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2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 2 - The State Board of Fire Services › Section 13146.

13146. (a) The responsibility for enforcement of building standards adopted by the State Fire Marshal and published in the California Building Standards Code relating to fire and panic safety and other regulations of the State Fire Marshal shall be as follows:
(1) The city, county, or city and county with jurisdiction in the area affected by the standard or regulation shall delegate the enforcement of the building standards relating to fire and panic safety and other regulations of the State Fire Marshal as they relate to R-3 dwellings, as described in Section 310.5 of Part 2 of the California Building Standards Code, to either of the following:
(A) The chief of the fire authority of the city, county, or city and county, or the chief’s authorized representative.
(B) The chief building official of the city, county, or city and county, or the official’s authorized representative.
(2) The chief of any city, county, or city and county fire department or of any fire protection district, and their authorized representatives, shall enforce within its jurisdiction the building standards and other regulations of the State Fire Marshal, except those described in paragraph (1) or (4).
(3) The State Fire Marshal shall have authority to enforce the building standards and other regulations of the State Fire Marshal in areas outside of corporate cities and districts providing fire protection services.
(4) The State Fire Marshal shall have authority to enforce the building standards and other regulations of the State Fire Marshal in corporate cities and districts providing fire protection services upon request of the chief fire official or the governing body.
(5) The State Fire Marshal shall enforce the building standards and other regulations of the State Fire Marshal on all University of California campuses and properties administered or occupied by the University of California and on all California State University campuses and properties administered or occupied by the California State University. For each university campus or property the State Fire Marshal may delegate that responsibility to the person of the State Fire Marshal’s choice who shall be known as the Designated Campus Fire Marshal.
(b) A fee may be charged pursuant to the enforcement authority of this section but shall not exceed the estimated reasonable cost of providing the service for which the fee is charged, pursuant to Section 66014 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 31, Sec. 7. (SB 85) Effective June 27, 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 2 - The State Board of Fire Services › Section 13146.1.

13146.1. (a) Notwithstanding Section 13146, the State Fire Marshal, or the State Fire Marshal’s authorized representative, shall inspect every jail or place of detention for persons charged with or convicted of a crime, unless the chief of any city, county, or city and county fire department or fire protection district, or that chief’s authorized representative, indicates in writing to the State Fire Marshal, by June 30 of each applicable year pursuant to subdivision (b), that inspections of jails or places of detention, therein, shall be conducted by the chief, or the chief’s authorized representative, and submits the reports as required in subdivision (c).
(b) The inspections shall be made at least once every two years for the purpose of enforcing the regulations adopted by the State Fire Marshal, pursuant to Section 13143, and the minimum standards pertaining to fire and life safety adopted by the Board of State and Community Corrections, pursuant to Section 6030 of the Penal Code.
(c) Reports of the inspections shall be submitted to the official in charge of the facility, the local governing body, the State Fire Marshal, and the Board of Corrections within 30 days of the inspections.
(d) The State Fire Marshal, or the State Fire Marshal’s authorized representative, who performs an inspection pursuant to subdivision (a) may charge and collect a fee for the inspection from the local government. Any fee collected pursuant to this subdivision shall be in an amount, as determined by the State Fire Marshal, sufficient to pay the costs of that inspection or those related fire and life safety activities.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 31, Sec. 8. (SB 85) Effective June 27, 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 2 - The State Board of Fire Services › Section 13146.2.

13146.2. (a) Every city, county, or city and county fire department or district providing fire protection services required by Sections 13145 and 13146 to enforce building standards adopted by the State Fire Marshal and other regulations of the State Fire Marshal shall, annually, inspect all structures subject to subdivision (b) of Section 17921, except dwellings, for compliance with building standards and other regulations of the State Fire Marshal.
(b) A city, county, or city and county fire department or district providing fire protection services that inspects a structure pursuant to subdivision (a) may charge and collect a fee for the inspection from the owner of the structure in an amount, as determined by the city, county, or city and county fire department or district providing fire protection services, sufficient to pay the costs of that inspection.
(c) A city, county, or city and county fire department or district providing fire protection services that provides related fire and life safety activities for structures subject to subdivision (b) of Section 17921, such as plan review, construction consulting, fire watch, and investigation, may charge and collect a fee from the owner of the structure in an amount, as determined by the city, county, city and county, or district, sufficient to pay the costs of those related fire and life safety activities.
(d) The State Fire Marshal, or the State Fire Marshal’s authorized representative, who inspects a structure subject to subdivision (b) of Section 17921, except dwellings, for compliance with building standards and other regulations of the State Fire Marshal, may charge and collect a fee for the inspection from the owner of the structure. The State Fire Marshal may also charge and collect a fee from the owner of the structure for related fire and life safety activities, such as plan review, construction consulting, fire watch, and investigation. Any fee collected pursuant to this subdivision shall be in an amount, as determined by the State Fire Marshal, sufficient to pay the costs of that inspection or those related fire and life safety activities.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 31, Sec. 9. (SB 85) Effective June 27, 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 2 - The State Board of Fire Services › Section 13146.3.

13146.3. (a) A city, county, or city and county fire department or district providing fire protection services shall inspect every building used as a public or private school within its jurisdiction, for the purpose of enforcing regulations promulgated pursuant to Section 13143, not less than once each year. The State Fire Marshal and the State Fire Marshal’s authorized representatives shall make these inspections not less than once each year in areas outside of corporate cities and districts providing fire protection services.
(b) A city, county, or city and county fire department or district that, or the State Fire Marshal or the State Fire Marshal’s authorized representative who, inspects a structure pursuant to subdivision (a) may charge and collect a fee for the inspection in an amount sufficient to pay the costs of that inspection.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 31, Sec. 10. (SB 85) Effective June 27, 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 2 - The State Board of Fire Services › Section 13146.4.

13146.4. (a) Every city or county fire department, city and county fire department, or district required to perform an annual inspection pursuant to Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3 shall report annually to its administering authority on its compliance with Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3.
(b) The report made pursuant to subdivision (a) shall occur when the administering authority discusses its annual budget, or at another time determined by the administering authority.
(c) The administering authority shall acknowledge receipt of the report made pursuant to subdivision (a) in a resolution or a similar formal document.
(d) For purposes of this section, “administering authority” means a city council, county board of supervisors, or district board, as the case may be.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 854, Sec. 1. (SB 1205) 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 2 - The State Board of Fire Services › Section 13146.5.

13146.5. The provisions of Sections 13145, 13146 and 13146.3 shall, so far as practicable, be carried out at the local level by persons who are regular full-time members of a regularly organized fire department of a city, county, or district providing fire protection services, and shall not be carried out by other persons pursuant to Section 34004 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 118.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 2 - The State Board of Fire Services › Section 13146.6.

13146.6. If the governing body of a city, county, or city and county fire department or district providing fire protection services relies on an all-volunteer fire department for the provision of fire protection services pursuant to Sections 13145, 13146, 13146.2, and 13146.3, they may do so through one of the following methods:
(a) They may request the State Fire Marshal to enforce the building standards and other regulations of the State Fire Marshal, in accordance with paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 13146.
(b) They may request another city, county, or city and county fire department or district providing fire protection services that has regular full-time members of a regularly organized fire department to enforce the building standards and other regulations of the State Fire Marshal.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 31, Sec. 11. (SB 85) Effective June 27, 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 2 - The State Board of Fire Services › Section 13147.

13147. The regulations adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 13143 shall require that the new construction of any school building for which review and approval is required under subdivision (a) of Section 39140 of the Education Code include the placement of fire hydrants and water piping as necessary to supply the water capacity required for the fire protection of the building.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 52, 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 3 - Administration › Section 13150.

13150. For purposes of this article, “flammable liquids” shall mean any liquid having a flashpoint below 100°F (37.8°C) and a vapor pressure not exceeding 40 pounds per square inch (absolute) at a temperature of 100°F (37.8°C). Flammable liquids may include crude oils and cutback asphalts. “Combustible liquid” shall mean a liquid having a flashpoint at or above 100°F (37.8°C), and below 200°F (93.3°C).
This does not include wine, or any other aqueous solution, having an alcoholic content less than, or equal to, 24 percent by volume. This exemption applies only if the nonalcohol portion of the aqueous solution does not fall within the definition of flammable or combustible liquid.
The provisions of this article also apply to liquids having a flashpoint of 200°F (93.3°C) or higher when such liquids, upon being heated, assume the characteristics of a flammable or combustible liquid.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 868.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 3 - Administration › Section 13151.

13151. The State Fire Marshal shall prepare and adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (commencing with Section 11340 of the Government Code), which in his or her judgment are designed to promote the safe use of portable internal combustion engine-driven pumps used for the transfer of flammable and combustible liquids.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 101, Sec. 113.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 3 - Administration › Section 13152.

13152. The authority for the enforcement of the provisions of this article shall be in accordance with Sections 13145 and 13146, Health and Safety Code.
(Added by renumbering Section 13182 by Stats. 1969, Ch. 39.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 3 - Administration › Section 13153.

13153. No person, firm, or corporation shall use, permit, or instruct any other person to use or permit, any portable internal combustion engine-driven pump used for the transfer of any flammable or combustible liquids unless such pump conforms to the regulations adopted by the State Fire Marshal.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 868.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 4 - California Fire Service Training and Education Program › Section 13155.

13155. This article shall be known and may be cited as the California Fire Service Training and Education Program Act.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1248.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 4 - California Fire Service Training and Education Program › Section 13156.

13156. The Legislature finds and declares that the purposes of this article are as follows:
(a)  To reduce the costs in suffering and property loss resulting from fire through standardized fire training and education programs.
(b)  To provide professional fire service training and education programs to personnel in fire departments that rely extensively on volunteers.
(c)  To develop new methods and practices in the area of fire protection.
(d)  To disseminate information relative to fires, techniques of firefighters, and other related subjects to all interested agencies and individuals throughout the state.
(e)  To enhance the coordination of fire service training and education.
(f)  To develop a coordinated and standardized plan for the control of fires and the safety of firefighters where hazardous materials are involved.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1313, Sec. 13.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 4 - California Fire Service Training and Education Program › Section 13157.

13157. The California Fire Service Training and Education Program is hereby established in the office of the State Fire Marshal.
The State Fire Marshal, with policy guidance and advice from the State Board of Fire Services, shall carry out the management of the California Fire Service Training and Education Program and shall have the authority to:
(a)  Promulgate and adopt rules and regulations necessary for implementation of the program.
(b)  Establish the courses of study and curriculum to be used in the program.
(c)  Establish prerequisites for the admission of personnel who attend courses offered in the program.
(d)  Establish and collect admission fees and other fees that may be necessary to be charged for seminars, conferences, and specialized training given, which shall not be deducted from state appropriations for the purposes of this program.
(e)  Collect such fees as may be established pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 13142.4.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1248.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 4 - California Fire Service Training and Education Program › Section 13158.

13158. The State Fire Marshal shall employ under civil service a program manager and staff as necessary to perform the functions for which the program has been established.
All personnel of the State Fire Training Program with the Department of Education shall be eligible to transfer to appropriate positions in the California Fire Service Training and Education Program provided they meet the qualifications for those positions.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 332, Sec. 31. 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 4 - California Fire Service Training and Education Program › Section 13159.

13159. The State Fire Marshal, with policy guidance and advice from the State Board of Fire Services, shall have the following responsibilities:
(a)  To make fire service training and education programs, including training and education in the use of heavy rescue equipment, available on a voluntary basis to fire departments that rely extensively on volunteers.
(b)  Cooperate with the State Board of Fire Services in the development of a minimum standards program for fire service personnel and fire service instructors.
(c)  Assist and cooperate with State Board of Fire Services pursuant to Section 13142.4.
(d)  Verify that minimum curriculum requirements, facilities, and faculty standards for schools, seminars, or workshops operated by or for the state for the specific purpose of training fire service personnel are being met.
(e)  Make or encourage studies of any aspect of fire service training and education.
(f)  Determine the need for and recommend locations of regional training sites.
(g)   Develop a model plan or system for use by fire departments for the control of fires and the safety of firefighters where hazardous materials are involved.
(h)  Study the feasibility of establishing within the office of the State Fire Marshal, a depository of information on hazardous material characteristics for use by local fire departments and other entities that respond to emergencies.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1574, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 4 - California Fire Service Training and Education Program › Section 13159.1.

13159.1. (a) The State Fire Marshal shall establish additional training standards that include the criteria for curriculum content recommended by the Emergency Response Training Advisory Committee established pursuant to Section 8588.10 of the Government Code, involving the responsibilities of first responders to terrorism incidents and to address the training needs of those identified as first responders.
(b) The State Fire Marshal shall contract with the California Firefighter Joint Apprenticeship Program for the development of curriculum content criteria specified in subdivision (a).
(c) Every paid and volunteer firefighter assigned to field duties in a state or local fire department or fire protection or firefighting agency may receive the appropriate training described in this section. Pertinent training previously completed by any jurisdiction’s firefighters and meeting the training standards of this section may be submitted to the State Fire Marshal to assess its content and determine whether it meets the training requirements prescribed by the State Fire Marshal.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 803, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 4 - California Fire Service Training and Education Program › Section 13159.15.

13159.15. (a) The Division of Apprenticeship Standards, in collaboration with the California Firefighter Joint Apprenticeship Committee (CAL-JAC), shall develop a statewide firefighter preapprenticeship program designed to recruit candidates from underrepresented groups.
(b) The firefighter preapprenticeship program funded by the division shall meet both of the following objectives:
(1) Create training and curriculum based on California firefighter standards designed to prepare candidates from underrepresented groups with the skills, competencies, and mentorship needed to pass the Candidate Physical Ability Test (CPAT), and the written tests and oral components common to the California hiring process that are necessary for a candidate to be eligible for consideration and hire with fire protection agencies.
(2) Provide Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Training to candidates from underrepresented groups, preparing them to meet the necessary minimum qualification required by the majority of fire protection agencies.
(c) CAL-JAC shall deliver the pilot classes established through the preapprenticeship program using existing facilities and training models in order to minimize the costs of the program. CAL-JAC shall provide the preapprenticeship program model to fire protection agencies. That program may include curriculum, course set up and outlines staffing and equipment requirements, and recruitment strategies developed pursuant to this section. A protection fire agency may then use those resources to establish a local preapprenticeship program for recruiting candidates from underrepresented groups.
(d) The Division of Apprenticeship Standards shall provide the oversight and technical assistance in the development of this preapprenticeship program.
(e) For purposes of this section, “underrepresented groups” means groups that CAL-JAC determines are currently underrepresented in the firefighter profession.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 344, Sec. 1. (AB 579) Effective September 28, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 4 - California Fire Service Training and Education Program › Section 13159.2.

13159.2. (a) For purposes of this section, the State Fire Marshal shall be referred to as the SFM.
(b) The SFM may accept certification by the United States Department of Defense as a firefighter as an alternative for the basic SFM training and certification standards for the position of Firefighter I of the California Fire Service Training and Education Program, if the United States Department of Defense certification is accompanied by a national certification or accreditation that has been approved by the SFM and that is based on the International Fire Service Accreditation Congress, Pro Board, or other accepted third-party certification standard.
(c) If the United States Department of Defense certification is not accompanied by a national certification approved by the SFM, as described in subdivision (b), the SFM shall follow the verification process adopted pursuant to the authority provided in Sections 13157 and 13159.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 215, Sec. 1. (AB 398) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 4 - California Fire Service Training and Education Program › Section 13159.4.

13159.4. The State Fire Marshal shall annually review, revise as necessary, and administer the California Fire Service Training program, shall establish priorities for the use of state and federal fire service training and education funds applicable to statewide programs, other than those funds administered by the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, and shall approve the expenditure of these funds in accordance with the established priorities. This section shall not restrict local entities from independently seeking and utilizing state and federal funds for local fire training and education needs.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 427, Sec. 98. 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 4 - California Fire Service Training and Education Program › Section 13159.5.

13159.5. (a) The Office of the State Fire Marshal shall develop and make available on its internet website a Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Safety Building Standards Compliance training intended for use in the training of local building officials, builders, and fire service personnel. This training shall be updated as changes are made to Chapter 7A (commencing with Section 701A.1) of Part 2 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, or any appropriate successor regulatory code, and shall include any pertinent mandates for emergency power backup, including, but not limited to, battery backup requirements for automatic garage door openers.
(b) The Office of the State Fire Marshal shall develop and update on a regular basis a Wildland-Urban Interface Products listing of products and construction assemblies that comply with Chapter 7A (commencing with Section 701A.1) of Part 2 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, or any appropriate successor regulatory code, for products such as the following:
(1) Exterior wall siding and sheathing.
(2) Exterior windows, skylights, and doors.
(3) Vents, including eave and cornice vents.
(4) Decking.
(5) Treated lumber and ignition-resistant materials.
(6) Roofing materials.
(7) Emergency battery power backup for automatic garage door openers.
(c) In researching and developing the products listing and the educational and training provisions under this section, the Office of the State Fire Marshal is authorized to expend funds from the Building Standards Administration Special Revolving Fund, upon an appropriation by the Legislature, pursuant to Section 18931.7.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 404, Sec. 2. (SB 190) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal › ARTICLE 4 - California Fire Service Training and Education Program › Section 13159.6.

13159.6. (a) The State Fire Marshal shall establish additional training standards that include the criteria for curriculum content recommended by the Statewide Training and Education Advisory Committee involving peer-to-peer suicide prevention programming.
(b) The State Fire Marshal shall coordinate with the California Firefighter Joint Apprenticeship Program for the development and delivery of curriculum content criteria specified in subdivision (a).
(c) All paid personnel assigned to field duties in a state or local fire department or fire protection or firefighting agency may receive the appropriate training described in this section.
(d) The State Fire Marshal shall make the curriculum content criteria developed pursuant to this section available to the Emergency Medical Services Authority.
(e) The implementation of this section is contingent upon an appropriation of funds in the annual Budget Act or another statute for purposes of this section.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 575, Sec. 2. (AB 662) 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 5 - California Fire and Arson Training Act › Section 13159.7.

13159.7. This article shall be known and may be cited as the California Fire and Arson Training Act.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 653, 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 5 - California Fire and Arson Training Act › Section 13159.8.

13159.8. The State Fire Marshal, with policy guidance and advice from the State Board of Fire Services, shall:
(a)  Establish and validate recommended minimum standards for fire protection personnel and fire protection instructors at all career levels.
(b)  Develop course curricula for arson, fire technology, and apprenticeship training for use in academies, colleges, and other educational institutions.
(c)  Develop, validate, update, copyright, and maintain security over a complete series of promotional examinations based on the minimum standards established pursuant to subdivision (a).
(d)  Have the authority to make the examinations developed pursuant to subdivision (c) available to any agency of the state, to any political subdivision within the state, or to any other testing organization, as he or she deems appropriate.
(e)  Establish any fees which are necessary to implement this section. However, the State Fire Marshal shall not establish or collect any fees for training classes provided by the State Fire Marshal to fire protection personnel relating to state laws and regulation which local fire services are authorized or required to enforce.
(f)  Promote, sponsor, and administer the California Fire Academy System.
(g)  Establish procedures for seeking, accepting, and administering gifts and grants for use in implementing the intents and purposes of the California Fire and Arson Training Act.
(h)  The recommended minimum standards established pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not apply to any agency of the state or any agency of any political subdivision within the state unless that agency elects to be subject to these standards.
(Added by renumbering Section 13142.4 by Stats. 1988, Ch. 653, 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 5 - California Fire and Arson Training Act › Section 13159.9.

13159.9. The State Fire Marshal shall:
(a)  Jointly, with the California Professional Firefighters, promote participation in, sponsor, and administer the California Firefighter Joint Apprenticeship Program as the preemployment recruitment, selection, and training system to be utilized for entry level firefighters.
(b)  Establish advisory committees or panels, as necessary, to assist the State Fire Marshal in carrying out his or her function under this article.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 653, 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 5 - California Fire and Arson Training Act › Section 13159.10.

13159.10. There is established in the State Treasury the California Fire and Arson Training Fund. All revenue collected pursuant to Section 13159.8 shall be paid into this fund and these moneys shall be available when appropriated by the Legislature for the office of the State Fire Marshal to carry out the provisions of this article.
(Added by renumbering Section 13142.5 by Stats. 1988, Ch. 653, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1.5 - Portable Fire Extinguishers › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 13160.

13160. With the advice of the State Fire Advisory Board, the State Fire Marshal shall adopt, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and administer regulations and standards as he or she may deem necessary for the protection and preservation of life and property to control the servicing, including charging, and testing, of all portable fire extinguishers for controlling and extinguishing fires, and for controlling the sale and marketing of all such devices with respect to conformance with standards of their use, capacity, and effectiveness. In adopting the regulations, the State Fire Marshal shall consider the standards of the National Fire Protection Association.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 101, Sec. 114.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1.5 - Portable Fire Extinguishers › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 13161.

13161. It is the legislative intention in enacting this chapter that the provisions of this chapter and the regulations and standards adopted by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to this chapter shall apply uniformly throughout the State of California and no county, city, city or county or district shall adopt or enforce any ordinance or rule or regulation regarding portable fire extinguishers which is inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter or the regulations and standards adopted by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to this chapter.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 802.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1.5 - Portable Fire Extinguishers › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 13162.

13162. No person shall market, distribute, or sell any portable fire extinguisher in this state unless it meets the following requirements:
(a)  It complies with regulations and standards adopted by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to Section 13160.
(b)  It has been examined by and bears the label of Underwriters’ Laboratories Inc. or another testing laboratory which is approved by the State Fire Marshal as qualified to test portable fire extinguishers. Any testing laboratory approved by the State Fire Marshal shall have facilities, personnel, and operating procedures equivalent to those of the Underwriters’ Laboratories Inc.
(c)  It does not use as an extinguishing agent any carbon tetrachloride, chlorbromomethane, or methyl bromide.
The State Fire Marshal may grant reasonable exceptions to this subdivision when the extinguisher is intended for industrial use in places to which the public is not invited or admitted. The provisions of this section apply to the state and any political subdivision thereof.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 267.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1.5 - Portable Fire Extinguishers › ARTICLE 2 - Licensing › Section 13163.

13163. No person shall engage in the business of, nor perform for a fee, the servicing, charging, or testing of portable fire extinguishers without a license issued by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to this chapter expressly authorizing such person to perform such acts.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 802.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1.5 - Portable Fire Extinguishers › ARTICLE 2 - Licensing › Section 13164.

13164. Application for a license to engage in the business of, or perform for a fee, the servicing, charging, or testing of portable fire extinguishers shall be made in writing to the State Fire Marshal on forms provided by him and shall be accompanied by the fees prescribed in this chapter. A separate application for license shall be made for each separate place of business location of the applicant for license.
The application shall be signed by the applicant. If the application is made by a partnership, it shall be signed by each partner. If the application is made by a corporation or association other than a partnership, it shall be signed by the principal officer thereof and, in the case of applications by corporations, bear the seal of the corporation. The application shall also include written authorization by the applicant permitting the State Fire Marshal and any of his properly authorized employees to enter, examine and inspect any premises, building, room, or establishment used by the applicant in servicing, charging, or testing portable fire extinguishers to determine compliance with the provisions of this chapter and the regulations and standards adopted by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to Section 13160.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 802.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1.5 - Portable Fire Extinguishers › ARTICLE 2 - Licensing › Section 13165.

13165. Following receipt of the properly completed application and prescribed fees, and compliance with the provisions of this part and the regulations adopted pursuant to Section 13160, the State Fire Marshal shall issue a license.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 802.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1.5 - Portable Fire Extinguishers › ARTICLE 2 - Licensing › Section 13166.

13166. Original licenses shall be valid from the date of issuance through December 31st of the year in which issued. Thereafter, each license shall be renewed annually and renewals thereof shall be valid from January 1st through December 31st.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 802.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1.5 - Portable Fire Extinguishers › ARTICLE 2 - Licensing › Section 13167.

13167. Application for renewal shall be made on or before November 1st of the year in which the current license expires. Application for renewal shall be made in writing on forms provided by the State Fire Marshal and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fees.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 802.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1.5 - Portable Fire Extinguishers › ARTICLE 2 - Licensing › Section 13168.

13168. The State Fire Marshal may refuse to renew any license in the same manner and for any reason that he is authorized pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 13185) of this chapter to deny an original license. The applicant shall, upon such refusal, have the same rights as are granted by Article 4 of the chapter to an applicant for an original license which has been denied by the State Fire Marshal.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 802.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1.5 - Portable Fire Extinguishers › ARTICLE 2 - Licensing › Section 13169.

13169. Every licensee shall notify the State Fire Marshal at his Sacramento office in writing within 15 days of any change of his address.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 802.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1.5 - Portable Fire Extinguishers › ARTICLE 2 - Licensing › Section 13170.

13170. Any advertisement of the servicing, charging, or testing of portable fire extinguishers constitutes prima facie evidence that the premises, business, building, room, shop, store or establishment in or upon which it appears, or to which it refers, is a separate place of business location.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 802.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1.5 - Portable Fire Extinguishers › ARTICLE 2 - Licensing › Section 13171.

13171. No licensee shall conduct his licensed business or solicit business under a name other than a name or names which appears on his license.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 802.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1.5 - Portable Fire Extinguishers › ARTICLE 2 - Licensing › Section 13172.

13172. The State Fire Marshal shall without cost, annually notify the chief fire official of each local fire authority of the name, address and license number of each firm that is licensed pursuant to this chapter. Upon request, single copies of such list shall be furnished, without cost, to a licensed person.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 802.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1.5 - Portable Fire Extinguishers › ARTICLE 2 - Licensing › Section 13173.

13173. The holder of any license shall submit such license for inspection upon request of the State Fire Marshal, any of his properly authorized employees, or any local fire official.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 802.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1.5 - Portable Fire Extinguishers › ARTICLE 2 - Licensing › Section 13174.

13174. Every licensed person shall annually, within seven days of employment and within seven days of termination of employment, report to the State Fire Marshal at his Sacramento office, the name, address, and certificate of registration number, if any, of every natural person performing any act of servicing, charging, or testing portable fire extinguishers for such licensed person.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 802.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1.5 - Portable Fire Extinguishers › ARTICLE 3 - Certificates of Registration › Section 13175.

13175. No natural person shall service, charge, or test any portable fire extinguisher without a certificate of registration issued by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to this chapter expressly authorizing such person to perform such acts.
The provisions of this article apply to the state, the Regents of University of California, a county, city, district, public authority, and any other political subdivision or public corporation in this state.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 802.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1.5 - Portable Fire Extinguishers › ARTICLE 3 - Certificates of Registration › Section 13175.1.

13175.1. The provisions of this article shall not apply to any person servicing, charging, or testing any portable fire extinguisher owned by such person when the portable fire extinguisher is not required by any statute, regulation, or ordinance, to be provided or installed.
The provisions of this section shall not prohibit the servicing, charging, or testing of portable fire extinguishers by new employees of a licensed person for a period not to exceed 90 days provided such servicing, charging or testing is conducted in the presence of and under the direct supervision of a natural person holding a valid certificate of registration.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 802.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1.5 - Portable Fire Extinguishers › ARTICLE 3 - Certificates of Registration › Section 13176.

13176. Application for a certificate of registration to service, charge, or test portable fire extinguishers shall be made in writing to the State Fire Marshal on forms provided by him and shall be accompanied by the fee prescribed in this chapter. The application shall be signed by the applicant.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 802.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1.5 - Portable Fire Extinguishers › ARTICLE 3 - Certificates of Registration › Section 13177.

13177. The State Fire Marshal shall require all applicants for a certificate of registration to take and pass a written examination which may be supplemented by practical tests when deemed necessary, to determine the applicants knowledge of servicing, charging and testing of portable fire extinguishers.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 802.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1.5 - Portable Fire Extinguishers › ARTICLE 3 - Certificates of Registration › Section 13178.

13178. Following receipt of the properly completed application and prescribed fee, and the completion of the required examination, the State Fire Marshal shall issue a certificate of registration.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 802.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1.5 - Portable Fire Extinguishers › ARTICLE 3 - Certificates of Registration › Section 13179.

13179. Original certificates of registration shall be valid from the date of issuance through December 31st of the year in which issued. Thereafter, each certificate of registration shall be renewed annually and renewals thereof shall be valid from January 1st through December 31st.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 802.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1.5 - Portable Fire Extinguishers › ARTICLE 3 - Certificates of Registration › Section 13180.

13180. Application for renewal shall be made on or before November 1st of the year in which the current certificate of registration expires. Application for renewal shall be made in writing on forms provided by the State Fire Marshal and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 802.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1.5 - Portable Fire Extinguishers › ARTICLE 3 - Certificates of Registration › Section 13181.

13181. The State Fire Marshal may refuse to renew any certificate of registration in the same manner and for any reason that he is authorized pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 13185) of this chapter to deny an original certificate of registration. The applicant shall, upon such refusal, have the same rights as are granted by Article 4 of this chapter to an applicant for an original certificate of registration which has been denied by the State Fire Marshal.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 802.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1.5 - Portable Fire Extinguishers › ARTICLE 3 - Certificates of Registration › Section 13182.

13182. Every certificate of registration holder shall notify the State Fire Marshal at his Sacramento office in writing within 15 days of any change of his address.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 802.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1.5 - Portable Fire Extinguishers › ARTICLE 3 - Certificates of Registration › Section 13183.

13183. Every natural person who services, charges, or tests any portable fire extinguisher shall affix a tag to the serviced unit. Such tag shall indicate the date upon which the service work was performed and it shall bear the signature of such natural person, and other information specified by the State Fire Marshal.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 802.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1.5 - Portable Fire Extinguishers › ARTICLE 3 - Certificates of Registration › Section 13184.

13184. The holder of a certificate of registration shall submit such certificate for inspection upon request of the State Fire Marshal, any of his properly authorized employees, or any local fire official.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 802.)