Appendix D — FIRE APPARATUS ACCESS ROADS
D104 Commercial and Industrial Developments — 2025 California Fire Code
California Fire Code (Title 24, Part 9) · 2025 edition · updated 2026-09-25 · California
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Cite as: 2025 California Fire Code (Title 24, Part 9) § D104 · Effective January 1, 2026 · Official source: Building Standards Commission
D104.1 Buildings exceeding three stories or 30 feet in height.¶
Buildings or facilities exceeding 30 feet (9144 mm) or three stories in height shall have not fewer than two means of fire apparatus access for each structure.
D104.2 Buildings exceeding 62,000 square feet in area.¶
Buildings or facilities having a gross building area of more than 62,000 square feet (5760 m [2] ) shall be provided with two separate and approved fire apparatus access roads. Exception: Projects having a gross building area of up to 124,000 square feet (11 520 m [2] ) that have a single approved fire apparatus access road where all buildings are equipped throughout with approved automatic sprinkler systems.
D104.3 Remoteness.¶
Where two fire apparatus access roads are required, they shall be placed a distance apart equal to not less than one half of the length of the maximum overall diagonal dimension of the lot or area to be served, measured in a straight line between
accesses.
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