Chapter 6 — BUILDING SERVICES AND SYSTEMS
601 General — 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) § 601 · Effective January 1, 2026 · Official source: Building Standards Commission
601.1 Scope.¶
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to the installation, operation, testing and maintenance of the following building services and systems:
- Electrical systems, equipment and wiring.
- Information technology server rooms.
- Elevator systems, emergency operation and recall.
- Fuel-fired appliances, heating systems, chimneys and fuel oil storage.
- Commercial cooking equipment and systems.
- Commercial cooking oil storage.
- Mechanical refrigeration systems.
- Hyperbaric facilities.
- Clothes dryer exhaust systems.
601.2 Hazard abatement.¶
Operations or conditions deemed unsafe or hazardous by the fire code official shall be abated. Equipment, appliances, materials and systems that are modified or damaged and constitute an electrical shock or fire hazard shall not be used.
601.2.1 Correction of unsafe conditions. The fire code official shall be authorized to require the owner, the owner’s authorized agent, operator or occupant of a building or premises to abate or cause to be abated or corrected such unsafe operations or conditions either by repair, rehabilitation, demolition or other approved corrective action in compliance with this code.
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