Section 3208 — RACK STORAGE — 2025 California Fire Code (Title 24, Part 9)

3208.1 General. ¶

3208.1 General. Rack storage shall be in accordance with Section 3206 and this section. Bin boxes exceeding 5 feet (1524 mm) in any dimension shall be regulated as rack storage. 3208.1.1 Storage racks. The design and installation of storage racks shall be in accordance with the California Building Code .

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3208.2 Fire protection. ¶

3208.2 Fire protection. Where automatic sprinklers are required by Table 3206.2, an approved automatic sprinkler system shall be installed throughout the building or to 1-hour fire barriers constructed in accordance with Section 707 of the California Building Code . Openings in such fire barriers shall be protected by opening protectives having a 1-hour fire protection rating. The design and installation of the automatic sprinkler system and other applicable fire protection shall be in accordance with Section 903.3.1.1 and the California Building Code . 3208.2.1 Plastic shelves. Storage on…

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3208.3 Flue spaces. ¶

3208.3 Flue spaces. Rack storage areas protected with an automatic sprinkler system shall be provided with flue spaces in accordance with Table 3208.3. The space taken up by rack uprights that is not obstructed by commodities or solid shelving is allowed to be included in the transverse flue space measurement. Required flue spaces shall be maintained. TABLE 3208.3—REQUIRED FLUE SPACES FOR RACK STORAGECol2Col3Col4Col5Col6 ------------------ RACK<brCONFIGURATIONFLUE DESIGNFLUE DESIGNAUTOMATIC SPRINKLER PROTECTIONAUTOMATIC SPRINKLER PROTECTIONAUTOMATIC SPRINKLER PROTECTION…

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3208.4 Column protection. ¶

3208.4 Column protection. Steel building columns shall be protected in accordance with NFPA 13.

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3208.5 Extra-high-rack storage systems. ¶

3208.5 Extra-high-rack storage systems. Approval of the fire code official shall be obtained prior to installing extra-high-rack combustible storage. 3208.5.1 Fire protection. Buildings with extra-high-rack combustible storage shall be protected with a specially engineered automatic sprinkler system. Extra-high-rack combustible storage shall be provided with additional special fire protection, such as separation from other buildings and additional built-in fire protection features and fire department access, where required by the fire code official.

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