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Appendix B — FIRE-FLOW REQUIREMENTS

California Fire Code (Title 24, Part 9) · 2019 edition · updated 2026-09-10 · California

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FOR BUILDINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745

Section

B101 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745 B102 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745 B103 Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745 B104 Fire-flow Calculation Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745 B105 Fire-flow Requirements for Buildings . . . . . . . . . 745 B106 Referenced Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747

APPENDIX BB FIRE-FLOW REQUIREMENTS FOR BUILDINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751

Section

BB101 Scope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751

BB102 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751

BB103 Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751

BB104 Fire Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751

BB105 Fire-flow Requirements for Buildings . . . . . . . . 751

6202 Definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675
6203 General Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675
6204 Storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675
6205 Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677
CHAPTER 63 OXIDIZERS, OXIDIZING CHAPTER 63 OXIDIZERS, OXIDIZING
GASES AND OXIDIZING
CRYOGENIC FLUIDS . . . . . . . . . . . 681
Section Section
6301 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681
6302 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681
6303 General Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681
6304 Storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682
6305 Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683
6306 Liquid Oxygen in Home Health Care . . . . . . . . . . 683
CHAPTER 64 PYROPHORIC MATERIALS . . . . . 687
Section Section
6401 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687
6402 Definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687
6403 General Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687
6404 Storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687
6405 Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688
CHAPTER 65 PYROXYLIN (CELLULOSE CHAPTER 65 PYROXYLIN (CELLULOSE
NITRATE) PLASTICS. . . . . . . . . . . . 691
Section Section
6501 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691
6502 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691
6503 General Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691
6504 Storage and Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691
CHAPTER 66 UNSTABLE CHAPTER 66 UNSTABLE
(REACTIVE) MATERIALS . . . . . . . 695
Section Section
6601 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695
6602 Definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695
6603 General Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695
6604 Storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695
6605 Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696
CHAPTER 67 WATER-REACTIVE CHAPTER 67 WATER-REACTIVE
SOLIDS AND LIQUIDS. . . . . . . . . . . 699
Section Section
6701 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 699
6702 Definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 699

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