose, the regulations shall include specification of the language to be printed on the packaging, the location of the language on the packaging, and the height and stroke of the print type to be utilized. The regulations shall direct the consumer or installer to contact the local fire department or local building official to determine whether the city or county requires that the burglar bars have a release mechanism on the outside for use by the fire department in the event of a fire emergency.
(c)  Burglar bars shall not be sold in California at wholesale or retail unless the burglar bars are either labeled or their packaging contains the warning information specified in the regulations adopted pursuant to subdivision (b).
(d)  Any contractor or installer of burglar bars shall provide the owner of the residential dwelling a copy of the warning information required pursuant to subdivision (b) prior to installing burglar bars.
(e)  No person shall install unopenable burglar bars on a residential dwelling (1) where the California Building Standards Code requires openable burglar bars for emergency escape or rescue, or (2) on mobilehomes, manufactured homes, or multiunit manufactured housing unless at least one window or door to the exterior in each bedroom is openable for emergency escape or rescue.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 730, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 13114.

13114. (a) The State Fire Marshal, with the advice of the State Board of Fire Services, shall adopt regulations and standards as he or she may determine to be necessary to control the quality and installation of fire alarm systems and fire alarm devices marketed, distributed, offered for sale, or sold in this state.
(b) (1) No person shall market, distribute, offer for sale, or sell any fire alarm system or fire alarm device in this state unless the system or device has been approved and listed by the State Fire Marshal.
(2) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), commencing July 1, 2014, in order to be approved and listed by the State Fire Marshal, a smoke alarm that is only operated by a battery shall contain a nonreplaceable, nonremovable battery that is capable of powering the smoke alarm for at least 10 years.
(B) This paragraph shall not apply to smoke alarms that have been ordered by, or are in the inventory of, an owner, managing agent, contractor, wholesaler, or retailer on or before July 1, 2014, until July 1, 2015.
(3) Commencing January 1, 2015, in order to be approved and listed by the State Fire Marshal, a smoke alarm shall display the date of manufacture on the device, provide a place on the device where the date of installation can be written, and incorporate a hush feature.
(4) The State Fire Marshal shall have the authority to create exceptions to paragraphs (2) and (3) through its regulatory process. The exceptions that may be considered as part of the regulatory process shall include, but are not limited to, fire alarm systems with smoke detectors, fire alarm devices that connect to a panel, or other devices that use a low-power radio frequency wireless communication signal.
(5) The State Fire Marshal shall approve the manufacturer’s instructions for each smoke alarm and shall ensure that the instructions are consistent with current building standard requirements for the location and placement of smoke alarms.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 183, Sec. 21. (SB 745) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 13114.1.

13114.1. To the extent that resources are available, the State Fire Marshal shall prepare and distribute for use by local agencies, community groups, and private firms, public education materials about the dangers of illegal burglar bars. These public education materials shall use multiple media, including Braille, 18-point type, cassette tape, and computer disk for those who are print impaired, and multiple languages, as the State Fire Marshal determines appropriate.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 730, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 13114.2.

13114.2. (a)  On or before January 1, 2000, the State Fire Marshal shall adopt regulations and standards to control the quality and installation of burglar bars and safety release mechanisms for emergency escape/rescue windows or doors installed, marketed, distributed, offered for sale, or sold in this state.
(b)  On and after July 1, 2000, no person shall install, market, distribute, offer for sale, or sell burglar bars and safety release mechanisms for emergency escape/rescue windows or doors in this state unless the burglar bars and safety release mechanisms have been approved by a testing laboratory recognized by the State Fire Marshal.
(c)  As used in this section:
(1)  “Burglar bars” means security bars located on the inside or outside of a door or window of a residential dwelling.
(2)  “Residential dwelling” means a house, apartment, motel, hotel, or other type of residential dwelling subject to the State Housing Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 17910) of Division 13) and a manufactured home, mobilehome, and multiunit manufactured housing as defined in the Mobilehomes-Manufactured Housing Act of 1980 (Part 2 (commencing with Section 18000) of Division 13).
(3)  “Emergency escape/rescue windows or doors” means the exits required by Section 1-310.4 of the 1998 edition of the California Building Standards Code, or its successor.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 550, Sec. 26.5. Effective September 28, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 13114.3.

13114.3. (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and after January 1, 1999, no burglar bars shall be installed or maintained on any residential dwelling that is owned or leased by a public agency, unless the burglar bars meet current state and local requirements, as applicable, for burglar bars and safety release mechanisms.
(b)  As used in this section:
(1)  “Burglar bars” means security bars located on the inside or outside of a door or window of a residential dwelling.
(2)  “Public agency” means any of the following:
(A)  A state agency, department, board, or commission.
(B)  The University of California.
(C)  A local agency, including, but not limited to, a city, including a charter city, county, city and county, community redevelopment agency, housing authority, special district, or any other political subdivision of the state.
(3)  “Residential dwelling” means a house, apartment, motel, hotel, or other type of residential dwelling subject to the State Housing Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 17910) of Division 13) and a manufactured home, mobilehome, and multiunit manufactured housing as defined in the Mobilehomes-Manufactured Housing Act of 1980 (Part 2 (commencing with Section 18000) of Division 13).
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 730, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 13114.5.

13114.5. The governing body of any city or county may enact ordinances or laws imposing restrictions greater than those imposed by Sections 13113 and 13114.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1480.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 13114.7.

13114.7. (a)  For the purposes of this section the following are definitions of class I and class II systems:
(1)  American Water Works Association (A.W.W.A.) Manuel No. M-14 class 1—Automatic fire sprinkler systems with direct connection from public water mains only; no pumps, tanks, or reservoirs; no physical connection from other water supplies; no antifreeze or additives of any kind; and all sprinkler drains discharging to the atmosphere or other safe outlets.
(2)  American Water Works Association (A.W.W.A.) Manual No. M-14 class 2—Automatic fire sprinkler systems which are the same as class 1, except that booster pumps may be installed in the connections from the street mains.
(b)  Automatic fire sprinkler systems described in subdivision (a) shall not require any backflow protection equipment at the service connection other than required by standards for those systems contained in the publication of the National Fire Protection Association entitled “Installation of Sprinkler Systems” (N.F.P.A. Pamphlet No. 13, 1980 edition).
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 425, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 13115.

13115. (a)  It is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to establish, maintain, or operate any circus, side show, carnival, tent show, theater, skating rink, dance hall, or a similar exhibition, production, engagement, or offering or other place of assemblage in or under which 15 or more persons may gather for any lawful purpose, in any tent, awning, or other fabric enclosure unless a tent, awning, or other fabric enclosure, and all auxiliary tents, curtains, drops, awnings, and all decorative materials, are made from a nonflammable material or are treated and maintained in a flame-retardant condition. This subdivision shall not apply to tents designed or manufactured for children’s play, camping, backpacking, or mountaineering, or those used to conduct committal services on the grounds of a cemetery, nor shall this subdivision apply to tents, awnings, or other fabric enclosures erected and used within a sound stage, or other similar structural enclosure that is equipped with an overhead automatic sprinkler system.
(b)  It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, sell, or offer for sale any tent designed and intended for use for occupancy by less than 15 persons unless the tent is made from flame-retardant fabrics or materials approved by the State Fire Marshal. A tent described in this subdivision shall be labeled in a manner specified by the State Fire Marshal. Any manufacturer of tents for sale in this state who fails to use flame-retardant fabrics or materials or who fails to label them as specified by the State Fire Marshal shall be strictly liable for any damage that occurs to any person as a result of a violation of this section.
(c)  (1) “Flame retardant,” as used in this section, means a fabric or material resistant to flame or fire to the extent that it will successfully withstand standard fire-resistive tests adopted and promulgated by the State Fire Marshal.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), for purposes of subdivision (b), a tent that is constructed with fabric entirely from synthetic fibers shall be classified as being made from flame-retardant fabrics or materials.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 798, Sec. 1. (AB 267) Effective January 1, 2024.)