Appendix O — TEMPORARY HAUNTED HOUSES,
Section O103
California Fire Code (Title 24, Part 9) · 2019 edition · updated 2026-09-10 · California
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Italicized text is a California amendment to the model code, as printed in the official publication.
O103.1 Allowable structures. Haunted houses, ghost walks,¶
and similar amusement uses shall only be located in struc- tures that comply with the provisions for Special Amusement Buildings in accordance with the California Building Code.
O103.2 Tents or membrane structures. Tents and membrane¶
structures may be used when in compliance with all applica- ble requirements of this regulation and when the total floor area of the tent is less than 1,000 square feet and the travel distance to an exit from any location is less than 50 feet.
O103.3 Fire evacuation plans. A fire safety and evacuation¶
plan that complies with Section 404 of the this code shall be submitted.
O103.4 Staffing. The event shall be adequately staffed by¶
qualified person(s) to control the occupant load and assist patrons in exiting should an evacuation become necessary. Staffing level shall be determined upon review of plans and may be increased at the discretion of the Fire Code Official.
O103.5 Occupant load. Maximum occupant load shall be in¶
accordance with Chapter 10, Table 1004.1.1. A sign stating maximum occupancy shall be posted in a visible location near the entrance. The attendant(s) shall control the flow of patrons so as not to exceed this limit.
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O103.6 Exits. Exiting shall be in accordance with Chapter 10¶
and this section.
1. Two exits shall be provided from each room with an occupant load of 50 or more. Required exit doors shall swing in the direction of egress.
2. Illuminated exit signs shall be provided at each exit serving an occupant load of 50 or more.
3. Exit doors serving an occupant load of 50 or more shall not be provided with a latch or lock unless it is panic hardware.
4. When tents or membrane structures are approved for use, curtains shall not be allowed to cover the exits.
5. Emergency lighting shall be provided in exit pathways.
6. Exhibits and decorative materials shall not obstruct, confuse, or obscure exits, exit pathways, exit signs or emergency lights.
7. Additional exit pathway markings, such as low level exit signs and directional exit path markings, may be required.
O103.7 Fire protection. Haunted houses and ghost walks¶
shall be provided with fire protection systems in accordance with Appendix O103.7.
Exception: When the total floor area of haunted houses or indoor portions of ghost walks are less than 1,000 square feet and the travel distance to an exit is less than 50 feet.
O103.7.1 Fire sprinkler protection. An automatic fire sprinkler system shall be required for haunted houses and indoor portions of ghost walks. Fire sprinkler systems shall be in accordance with Section 903.
O103.7.2 Fire detection systems. An approved automatic fire detection system shall be provided in accordance with Section 907.2.12, as required for amusement buildings.
O103.7.3 Alarm. Activation of any single smoke detector, the fire sprinkler system, or other automatic fire detection device shall be in accordance with Section 907.2.12.1.
O103.7.4 Emergency voice alarm. Provide an emergency voice/alarm communication system in accordance with Section 907.2.12.3, as required for amusement buildings.
O103.7.5 Portable fire extinguishers. Fire extinguishers shall have a minimum 2A-10B:C rating. Fire extinguish- ers shall be properly mounted and shall be visible and accessible at all times. Clearly identify locations with signs or reflective tape. Fire extinguishers shall be located within 50 of feet travel distance from anywhere in the building.
O103.8 Electrical. When required, a permit shall be obtained¶
from the local building official.
O103.8.1 Extension cords. Extension cords shall be UL listed and shall be appropriate for the intended use.
O103.8.2 Power strips. Only UL listed power strips with overcurrent protection shall be used when the number of outlets provided is inadequate. Power strips shall be
plugged directly into the outlet, and shall not be plugged into one another in series.
O103.8.3 String lighting. Manufacturer’s installation guidelines shall be followed for the maximum allowable number of string lights that can be connected. When con- necting string lights together, the total amperage of all string lights shall be calculated to ensure that they do not exceed the amperage for the extension cord and circuit.
O103.8.4 Protection. All extension cords and power strips shall be adequately protected from foot traffic.
O103.8.5 Portable generators. When portable generators are utilized, they shall be diesel fuel type and located a minimum of 20 feet away from all structures.
O103.9 Decorative materials. Interior wall, ceiling, and floor¶
finishes shall be Class A rated in accordance with the Cali- fornia Building Code.
O103.9.1 Flame retardant. All decorative materials shall be both inherently flame retardant and labeled as such, or shall be treated with a listed flame-retardant material. If the material is treated by the user, a container and receipt will serve as proof.
O103.9.2 Flame test. Testing shall be done in accordance with Section 803.5 of this code, as referenced from the California Code of Regulations, Title 19, Division 1, Arti- cle 3, Section 3.21(a) and (b). Proof of testing shall be provided.
O103.9.3 Placement of decorative materials. Decorative materials, props and/or performer platforms shall not obstruct, confuse, or obscure exits, exit signs, exit path- ways, emergency lighting or any component of fire protec- tion systems and equipment (i.e. fire extinguishers, fire alarm systems, fire sprinklers, etc.) inside or outside the building.
O103.10 Smoke generators. Use of smoke-generating equip-¶
ment may be restricted if determined to be incompatible with smoke alarm(s). Care and consideration shall be used with respect to smoke generator and smoke alarm locations. Smoke generator and smoke alarm locations shall be approved by the fire department.
O103.11 Display of motor vehicles. Display of motor vehi-¶
cles shall be in accordance with Section 3104.18 of this code.
O103.12 Inspections. A fire and life safety inspection shall be¶
conducted by the fire department prior to the start of the event.
O103.13 Signs. “NO SMOKING” signs shall be conspicu-¶
ously posted at the main entrance and throughout the exhibit.
O103.14 Prohibited areas. Inside storage or use of flamma-¶
ble and/or combustible liquids, gases, and solids shall be prohibited. Open flames shall be prohibited.
O103.15 Maintenance. Good housekeeping shall be main-¶
tained at all times throughout exhibit and exit pathways.
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INDEX
Approval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.6.1, 401.2, 603.1.2,
24-HOUR BASIS Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 ABANDONED PREMISES
(see VACANT PREMISES) ABANDONMENT
Flammable and combustible
liquid tanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5704.2.13 ACCEPTANCE TESTING
Fire protection system
installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 901.5, 904.4, 907.7 Fire pumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 913.5.1 Flammable and combustible
liquid tanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5704.2.12.1 Single- and multiple-station
smoke alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.7.1 Smoke control systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 909.18 ACCESS, FIRE DEPARTMENT
Aviation facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003.4 Construction and demolition sites. . . . . . . . . . 3310.1 Doors for. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504.2, 3205.4, 3206.7 Equipment to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509 High-piled storage buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3206.6 Tire storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3406 ACCESS ROADS, FIRE APPARATUS . . . . . . . . . 503
Aviation facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003.4 Bridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503.2.6 Building openings and roofs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 High-piled storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3206.6 Lumber yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2803.6, 2809.3 Obstructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503.4 Tents and membrane structures. . . . . . . . . . 3103.8.1 ACCESSIBLE MEANS OF EGRESS . . . . . . . . . . 1009
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Standby power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1203.2.2 ACCESSIBLE ROUTE
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 ACETYLENE
(see WELDING AND OTHER HOT WORK) Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3505.4 Generators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3508 ADDRESS NUMBER
(see PREMISES IDENTIFICATION) ADMINISTRATION
Alternative methods and materials . . . . . 104.9, 501.4 Applicability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
2307.2, 2308.2, 3103.2, 5706.4.7.1 Approved materials and equipment . . . . . . . . . 104.7 Board of appeal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.1 Emergencies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.11 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.6.2, 107 Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Permits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.2, 105 Right of entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.3 Unsafe buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Violations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 AEROSOL CONTAINER
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Glass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5101.4 Plastic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5101.4, 5104.1.1 AEROSOL FIRE-EXTINGUISHING
SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 904.14 AEROSOL PRODUCT WAREHOUSE . . . . . . . 5104.4
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 AEROSOLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 51
Classification levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5103.1 Classification of products . . . . . . . . . . . Table 5103.1 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Inside storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5104 Manufacturing facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5107 Nonsegregated storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5104.3.1,
Table 5104.3.1 Outside storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5105 Permit required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.1 Retail display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5106 Segregated storage . . . . . . 5104.3.2, Table 5104.3.2 AGENCY
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 AGENT
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 AGRICULTURAL BUILDING
(Occupancy Group U) Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Occupant load. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 1004.5 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS . . . . . . . 3703.4, 6001.1 AGRO-INDUSTRIAL
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
By-products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2801.1
Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2804.1, 2808.1
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AIR-INFLATED STRUCTURES (see TENTS AND
OTHER MEMBRANE STRUCTURES) Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.47 AIR-SUPPORTED STRUCTURES
(see TENTS AND OTHER MEMBRANE STRUCTURES) . . . . . . . . . Chapter 31 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.47 AIRCRAFT
Defueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006.5, 2006.18 Fueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006 Hangars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 914.8.3 Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004 AIRCRAFT MOTOR-VEHICLE FUEL-
DISPENSING FACILITY . . . . . . . . . . 2006.1, 2301.1 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 AIRCRAFT OPERATION AREA (AOA)
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Housekeeping in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003.3 Smoking prohibited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003.2 AIRCRAFT-RELATED OCCUPANCIES,
FIRE PROTECTION FOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 914.8 AIRPORT
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 AIRPORT TRAFFIC
CONTROL TOWERS . . . 907.2.21, 914.8.1, 914.8.2 AISLE ACCESSWAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1018.4
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 AISLE(S) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.1.7.1, 1018
Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029 Cross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029.17.2 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Fixed seating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1004.6 Hazardous materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5003.11.3.9 High-piled combustible storage . . . . 3205.4, 3206.10 Obstruction of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1031.3, 1031.5 Tents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3103.12.5 Travel distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029.7 Walking surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003.4 Width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1018.3, 1029.9.1, 1104.22,
3206.10.1, 5904.1.2 ALARM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.4.2, 2405.9.3,
2703.13.2.1, 6004.2.2.10.1 Activations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401.3.2 Audible. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.5.2.1 Coded signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.8.2.3 Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.4.1, 2703.12.3 Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 901.5, 901.6, 904.4.2 Visible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.5.2.3 Warning signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 904.3.4
ALARM NOTIFICATION APPLIANCE . . . . . . . 907.5.2
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 ALARM, NUISANCE
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 ALARM SIGNAL
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 ALARM, SMOKE
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 ALARM VERIFICATION FEATURE
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 ALCOHOL-BASED HAND RUB . . . . . . 5001.1, 5705.5
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 ALCOHOL-BLENDED FUELS
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Compatibility of components . . . . . . . . . . . . 2306.8.2 Dispensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2306.8 Listed equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2306.8.1 ALTERATION
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 ALTERNATING TREAD DEVICE . . . . . . . . . . .1011.14
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 ALTERNATIVE AUTOMATIC
FIRE-EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . . 904 ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS
AND METHODS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104.9 AMBULATORY CARE FACILITY
(Occupancy Group B) Automatic sprinklers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.2 Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Fire alarm systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .907.2.2.1 AMMONIA
Diffusion systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605.12.6 Refrigerant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605.12.3 AMMONIUM NITRATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5601.1.5
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 AMMUNITION, SMALL ARMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5606
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Storage and handling. . . . . 105.6.14, 5601.2.1, 5604 AMUSEMENT BUILDING, SPECIAL
(see SPECIAL AMUSEMENT BUILDING) AMUSEMENT PARK STRUCTURES
(Assembly, Group A-5) Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 ANNUNCIATOR
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 APPEALS, BOARD OF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 APPENDICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.2.1 APPLIANCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .605.7
Chimneys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .603.6 Commercial kitchen hoods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607 Cooking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5705.3.3
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Fuel-fired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603 Gas piping connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607.4 Heat-producing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2301.6 Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603.5, 604.10, 5705.3.3 Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5705.3.3 Unsafe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603.7 APPLICABILITY (of the code) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 APPROVED
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 ARC WELDING
(see WELDING AND OTHER HOT WORK) AREA, BUILDING
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 AREA OF REFUGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009.6
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 ARRAY (storage) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3205.7, 3207.4
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 ARRAY, CLOSED (storage) . . . . . . . . . 3205.7, 3207.4
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 ARTIFICIAL BARRICADE (see BARRICADE) ASH TRAYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310.6 ASHES, HOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305.2 ASPHALT (TAR) KETTLES . . . . . . . . . . . 303, 3317.2 ASPHYXIANT GASES . . . . . . . . . . . 5004.7.1, 5307.1 ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCIES (Group A)
Aisles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029 Announcements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.2.2 Automatic sprinklers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2 Candles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 Cellulose nitrate film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.5, 306 Decorative materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806, 807 Defined (Occupancy classification). . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1010 Egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 10 Emergency evacuation drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405 Employee training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406 Evacuation plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404 Fire alarm systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.2.1 Fire safety plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404 Furnishings . . . . . . . . . . . . . .807.5.1Interior finish803 LP-gas installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 61 Motion picture projection rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . 306.1 Multiple fire areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.1.7 Obstruction of exits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1031.3 Occupant load calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1004 On roofs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.1.6 Open-flame devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.3 Panic hardware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1010.1.10 Permits required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.36 Portable fire extinguishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 906 Posting maximum occupant load . . . . . . . . . . 1004.3
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Prohibit smoking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310 Pyroxylin-coated fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 807.5.1.4 Pyroxylin plastic motion picture film storage. . . 306.1 Seating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029 Seating plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.2.1 Standpipe systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 905 Storage, flammable liquids . . . . . . . . . . . . 5704.3.4.2 Tents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 31 Vehicles in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3107.15.4 ASSISTED RESCUE AREAS, EXTERIOR . . . . 1009.7 ATRIUM
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Sprinklers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 914.4.1 ATRIUM FIRE PROTECTION . . . . . . . 907.2.14, 914.4 ATTIC
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 ATTIC STORAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.3.4, 903.3.1.2.3 AUDIBLE ALARM NOTIFICATION
APPLIANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.5.2.1 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 AUTOMATED RACK STORAGE
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Emergency shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3209.4 AUTOMATIC
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 AUTOMATIC FIRE-EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM
(see FIRE-EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS, ALTERNATIVE) AUTOMATIC SMOKE DETECTION SYSTEM
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER
SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2108.2, 2703.10, 2804.3,
3206.4, 3209.2, 3314, 6304.1.2 Aerosol product warehouses . . . . . . . . . . . . 5104.4.1 Alarms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.4.2, 2703.10.5 Attics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.3.1.2.3 Basements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.11.1.3 Chutes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1103.4.9.3 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Dip-tank operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2405.4 Gas rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5003.8.4.1 Group A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.1, 1103.5.1 Group B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.2 Group E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.3 Group F-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.4 Group H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.5 Group I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.6, 1103.5.2, 1103.5.3 Group M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.7 Group R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.8 Group S-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.9 Group S-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.10 Hazardous exhaust ducts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.11.4
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High-piled storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.7.1 Hose threads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.3.6 Installation requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.3 Kitchen exhaust hood and
ducts systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.11.5 Limited area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.3.8 Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.4 NFPA 13 sprinkler systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.3.1.1 NFPA 13D sprinkler systems. . . . . . . . . . . . 903.3.1.3 NFPA 13R sprinkler systems. . . . . . . . . . . . 903.3.1.2 Open-ended corridors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.3.1.2.2 Pyroxylin plastics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.5.3, 1103.5.4 Repair garages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.9.1 Riser rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 901.4.6 Rubbish and linen chutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.11.2 Secondary water supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 914.3.2 Spray rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2404.4 Water supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.3.5 Windowless stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.11.1 Woodworking operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.4.1 Zones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.6.4 AUTOMATIC SPRINKLERS
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Early Suppression Fast
Response (ESFR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 910.2,
Table 3206.2, Table 3208.3,
Table 5104.3.2.2, 5104.4.3 Obstructions to discharge . . . . . . . . 315.3.1, 903.3.3 Quick response (QR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.3.2,
Table 5704.3.6.3(5) Residential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.3.2 AUTOMATIC WATER MIST SYSTEM . . . . . . . . 904.11
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 AUTOMOBILE UNDERCOATING
(see SPRAY FINISHING) AUTOMOTIVE MOTOR FUEL-
DISPENSING FACILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 23 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 AVERAGE AMBIENT SOUND LEVEL . . . 907.5.2.1.1
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 AVIATION FACILITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 20 (see also AIRCRAFT-RELATED OCCUPANCIES,
FIRE PROTECTION FOR) Cleaning parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004.3 Combustible storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003.6 Dispensing hoses and nozzles . . . . . . . . . . 2006.3.3 Dispensing of flammable and
combustible liquids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003.5 Fire protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 914.8 Fueling and defueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006
Portable fire extinguishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005 Radar equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006.21 AWNING
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
B
BACKFLOW PREVENTION . . . . . . . . . .903.3.5, 912.6 BALCONIES . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.1.4, 903.3.1.2.1, 1021 BARRICADE
Artificial defined (for explosives) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Defined (for explosives) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Fire apparatus access road . . . . . . . . .503.5, 503.5.1 Natural defined (for explosives) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Placement at fire scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.11.1 BARRICADED (explosives)
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 BASEMENT . . . . . . . 603.3.2.7, 903.2.11.1.3, 905.3.1,
1006.2, 1030.1, 2311.4.3, 2903.1, 3003.1, 5704.3.5.1, 5705.3.7.2, 5705.4.6, 5706.4.4.1, 5904.1.3, 6103.2.1.1, 6109.7, 6204.1.8, 6304.1.5, 6604.1.5, 6704.1.5 Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 BATTERY CHARGING
(see POWERED INDUSTRIAL TRUCKS) BATTERY SYSTEM, STATIONARY LEAD-ACID
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 BATTERY SYSTEM,
STATIONARY STORAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1206.2 Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Permit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.7.2 Room design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1206.2.8 Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1205.2.8.6 Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1205.2.11.3 BATTERY TYPES—Defined
Lithium metal polymer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Lithium-ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Nickel cadmium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Nonrecombinant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Recombinant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Stationary storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Valve-regulated lead acid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Vented (flooded) lead acid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 BIN BOX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3208.1
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 BIOFUEL, SOLID (see SOLID BIOFUEL) BIOMASS
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
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(see SOLID BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK) BLAST AREA
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 BLAST SITE
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 BLASTER
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 BLASTING AGENT
(see also EXPLOSIVES AND FIREWORKS) Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 BLEACHERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029.1.1
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Occupant load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1004.4 BOARDING HOUSE (Occupancy Group R)
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 BOILING POINT
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 BOND
For explosives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5601.2.4.1 For fireworks display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5601.2.4.2 BONDING AND GROUNDING . . . . 2104.2.4, 2106.3.4
Aircraft fueling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006.3.7.1, 2006.5.2 CNG motor fuel-dispensing
facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2308.8.1.2.4 Cryogenic fluids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5503.6.2 Organic coating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2904.3 Piping, valves and fittings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5706.4.7.6 Powdered coating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2406.6.4 Roll-coating operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2405.11 Underground tanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5706.6.1.8 Vessels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5705.3.2 BONFIRES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.4.1
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.32, 307.2 BREAKAWAY PROTECTION
(see EMERGENCY BREAKAWAY DEVICES) BREAKOUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1010.1.4
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 BREATHING APPARATUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2603.3.2 BRIDGES (see ACCESS ROADS,
FIRE APPARATUS) BRITISH THERMAL UNIT (BTU)
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 BUILDING
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Unsafe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Vacant (see Vacant premises) BUILDING INFORMATION CARD . . . . . . .508.1.6(13) BUILDING OFFICIAL . . . . . . . . . . . 403.11.1.4, 510.1,
3105.2, 3105.5 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
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BUILDING SERVICES AND SYSTEMS . . . . Chapter 6 BULK OXYGEN SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 63
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 BULK PLANT OR TERMINAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5706.4
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 BULK TRANSFER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5706.5
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 BULLET RESISTANT
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 BURNING (see OPEN BURNING) BUTANE (see LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS) BUTYLENE (see LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS)
CABINETS
Fire equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . 905.7, 906.8, 2005.7.1 Flammable liquid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5704.3.2 Hazardous material. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5003.8.7 Ozone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6005.3.1 CABINETS, GAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2703.3.5, 2703.10.2,
2703.13.1.3, 5003.8.6, 5306.2.3, 6004.1.2, 6004.2.2.3, 6004.3.4 CANDLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.34, 308, 806.3 CANOPY
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 CANOPY, TEMPORARY STAGE
(see TEMPORARY STAGE CANOPY) CAPCITOR ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM . . . 1206.3
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1206.3.2 Outdoor installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1206.3.2.6 Permits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.7.3 CAPTIONS, EMERGENCY VOICE/ALARM
COMMUNICATION SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . 907.5.2.2.4
CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT
SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5307.4
CARBON DIOXIDE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM
Commercial cooking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 904.12.3 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Emergency alarms for. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5307.5.2 Permit required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.7.1
CARBON DIOXIDE SYSTEMS
USED IN BEVERAGE DISPENSING . . . . . . . 5307.3
CARBON MONOXIDE ALARMS AND
DETECTION SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 915, 1103.9 CARE, 24-HOUR (Occupancy Group I)
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 CARE FACILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.8.4 CARE SUITE
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
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CARNIVALS AND FAIRS
Permit required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.4 Place of assembly tent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3103.3 CARTON
Combustible. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5106.2.4 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 CEILING LIMIT
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 CELLULOSE NITRATE MOTION
PICTURE FILM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.5, 306 CELLULOSE NITRATE PLASTICS [see PYROXYLIN
(CELLULOSE NITRATE) PLASTICS] CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE PERSONNEL
Automatic fire-extinguishing systems . . . . . . 904.1.1 Portable fire extinguishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 906.2.1 CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.3
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 CHANGE OF USE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.3 CHEMICAL
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 CHEMICAL NAME
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 CHIMNEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603.2, 603.6
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Factory-built . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603.6.4 Masonry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603.6.1 Metal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603.6.2 CHRISTMAS TREE
(see DECORATIVE VEGETATION) CHUTES, RUBBISH AND LINEN . . . . . . . . 903.2.11.2 CLASSIFICATION
Aerosols. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5103 Commodity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3203 Dry cleaning plants and systems . . . . . . . . . . . 2103.2 Dry cleaning solvent or liquid. . . . . . . . . . 202, 2103.1 Flammable and combustible liquids. . . . . . . . . . . 202 Floor finish materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804.3.1 Hazardous materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5001.2 Occupancy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Refrigerant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605.3 CLEAN AGENT
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 CLEANING
Cooking equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607.3.3 Flammable liquids used for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004.3 Powder coating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2406.5.1 Piping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3306.2 Repair garages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2311.2.1 Tanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5706.7.2 Tire rebuilding buffing areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3403.3
CLEARANCE
Storage to ceiling or
sprinklers . . . . . . . . . .315.3.1, 903.3.3, 5704.3.5.3 CLINIC, OUTPATIENT (Occupancy Group B)
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 CLOSED CONTAINER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5505.5.2
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 CLOSED SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5705.3.7.6
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 CNG MOTOR FUEL-DISPENSING
FACILITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2308 COLD DECK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2806.2
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY
BUILDINGS, GROUP R-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.10.2.1,
Table 405.2, 907.2.9.3 COMBUSTIBLE DUST
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 COMBUSTIBLE DUST-PRODUCING
OPERATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 22 Permit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.6 COMBUSTIBLE FIBERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 37
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 General precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3703 Permit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.7 Portable fire extinguishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3703.6 COMBUSTIBLE GAS DETECTOR . . . . . . . . . .3510.2
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 COMBUSTIBLE LIQUID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2306,
3107.4, 3107.14, Chapter 57
Classified locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5703.1.2
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Dispensing, use, mixing and
handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5705.3, 5705.3.8
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5701.5
Indoor storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5704.3.3
Mixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5701.5
Outdoor storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5704.4
Permit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.16, 105.7.9
Portable fire extinguisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5706.2.7
Special operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5706
Tank storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5704.2
Waste control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5706.3.2
Wholesale and resale use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5704.3.6 COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL
STORAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105.6.29, 315, 2003.6 COMBUSTIBLE WASTE MATERIAL . . . . . 304, 2505
At construction sites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3304.2 Containers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304.3 Storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304.2
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CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT, MOTORIZED
(see MOTORIZED CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT) CONTAINER
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 CONTAINER AND PORTABLE
TANK STORAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5704.3,
Table 5704.3.6.3(4), 5704.4, Table 5704.4.2 CONTAINMENT PALLETS
Flammable and combustible liquids . . . . . . . 5704.4.3 Hazardous materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5004.2.3 CONTAINMENT SYSTEM
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 CONTAINMENT VESSEL
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 CONTINUOUS GAS DETECTION SYSTEM
(see GAS DETECTION SYSTEM, CONTINUOUS) CONTROL AREAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5003.8.3
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 COOKING
Appliances, commercial, defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Commercial, automatic
sprinkler systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.11.5 Commercial, fire-extinguishing systems . . . . . 904.12 Commercial, hoods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607 Commercial, oil storage tank systems . . . . . . . . . 608 Commercial, portable fire extinguishers . . . . . . 906.4 Devices, open-flame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.1.4 Domestic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 904.13 Group I-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 904.13 On balconies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.1.4 CORRIDOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1020, 1104.17
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Open-ended (see OPEN-ENDED CORRIDOR) CORROSION PROTECTION
Cryogenic fluid containers. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5503.1.3.2 Cryogenic fluid piping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5505.1.2.5 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5703.6.5 Tanks and piping. . . . . . . . . . . . 5704.2.7.9, 5706.7.1 CORROSIVE
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 CORROSIVE MATERIALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 54
Indoor storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5404.1 Indoor use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5405.1 Outdoor storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5404.2 Outdoor use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5405.2 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5403
COMMERCIAL COOKING APPLIANCES
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 COMMERCIAL KITCHEN COOKING
OIL STORAGE TANK SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . 608 COMMERCIAL KITCHEN HOODS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607 COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE . . . . . . . . . 903.2.9,
903.2.9.1, 903.2.10.1 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 COMMODITY
Classifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3203 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 COMMON PATH OF
EGRESS TRAVEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1006.2.1, 1018.4,
1029.8, Table 1104.18 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 COMMON USE AREAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.5.2.3.1
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
| COMPATIBILITY (Hazardous materials) (see INCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS) | |
|---|---|
| COMPRESSED GAS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 53 | |
| Containers, cylinders, tanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5303.1 | |
| Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 | |
| Medical gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5306 | |
| Not otherwise regulated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5307 | |
| Permit required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.8 | |
| Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5303 | |
| Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5304 | |
| Use and handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5305 | |
| Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5303.8 | |
| COMPRESSED GAS CONTAINER | |
| Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 | |
| COMPRESSED GAS SYSTEM | |
| Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 | |
| Motor fuel-dispensing facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2308 | |
| COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS (CNG). . . . . . 5301.1 | |
| CONFLICTING PROVISIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.10 | |
| CONGREGATE CARE FACILITY (Occupancy Group I) |
|
| > | Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 CONSTANTLY ATTENDED LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . 903.4.1, 907.2.1.1, 907.2.6, |
| 907.2.7.1, 907.2.11.1, 907.2.12, 907.2.12, 907.2.17.2, 907.3, 907.3.1, 907.5, 907.5.1, 913.4, 5704.2.8.11 |
|
| Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 | |
| CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION FIRE SAFETY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 33 |
|
| CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.4 | |
| Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 |
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COTTON, BALED . . . . . . . . . . Table 5003.1.1(1), 3705
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 COTTON,
DENSELY PACKED BALED . . . . Table 5003.1.1(1) Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 COTTON, SEED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3703.4
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 COURT
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 COURT, EGRESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1028.4
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 COVERED AND OPEN MALL BUILDINGS
Automatic sprinkler system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 914.2.1 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Emergency planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.11.1 Emergency voice/alarm
communication system . . . . . . . . 907.2.19, 914.2.3 Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6. 9 Standpipe system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 905.3.3, 914.2.2 Tenant identification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.11.1.5 Unoccupied tenant spaces . . . . . . 311.6, 403.11.1.6 CRANKCASE OIL (see WASTE OIL) CRITICAL CIRCUIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604.3
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 CROP-RIPENING AND COLORING PROCESSES
(see FRUIT AND CROP RIPENING) CROWD MANAGERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.12.3,
3106.4.3, 3107.17.2 CRYOGENIC CONTAINER
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Handling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5505.5 Marking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5503.4 Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5503.5 CRYOGENIC FLUIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 55
Containers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5503.1 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Filling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5505.4 Flammable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5806 Indoor storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5504.2 Indoor use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5505.2 Outdoor storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5504.3 Outdoor use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5505.3 Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.10 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5503 Underground storage tanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5806.4.5 CRYOGENIC VESSEL
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 CUSTODIAL CARE (Occupancy Group I)
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
CUTTING AND WELDING
(see WELDING AND OTHER HOT WORK) CYLINDER
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
D
DAMPER
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 DANGER, IMMINENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111.2 DAY BOX (Magazine, Type 3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 DEAD END . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1020.4 DECORATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 807
Exit obstruction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1031.6 DECORATIVE MATERIALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 807
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 DECORATIVE VEGETATION
Artificial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .807.4 Natural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806 DEFLAGRATION
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 DEFUELING
Aircraft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006.5 Hydrogen fuel tanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2309.6 DELAYED EGRESS LOCKS . . 1010.1.9.8.1, 1031.2.1 DELUGE SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.4, 2805.2
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 DEMOLITION OF BUILDINGS
FIRE SAFETY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 33 DESIGN PRESSURE
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 DETACHED BUILDING
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Group H occupancies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5003.8.2 Storage. . . . . . . . 6204.1.1, 6304.1.1, Table 6204.1.2 DETEARING
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 DETECTOR, HEAT
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 DETONATING CORD
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 DETONATION
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 DETONATOR
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 DETOXIFICATION FACILITY (Group I-2)
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
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Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.7.23 DIPPING OPERATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2405 DISCHARGE, EXIT (see EXIT DISCHARGE) DISCHARGE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL
(see RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL) DISCHARGE SITE
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 DISPENSING
Aircraft fueling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Fire extinguishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2305.5 Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2303.1 Motor fuel-dispensing operations . . . . . . . . . . . . 2304 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2305, 5005 DISPENSING DEVICE, OVERHEAD-TYPE
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 DISPLAY SITE (Fireworks)
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 DISPLAYS
Aerosol products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5106 Cellulose nitrate
(pyroxylin) plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.3, 6503.1 Fireworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5608 Group M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5003.11 Indoor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314 Motor vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.4, 3107.15 Retail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5001.4, 5106, 5601.2.2 Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5003.11.3 DOOR, BALANCED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1010.1.10.2
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 DOOR, DUTCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1105.5.4.2.3
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 DOOR, LOW ENGERY
POWER-OPERATED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1010.1.4.2 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 DOOR, POWER-ASSISTED . . . . . . . . . . . . 1010.1.4.2
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 DOOR, POWER-OPERATED . . . . . . . . . . . 1010.1.4.2,
1010.1.4.3 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 DOORWAY, EXIT ACCESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1006
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 DORMITORIES
(see OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION, Residential Group R and COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS, Group R-2) DRAFT CURTAIN
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1019.3, 1103.4.5,
1103.4.6, 1103.4.8, 5106.3.2
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DRAFTSTOP
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707.1 DRAINAGE CONTROL . . . . . . . . . . . 2903.10, 2905.3,
5004.2.2.6, 5705.3.8.1, 5706.2.6, 5706.4.9 DRAINS
Dip-tank bottom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2405.3.2 Exhaust duct sprinkler system . . . . . . . 2703.10.4.4.3 HPM liquids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2705.2.3.3 Magazines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5604.6.1 Outdoor cryogenic fluid storage
containers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5504.3.1.1.5 Portable containers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5504.3.1.2.3 DRAPERIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 807.2, 1031.6 DRILLING, WELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5706.3 DRY-CHEMICAL EXTINGUISHING AGENT
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 DRY CLEANING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 21
Classifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2103.1 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Fire protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2108 Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.12 Requirements, general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2104 Requirements, operating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2105 Solvent or liquid classifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Spotting and pretreating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2106 Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2107 DRY CLEANING PLANT
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 DRY CLEANING ROOM
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 DRY CLEANING SYSTEM
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 DRYING APPARATUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2404.6.1.2 DRYING OVENS (see INDUSTRIAL OVENS) DRYING ROOMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 914.10 DUCT SMOKE DETECTORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.3.1 DUMPSTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304.3 DUST COLLECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3703.5, 5906.5.3 DUST EXPLOSION HAZARDS . . . . . Chapter 22, 2803
Explosion venting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2803.2.1 DWELLING
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 DWELLING UNIT
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
E
EARLY SUPPRESSION
FAST-RESPONSE SPRINKLER (ESFR) (see AUTOMATIC SPRINKLERS)
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EGRESS (see MEANS OF EGRESS) ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604
Aviation facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006.14 Dust-producing machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5906.5.5 Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604.3.1, 1206.2.8.6 Workstations in HPM facilities . . . . . . . . . . . 2703.7.2 ELECTROSTATIC APPARATUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2407 ELECTROSTATIC FLUIDIZED BED
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 ELEVATOR GROUP
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Emergency voice/alarm
communication system in . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.5.2.2 ELEVATOR HOISTWAYS . . . . . . . . . . . 704.1, 1103.4
Pressurization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 909.21 Water protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606.6 ELEVATOR KEYS, FIRE SERVICE
(see KEYS, FIRE SERVICE ELEVATOR) ELEVATOR KEYS, NONSTANDARDIZED
FIRE SERVICE Key boxes for. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506.1.2 ELEVATOR RECALL/
EMERGENCY OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606 EMERGENCY ALARM
SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 908, 5004.9, 5005.4.4 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 EMERGENCY
BREAKAWAY DEVICES . . . . . 2306.7.5.1, 2307.6.3 EMERGENCY CONTROL STATION . . . . . . . . . 2703.1
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 EMERGENCY ESCAPE
AND RESCUE OPENING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1030 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 EMERGENCY EVACUATION DRILL . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.2, Table 405.2 EMERGENCY LIGHTING EQUIPMENT
Inspection and testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1031.10 EMERGENCY PLANNING
AND PREPAREDNESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 4 EMERGENCY POWER SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . 604
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 EMERGENCY RELIEF VENTING . . . . . . . 2306.6.2.5,
5704.2.7.4 EMERGENCY REPAIRS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.1.4 EMERGENCY RESPONDER
RADIO COVERAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510 In existing buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1103.2 Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.7.6 EMERGENCY SHUTOFF VALVE . . . . . . . 5003.2.2.1,
5503.4.6, 5505.3.2, 5803.1.3, 6303.1.2, 6403.1.1 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
EMERGENCY SHUTOFF VALVE,
AUTOMATIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2305.2.4, 2306.7.4,
5003.2.9.1, 5505.3.2, 5803.1.3, 5803.1.3.2, 6303.1.2, 6303.1.2.2, 6403.1.1, 6403.1.1.1, 6403.1.1.2 Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 EMERGENCY SHUTOFF VALVE,
MANUAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2309.5.2,
2309.5.2.1, 5505.3.2, 5803.1.3, 5803.1.3.2, 6303.1.2, 6303.1.2.2, 6403.1.1, 6403.1.1.2 Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 EMERGENCY VENTING FOR TANKS . . . . . . . 608.5,
2306.5, 5704.2.7.4, 5704.2.9.6.1.1, 5704.2.9.6.1.2, 5704.2.9.6.3, 5704.2.9.7.2, 5706.2.4.2 EMERGENCY VOICE/ALARM
COMMUNICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .907.5.2.2 Atriums. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.2.13 Captions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.5.2.2.4 Covered mall buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.2.19 Deep underground buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.2.18 Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Group A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .907.2.1.1 High-rise building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.2.12 Special amusement buildings . . . . . . . . . .907.2.11.3 EMPLOYEE TRAINING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406 EMPLOYEE WORK AREA
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 ENERGY SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 12
Electrical energy storage systems . . . . . . . . . . . 1206 Emergency and standby power systems . . . . . . 1203 Solar and photovoltaic systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1204 Stationary fuel cell power systems. . . . . . . . . . . 1205 ENTRY, RIGHT OF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104.3 EQUIPMENT, FUELED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 EQUIPMENT PLATFORM
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Guards required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1015.2 ESCALATOR OPENINGS
(see FLOOR OPENINGS AND SHAFTS) ESCAPE OPENINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1030 ESFR SPRINKLERS
(see AUTOMATIC SPRINKLERS) ETHYLENE
Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2503 Generators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2506 EVACUATION . . . . . . . . . . . .111.2, 2603.3.4, 2603.3.5 EVACUATION DIAGRAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.10.1.1,
403.10.2.3
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Frequency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.2, Table 405.2 Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.6 Recall and reentry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.9 EVACUATION PLANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404 EXCESS FLOW CONTROL
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 EXCESS FLOW VALVE
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 EXHAUSTED ENCLOSURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5003.8.5
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 EXHIBIT GALLERY
Occupancy load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 1004.1.2 EXHIBITION HALLS (Occupancy Group A-3) . . . 202 EXHIBITS AND TRADE SHOWS . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.13 EXISTING
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 EXISTING BUILDINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 11
Group I-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1105 Outdoor occupancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1106 EXIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1022
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023 Horizontal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1026 Number required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1006 Passageways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1024 EXIT, HORIZONTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1026
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 EXIT ACCESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1016
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Doorway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Ramp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Stairway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 EXIT DISCHARGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1028
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 EXIT DISCHARGE, LEVEL OF
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 EXIT DOORS, EXTERIOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1022 EXIT PASSAGEWAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1024
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 EXIT RAMP, EXTERIOR . . . . . 1006.3, 1008.3.2, 1027
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 EXIT STAIRWAY, EXTERIOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1027
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 EXPANDED PLASTIC . . . . . . . . . . . . Figure 3203.9(1),
Figure 3203.9(2) Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 EXPANDED VINYL WALL OR
CEILING COVERINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803.7, 803.8 EXPLOSION
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
INDEX
EXPLOSION CONTROL . . . . . . . 911, 2204.1, 2803.2,
2803.2.1, 2905.4, 5004.6, 5005.2.1.2, 5005.2.2.2, 5704.2.5, 5705.3.4, 5705.3.7.5.2, 5705.3.7.6.2, 5804.1.1, 5808.6, 6204.1.10, 6304.1.1, 6604.1.2, 6704.1.6 EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 56
Buildings under construction or demolition . . . . . 3307 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 EXPLOSIVES AND FIREWORKS . . . . . . . . Chapter 56
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Manufacture, Assembly and Testing. . . . . . . . . . 5605 Permits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.14 Temporary Storage of Consumer Fireworks. . . . 5609 EXTENSION CORDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604.5 EXTERIOR ASSISTED RESCUE AREAS . . . . 1009.7 EXTERIOR WALL
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 EXTINGUISHERS
(see FIRE EXTINGUISHERS, PORTABLE) EXTRA-HIGH-RACK COMBUSTIBLE STORAGE
Approval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3208.5 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Fire protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3208.5.1
F
FABRICATION AREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2705.2
Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2703.3.1 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Electrical wiring and equipment . . . . . . . . . . 2703.7.1 Existing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2701.4 Gas detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2703.13.1.1 Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2704.2 FACILITY
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FAIL-SAFE . . . . . . . 5003.2.2.1, 5004.7.2, 5005.1.5.1,
5005.1.11, 6004.2.2.7, 6004.2.2.8.1, 6204.1.11.1 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FAIRS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.4 FALLOUT AREA
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FALSE ALARM
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FEES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 FILL PIPE CONNECTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . 5704.2.9.5.2 FILM, CELLULOSE NITRATE
MOTION PICTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306 Projection rooms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306.1 Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306.2
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FINES (in woodworking operations)
(see also VIOLATION PENALTIES) Defined (in woodworking operations) . . . . . . . . . 202 Storage and processing
(in woodworking operations). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2808 FINISHED PRODUCTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2909.6 FIRE, RECREATIONAL (see RECREATIONAL FIRE) FIRE, REPORTING OF UNWANTED . . . 401.3.1, 3309 FIRE, UNWANTED (see UNWANTED FIRE) FIRE ALARM
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401.3.2, 3309 FIRE ALARM BOX (see MANUAL FIRE ALARM BOX) FIRE ALARM CONTROL UNIT
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FIRE ALARM SIGNAL
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
Annunciation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.6.3.1, 907.6.4.1 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Existing buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.9, 1103.7 Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.8 Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.6.6 Notification appliances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.5 Out of service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 901.7 Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.7.7 Power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.6.2 Presignal feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.5.1 Telephone dialing devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.6.6.1 Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.8 Where required, existing buildings. . . . . . . . . . 1103.7 Where required, new buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.2 Zones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.6.4 FIRE AND SMOKE
PROTECTION FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 7 FIRE APPARATUS ACCESS ROAD . . . . . . . . . . . 503
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Gates and barricades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503.5, 503.6 Obstructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503.4 FIRE AREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 901.4.3
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FIRE BARRIER
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704.1 FIRE CHIEF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.11, 907.6.6.1,
2603.3, 3308.3, 5706.6.2.1 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FIRE CODE OFFICIAL
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FIRE COMMAND CENTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Storage prohibited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.3.3, 508.1.5
FIRE DAMPER
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FIRE DEPARTMENT
COMMUNICATION SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . .907.2.12.2 FIRE DEPARTMENT CONNECTIONS . . . . . . .903.3.7,
905.2, 912 FIRE DEPARTMENT MASTER KEY
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FIRE DEPARTMENT NOTIFICATION
[see NOTIFICATION (of fire department)] FIRE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS . . . 104.11, 401.4 FIRE DETECTOR, AUTOMATIC
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FIRE DOOR
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FIRE DOOR ASSEMBLY
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FIRE DRILL
(see EMERGENCY EVACUATION DRILL) FIRE EQUIPMENT, TAMPERING WITH . . . . . . .901.8 FIRE ESCAPE STAIRWAYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1104.16 FIRE EXIT HARDWARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1010.1.10
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FIRE EXTINGUISHERS, PORTABLE . . . . . . . . . . 906
Asphalt kettles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303.5 Aviation facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005 Buildings under construction or demolition . . . . 3315 Commercial cooking equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . .906.4 Dry cleaning plants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2108.4 Flammable finishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2404.4.1,
2405.4.2, 2406.4.2 Lumber yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2804.2, 2808.8 FIRE FIGHTERS
Hazards to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 Pitfalls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .316.3 Safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101.3 FIRE HYDRANT
Obstruction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507.5.4 Permit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.15, 105.6.39, 105.7.19 Standpipe system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .507.5.1.1 Tampering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .901.8 Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .507.5.2, 901.5 FIRE INVESTIGATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104.10 FIRE LANE
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FIRE PARTITION
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .701.2 FIRE POINT
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FIRE PROTECTION EQUIPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509
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Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 9
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Nonrequired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 901.4.2 Out of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 901.7 Owner’s responsibility during
construction or demolition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3308 Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.7.1, 105.7.5,
105.7.6, 105.7.14, 105.7.17 FIRE PUMP ROOMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 901.4.6,
913.2.1, 1008.3.3 FIRE PUMPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.7.8, 913 FIRE RECORDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.6.3 FIRE RESISTANCE
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FIRE SAFETY DURING CONSTRUCTION
AND DEMOLITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 33 FIRE SAFETY FUNCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.3
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FIRE SAFTEY PLANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404, 3404.5 FIRE SEPARATION DISTANCE
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
FIRE SERVICE ELEVATOR KEYS
(see KEYS, FIRE SERVICE ELEVATOR) FIRE SERVICE FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 5 FIRE WALL
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701.2 FIRE WATCH (see also STANDBY PERSONNEL)
Construction/demolition sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3304.5 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 During construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3304.5.1 Fire protection impairments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 901.7 Hot work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3504.2.2 Location and records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3304.5.3 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3304.5.2 Places of assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.12.1 FIREBLOCKING
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707.1 FIRE-EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS,
ALTERNATIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 904 Commercial cooking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 904.12 Fire alarm system interconnection . . . 904.3.5, 907.6 Flammable and combustible
liquids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5704.3.7.5.1, 5704.3.8.4 Flammable finishing . . . . . . . . . . . . 2404.4, 2405.4.1,
2406.4, 2407.4 Hazardous materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5005.1.8 Monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 904.3.5
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Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.7.1 Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 904.2 FIRE-FLOW REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507.3 FIREPLACES, PORTABLE OUTDOOR
(see PORTABLE OUTDOOR FIREPLACES) FIRE-RESISTANCE RATING
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FIRE-RESISTANCE-RATED
CONSTRUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701.2 FIRE-RESISTANT JOINT SYSTEM
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FIRE-RETARDANT COATINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803.4 FIREWORKS (see EXPLOSIVES AND FIREWORKS)
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Prohibited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5601.1.3 Retail display and sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5609.1 FIREWORKS DISPLAY
Damage from . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5601.2.4.2 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FIXED BASE OPERATOR
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FIXED SEATING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1004.6
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Occupant load factor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1004.5 FLAME ARRESTORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5704.2.7.3.2 FLAME RETARDANT
(see also FIRE-RETARDANT COATINGS) Tents, air-supported, air-inflated and
tensioned membrane structures . . . . . . . . . 3104.2 FLAME SPREAD
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FLAME SPREAD INDEX
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FLAMING FOODS AND BEVERAGES . . . . . . . 308.1.8 FLAMMABLE CRYOGENIC FLUID
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FLAMMABLE FINISHES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 24
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Dipping operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2405 Electrostatic apparatus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2407 Floor surfacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2410 Powder coating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2406 Protection of operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2403 Spray finishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2404 Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2404.7, 2405.7,
2406.7, 2407.7, 2409.6, 2410.5 FLAMMABLE GAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 58
Buildings under construction or demolition . . . . . 3306 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Nonodorized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2311.8.9
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Prohibited for pipe cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3306.2 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5803 Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3306.1, 5804 Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3306.1, 5805 FLAMMABLE LIQUEFIED GAS
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 57
Buildings under construction or demolition . . . . 3305 Classified locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5703.1.1 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Dispensing, use, mixing and
handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5705.3, 5705.3.8 In construction and demolition operations . . . . . 3305 Indoor storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5704.3.3 Labeling and signage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5703.5 Motor fuel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2306 Outdoor storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5704.4 Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.16, 105.7.9 Portable fire extinguisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5706.2.7 Special operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5706 Tank storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5704.2 Tents, air-supported, air-inflated and
tensioned membrane structures . . . . . . . . . 3107.14 Waste control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5706.3.3 Wholesale and resale use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5704.3.6 FLAMMABLE MATERIAL
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FLAMMABLE SOLID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 59
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Indoor storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5904.1 Magnesium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5906 Outdoor storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5906 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5903 Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5905 FLAMMABLE VAPOR AREA
Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2404.8.1.1 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Electrical equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2403.2.1 Ignition sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2403.2 Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2404.7, 2405.7 Warning signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2403.2.7 FLAMMABLE VAPORS OR FUMES
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FLASH POINT
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FLEET VEHICLE MOTOR FUEL-
DISPENSING FACILITY Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Tanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2306.2.4.2 FLEXIBLE JOINTS . . . . . . . . . . 2306.7.9.1.4, 5703.6.9
FLIGHT (stairs)
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FLOOR AREA, GROSS
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FLOOR AREA, NET
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FLOOR CONSTRUCTION . . . . . 2404.3.2, 2404.3.3.3,
2404.3.4.1, 5004.12, 6003.1.4.1, 6304.1.3 FLOOR COVERING (interior finish) . . . . . . . . . .804.3 FLOOR FINISHING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2410
Permit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.17 FLOOR IDENTIFICATION SIGNS . . . . . . . . . . 1023.9,
1031.9, 1104.24 FLOOR OPENINGS AND SHAFTS . . . . . .704, 1103.4 FLUE SPACES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3208.3
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FLUIDIZED BED
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FOAM PLASTICS . . . . . .803.11.1, 803.11.2, 807.5.1.1 FOAM-EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . .904.7
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FOGGING, INSECTICIDAL
(see FUMIGATION AND INSECTICIDAL FOGGING) FOLDING AND TELESCOPIC SEATING
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FRUIT AND CROP RIPENING . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 25
Ethylene gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2503 Heating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2504.5 Permit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.18 Sources of ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2504 Warning signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2507 FUEL CELL SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1205
Indoor installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1205.6 Outdoor installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1205.8 Permits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.7.10 FUEL LIMIT SWITCH
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FUEL OIL
Grade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603.1.4 Storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .603.3 FUEL-FIRED APPLIANCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603
Chimneys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603.2, 603.6 Heating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .603.5 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .603.1 FUMIGANT
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FUMIGATION AND
INSECTICIDAL FOGGING . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 26 Breathing apparatus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2603.3.2 Clean up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2603.6
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Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Fire safety requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2603 Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2603.3 Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.19 Sealing of buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2603.5 Warning signs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2603.3.1 Watch personnel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2603.3.3 FURNACE CLASS A, B, C, D
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 FURNISHINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 808, 1031.6 FURNITURE, UPHOLSTERED . . . . . . . . 805, 903.2.4, FUSIBLE LINKS . . . . . . . . . 705.2, 904.12.5.3, 910.5.1
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GARAGE (see REPAIR GARAGE) GARAGING (see PARKING AND GARAGING) GAS CABINET . . . . . . . . . . . . 2703.10.2, 2703.13.1.3,
5003.8.6, 5303.7.10, 5306.2.3, 6004.1.1, Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 GAS DETECTION SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 916
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 HPM gases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2703.13 Hydrogen motor fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2311.8.9 LNG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2311.8.9 Ozone gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6005.3.2 Processing and extraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3905.1 GAS DETECTOR
(see COMBUSTIBLE GAS DETECTOR) GAS METERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603.9 GAS ROOM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5003.8.4, 6004.2.2.6
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 GASEOUS HYDROGEN SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . 5801.1
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 GAS- OR LIQUID-FUELED
VEHICLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.4, 3107.14 Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.27 GATES
Means of egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1010.2 GATES, FIRE APPARATUS ROAD . . . . . 503.5, 503.6
Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.7.12 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 3 GENERATORS
Acetylene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3508 Ethylene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2506 Ozone Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6005 Stationary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1203.1.1 GLASS-FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTICS
Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2409 Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2409.4 Ventilation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2409.6
INDEX
GRADE FLOOR OPENING
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 GRADE PLANE
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 GRANDSTAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029.1.1, 1029.1.1.1
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 GROUP HOME (Occupancy Group R-4)
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 GUARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1015, 1029.17, 1104.6
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 GUEST ROOM
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 GYPSUM BOARD
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
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HABITABLE SPACE
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 HALOGENATED EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 HAND RUB, ALCOHOL-BASED
(see ALCOHOL-BASED HAND RUB) HANDLING
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 HANDRAIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1014
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
HANGARS, AIRCRAFT
(see AIRCRAFT-RELATED OCCUPANCIES, FIRE PROTECTION FOR) HANGERS, FIRE EXTINGUISHER . . . . . . . . . . . 906.7
HARDENING TANKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2405.9
HARDWARE, EXIT DOOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1010.1.9
HARDWARE, PANIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1010.1.10 HAY
Combustible fiber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 3703.4 Combustible waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304.1.1 Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3107.2, 3703.4
HAZARD COMMUNICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
Hazardous Materials Inventory Statement . . . . 407.5,
5001.5.2 Hazardous Materials Management Plan. . . . . . 407.6
5001.5.1 Training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.4 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Fire-extinguishing systems . . . . . . . 5004.5, 5005.1.8 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 50 Groups M and S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5003.11 Identification signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5003.5 Mixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5001.2.1
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Outdoor control areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5003.12 Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.20, 105.7.13 Personnel training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.4 Power systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1203.2.9 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5003 Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5004 Use, dispensing and handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5005 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
INVENTORY STATEMENT . . . . . . . . 407.5, 5001.5.2 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
MANAGEMENT PLAN . . . . . . . . . . . 407.6, 5001.5.1 HAZARDOUS PRODUCTION MATERIAL (HPM)
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.21 HAZARDS TO FIRE FIGHTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 HEALTH HAZARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5001.2.2.2,
Table 5003.1.1(2), Table 5003.1.1(4) Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 HEAT VENTS (see SMOKE AND HEAT VENTS) HEATERS, PATIO (see PORTABLE OUTDOOR
GAS-FIRED HEATING APPLIANCES) HEATERS, PORTABLE ELECTRIC SPACE . . . 605.10 HEATERS, PORTABLE UNVENTED . . . . . . . . . 603.4 HEATING APPLIANCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603.5 HEATING EQUIPMENT, TEMPORARY,
DURING CONSTRUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3303 HEIGHT, BUILDING
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 HELIPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Permit for rooftop heliport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.44 HELISTOP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 HI-BOY
Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.7 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 HIGHER EDUCATION
LABORATORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 38 Existing sprinklered laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . 3806 General safety provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3803 Laboratory suite construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3804 Nonsprinklered laboratories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3805 HIGHLY TOXIC AND
TOXIC MATERIALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 60 Compressed gases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6004 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Indoor storage and use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6003.1 Outdoor storage and use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6003.2 Solids and liquids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6003 HIGH-PILED
COMBUSTIBLE STORAGE . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 32 Aisles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3206.9
Automated storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3209 Automatic sprinklers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3206.4, 3209.2 Classifications, commodities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3203 Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Fire protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3206, Table 3206.2 Housekeeping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3205 Pallets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3206.4.1 Plastic pallets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3206.4.1.1 HIGH-PILED STORAGE AREA
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3204 Permit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.22 HIGH-RISE BUILDING
Automatic sprinkler system . . . . .903.2.11.3, 914.3.1 Automatic sprinkler system,
floor control valves required . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.4.3 Automatic sprinkler system,
secondary water supply required . . . . . . . . 914.3.2 Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Emergency responder radio coverage. . . . . . 914.3.6 Emergency voice/alarm
communications system . . . . . . . 907.2.12, 914.3.5 Fire alarm system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.2.12, 914.3.3 Fire alarm system zoning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .907.6.4.2 Fire command center . . . . . . . . . . . . . .508.1, 914.3.7 Fire department
communications system . . . . . . . . . . . . .907.2.12.2 Fire safety and evacuation plans . . . . . . . . . 403.11.2 Smokeproof exit stairway enclosures. . . . . . .1023.11 Standby power system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1203.2.10 Standpipe system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 905.3.1 HIGH-VOLTAGE TRANSMISSION LINE
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Storage under . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.5, 316.6 HIGHWAY
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 HISTORIC BUILDINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102.6
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 HOGGED MATERIALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2807, 2808
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 HOOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 HORIZONTAL ASSEMBLY
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 HORIZONTAL PROJECTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . 1003.3.3 HOSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2307.6.2, 2310.3.3
Aircraft fueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006 Conductive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006.5.2.1 Connections for standpipes . . . . . . .905.3.4.1, 905.4,
905.5, 905.6 Dispensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006.3.3, 2306.7.5
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Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006.7, 5706.6.1.11 Removal of occupant hose lines. . . . . . . . . . . 901.8.2 System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 904.8.4, 904.9.3, 904.10.3 Threads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.3.6, 912.3 HOSPITALS AND PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS
(Group I-2) Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 HOT WORK
(see WELDING AND OTHER HOT WORK) Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.23 HOT WORK AREA
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 HOT WORK EQUIPMENT
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 HOT WORK PERMITS
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 HOT WORK PROGRAM
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 HPM FACILITY
(see SEMICONDUCTOR FABRICATION FACILITY) HPM ROOM
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 HYDRANTS (see FIRE HYDRANT) HYDROGEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5501.1, 5801.1 HYDROGEN FUEL GAS ROOMS . . . . . . . . . . . . 5808
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 HYDROGEN MOTOR FUEL-
DISPENSING FACILITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2309 HYPERBARIC FACILITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609
IDENTIFICATION
Alcohol-blended fuel-dispensing
facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2306.8.4 Building (address). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505.1 Elevator lobby. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023.10 Exit discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023.8, 1104.21 Floor level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023.9, 1031.9 Fire protection equipment. . . . . . . . . . 509.1, 905.7.1 Hazardous materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5003.5, 5503.4,
5703.5.4, 6005.4.3 Hot work hazards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3503.6 Streets and roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505.2 Tenant spaces in covered malls . . . . . . . . 403.11.1.5 Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509.1.1 Vacant premises. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311.5.4 IGNITION SOURCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305, 3703.7 IMMEDIATELY DANGEROUS TO
LIFE AND HEALTH (IDLH) Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
INDEX
IMPACT PROTECTION, VEHICLE . . . . . . . . . . . . 312,
6107.4, 6109.13 IMPAIRMENT COORDINATOR . . . . . . . . . . . . 901.7.1
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 INCAPABLE OF SELF-PRESERVATION
(Occupancy Group I) Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 INCINERATORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603.8, 1103.4.10
Room egress. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1006.2.2.1 INCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS . . . . . . . . . . . 2704.3.3,
5003.9.8, 5003.10.3.6, 5003.11.3.7, 5004.2.2.2, 5004.2.2.6, 5004.4, 5005.1.1, 5303.7.1, 5303.7.11.1, 5704.2.6, 5704.3.3.2, 6404.1.4 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 INCOMPATIBLE SURFACES . . . . . . . . . . . 6306.3.6.2 INDOOR TRADE SHOWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix N
Covered booths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N106 Display and storage of hazardous
and combustible materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N107 Interior finish and decorative materials . . . . . . . N104 Means of egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N108 Multiple-level booths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N105 Public safety for events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N103 INDUSTRIAL OVENS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 30
Fire protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3006 Fuel piping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3004 Interlocks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3005 Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3003 Operation and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3007 Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.24, 105.7.15 INERT GAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2501.1, 2906.4,
Table 5003.1.1(1), Table 5003.1.1(3),
5305.8, 5703.6.3.1, 5705.2.2 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 INHABITED BUILDING
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 INITIATING DEVICE
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.6.3 INSECTICIDAL FOGGING
(see FUMIGATION AND INSECTICIDAL FOGGING) INSPECTION . . . 104.6.2, 105.2.2, 107, 107.2.1, 901.6
Emergency and standby
power system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1203.4 Fire department connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 912.7 Fire hydrant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507.5.2 Fireworks display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5608.5.3, 5608.9 Hose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3509.7 Magazines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5604.9 Masonry chimneys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603.6.1 Tents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3103.7
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INSTITUTIONAL OCCUPANCIES
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 INTEGRATED TESTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 901.6.2 INTERCONNECTION
Fire-extinguishing systems with
cooking appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 904.12.2 Smoke alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.2.10.5, 1103.8.2 Standpipe risers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 905.4.2 INTERIOR EXIT RAMP
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 INTERIOR EXIT STAIRWAY
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 INTERIOR FINISH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 8
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 INTERIOR FLOOR-WALL BASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804.4
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 INTERIOR WALL AND CEILING FINISH . . . 803, 804
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 INTERIOR WALL AND
CEILING FINISH AND TRIM . . . . . . . . . . . . 803, 804 INVESTIGATIONS, FIRE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.10 IRRITANT
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Gases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5004.7.1, 5307.1 ISO-BUTANE (see LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS)
J
JURISDICTION
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
K
KETTLES
[see ORGANIC COATING or ASPHALT (TAR) KETTLES] KEY BOXES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506.2 Nonstandard fire service
elevator keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506.1.2 Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506.1 KEYS, FIRE SERVICE ELEVATOR . . . . . . . . . . . 606.8
LABELED
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 LADDERS . . . . . . . . . 1006.2.2.1, 1006.2.2.2, 1011.15,
1030.4.2, 1104.16.6, 5704.2.8.15 LANDING
Ramps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1012.6, 1012.10
Stairs and stairways. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1010.1.5,
1010.1.6, 1011.6, 1025.2.2, 1025.2.4 LANDSCAPED ROOFS
(see also ROOFTOP GARDENS) . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 LAUNDRY CARTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318.1 LEAD-ACID BATTERY SYSTEM, STATIONARY
(see BATTERY SYSTEMS, STATIONARY STORAGE) LEAD-ACID BATTERY SYSTEM, VALVE-
REGULATED (see BATTERY SYSTEMS, STATIONARY STORAGE) LEAKS
Compressed gases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5303.12 Cryogenic fluids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5503.9 Explosive materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5604.10 Flammable and combustible liquids. . . . . . . 2006.11,
2305.2.3, 2306.7.7.1, 3305.6, 5703.3, 5703.6.3.1, 5704.2.7.10, 5704.2.11.4, 5706.6.1.1 Highly toxic and toxic materials . . . . . . . . 6004.2.2.3,
6004.2.2.4, 6004.3.2.2 LEVEL OF EXIT DISCHARGE
(see EXIT DISCHARGE, LEVEL OF) LIABILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103.4 LIMITED SPRAYING SPACE
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 LINEN CHUTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .903.2.11.2 LINEN CONTAINERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .808.1 LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS (LNG) . . . . . . . . . .2311.6
5301.1, 5501.1 Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS
(LP-gas) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 61 Container defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Containers not in service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6110 Cooking devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.1.4 Cylinder exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6109 Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Dispensing and overfilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6106 Fire protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6108 Installation of equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6103 Location of containers . . . . . . . . .6104, Table 6104.3 Motor fuel-dispensing facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2307 Parking and garaging of
LPG-fueled vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6111 Parking and garaging of tank vehicles . . . . . . . . 6111 Permit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.27, 105.7.16 Prohibited use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6105 Safety precautions and devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6107 Storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6109
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Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 LIQUID LEVEL LIMIT CONTROL . . . . . . . . . 5003.2.7,
5005.1.4.1, 5005.1.4.2 LIQUID OXYGEN
AMBULATORY CONTAINER . . . . . . . . . . 6306.3.1,
6306.3.5, 6306.3.6.1 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 LIQUID OXYGEN HOME
CARE CONTAINER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6306.3 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 LIQUID OXYGEN IN HOME
HEALTH CARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6306 LIQUID STORAGE ROOM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5704.3.7
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 LIQUID STORAGE WAREHOUSE . . . . . . . . . 5704.3.8
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 LIQUID- OR GAS-FUELED
VEHICLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.4, 3107.15 Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.26 LISTED
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 LOADING RACKS . . . . . . . . . . . 5706.3.8, 5706.5.1.12 LOCKDOWN
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Plans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404.2.3 LOCKERS, COMBUSTIBLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 808.4 LODGING HOUSE
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Occupancy group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 LONGITUDINAL FLUE SPACE (see FLUE SPACES) LOT
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 LOT LINE
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 LOWER EXPLOSIVE LIMIT (LEL)
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 LOWER FLAMMABLE LIMIT (LFL)
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 LOW-PRESSURE TANK
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 LP-GAS (see LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS) LUMBER YARDS, AGRO-INDUSTRIAL,
SOLID BIOMASS AND WOODWORKING FACILITIES . . . . . . . . Chapter 28 Access plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2803.7 Emergency plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2808.10 Fire alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2804.2 Fire protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2804 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2803
INDEX
Log storage areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2806 Open yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2803.1 Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.25 Size of piles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2807.2, 2808.3 Waste removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2803.3 LUMINOUS EGRESS PATH MARKINGS . . . . . . . 1025
1104.25
M
MAGAZINE
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 MAGNESIUM
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.28 Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5906.2, 5906.3, 5906.4 Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5906.5 MAINTENANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 MALL (see COVERED MALL BUILDING) MANIFOLDS
Cylinders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3509.4 Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3509.5 Piping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3509 MANUAL FIRE ALARM BOX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.4.2
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 MANUAL STOCKING METHODS
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 MANUFACTURE OF ORGANIC
COATINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 29 MARINAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 36 MARINE MOTOR FUEL-
DISPENSING FACILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2310, 3605 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Fire protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2310.6 Fueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2310.4 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2310.1 Nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2310.3.3 MARKING (see also PLACARDS;
PLACARDING) . . . . . . . . . . . 503.3, 909.14, 5003.5.1 Compressed gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5303.2 Cryogenic containers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5503.4 Shaftway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316.2 Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5706.2.2 Warnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5003.8.7.2 MASS NOTIFICATION SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 917 MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET
(MSDS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5003.4 Aerosols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5101.3 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Hazard communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.2
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MATTRESSES (in Groups I and R) . . . . . . . . . . . 805 MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE QUANTITY
PER CONTROL AREA . . . . . . . . Tables 5003.1.1(1)
through 5003.1.1(4), 5003.11 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 MEANS OF EGRESS . . . . . . . Chapter 10, 1104, 3311
Accessible means of egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009 Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029 Bleachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029.1.1 Buildings under construction
or demolition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3311 Corridors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1020, 1104.17 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Egress court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 1028.4 Elevators, escalators and
moving walks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003.7, 1104.2 Emergency escape and rescue . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1030 Existing buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1104 Exit access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1016 Exit discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1028 Exits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1006 Guards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1015, 1104.6 Handrails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1014 Illumination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1008, 1104.3 Locks, latches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1010.1.9.4 Maintenance of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1031 Membrane structures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3103.12 Monitoring and recording of . . . . . . . . . . . . 1010.1.9.3 Obscuration of . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316.4, 1031.4, 1031.6 Obstructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1031.3, 1031.3.1 Outdoor assembly events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3106.3 Ramps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1012 Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1013 Sizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1005 Stairways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023, 1027 Tents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3103.12 MECHANICAL REFRIGERATION
(see REFRIGERATION SYSTEM) MECHANICAL
STOCKING METHODS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3206.10.1.1 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 MEDICAL CARE (Occupancy Group I)
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 MEDICAL GAS SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5306.5 MEDICAL GASES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5306 MEMBRANE STRUCTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 31
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 MERCHANDISE PAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1018.4
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 METAL HYDRIDE AND METAL
HYDRIDE STORAGE SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . . 5807 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
METERS, GAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .603.9 MEZZANINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1004.2.2
Ceiling height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1003.2 Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 MILLS
Composite board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2805 Plywood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2805 Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2806 Veneer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2805 MIRRORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1010.1, 1031.6 MIXTURES (Hazardous materials) . . . . . . . . 5001.2.1 MOBILE FOOD PREPARATION VEHICLES . . . . . 319
Permit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.30 MOBILE FUELING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5706.5.4.5
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 MOBILE FUELING OPERATIONS
(see ON-DEMAND MOBILE FUELING OPERATIONS)MODIFICATIONS (of code requirements) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104.8 MONITORING
(sprinkler and fire alarm systems) . . . . . . .903.4.1,
907.6.6 Hazardous materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5004.2.2.5 Termination of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .907.6.6.2 MORTAR
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 MOTION PICTURE
PROJECTION ROOMS AND FILM . . . . . . . . . . . 306 Film storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306.2 MOTOR FUEL-DISPENSING FACILITIES
(see also by type of fuel) . . . . 105.6.31, Chapter 23 MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR BOOTHS . . . . . . 2311.8.4 MOTORIZED CONSTRUCTION
EQUIPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3316 MOVING WALKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1103.3 MSDS (see MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET) MULTIPLE-STATION ALARM DEVICE
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 MULTIPLE-STATION
SMOKE ALARM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .907.2.10, 1103.8 Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 MUSEUMS (Occupancy Group A-3)
Occupant load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Table 1004.5
N
NATURAL BARRICADE
(see BARRICADE) NATURAL CUT TREES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806.1 through
806.1.3, 806.3 NESTING
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
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Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 NITROCELLULOSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2908.1, 2909.4 NORMAL TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE (NTP)
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 NOSING
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 NOTICE OF VIOLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.3 NOTIFICATION
(of Fire department/Fire code official) . . . . . 401.3,
2006.11.5, 2304.3.6, 5003.3.1 NOTIFICATION (of Fumigation) . . . . . . . . . . . 2603.3 NOTIFICATION APPLIANCE
(see ALARM NOTIFICATION APPLIANCE) NOTIFICATION ZONE
(see ZONE, NOTIFICATION) NOZZLES
Fuel delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2306.7.6 Fuel transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006.3.3 Marine craft. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2310.3.3 NUISANCE ALARM
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 NURSING HOME (Occupancy Group I-2)
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
O
OBSTRUCTIONS
Fire apparatus access roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503.4 Fire department connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 912.3 Fire hydrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507.5.4 Fire protection equipment. . . . . . . . . 509.2, 2310.6.2 Fuel-dispensing view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2304.2.4 Manual fire alarm boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.4.2.6 Means of egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806.2, 1003.6
1020.3, 1029.9.6, 1031.2, 1031.3, 1031.3.1, 1031.6 Portable fire extinguishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 906.6 On rooftops. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316.4 Spraying operation ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . 2404.7.4 Sprinkler discharge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.3.1, 903.3.3 OCCUPANCY, CHANGE OF
(see CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY) OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Assembly Group A
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Business Group B
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Educational Group E
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
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Factory Industrial Group F
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 High-hazard Group H
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Institutional Group I
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Mercantile Group M
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Miscellaneous Group U
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Residential Group R
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Storage Group S
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 OCCUPANT LOAD
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Posting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1004.3 OIL, COOKING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608 OIL, FUEL
(see FUEL OIL and COMBUSTIBLE LIQUID) OIL, MOTOR (see COMBUSTIBLE LIQUID) OIL, WASTE (see WASTE OIL) OIL-BURNING EQUIPMENT
(see FUEL-FIRED APPLIANCES) ON-DEMAND MOBILE FUELING
OPERATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5707 OPEN BURNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.32, 307.2 Precautions in tire storage areas . . . . . . . . . . 3404.1 OPEN FLAMES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308, 806.3
2004.6, 2903.6, 5003.7.2, 5604.7.2, 5706.2.1 Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.1.6 Group A occupancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.3 Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.33, 105.6.34, 308.2 OPEN MALL AND OPEN MALL BUILDING
(see COVERED MALL BUILDING) Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 OPEN PARKING GARAGE
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 OPEN SYSTEM (hazardous materials)
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 OPEN-ENDED CORRIDOR . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.3.1.2.2,
1027.6, 1104.22 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 OPERATING BUILDING
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Separation distances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5605.3 OPERATING PRESSURE
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 ORDERS AND NOTICES . . . . . . . . . . . 104.5, 110.3.2
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ORGANIC COATINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 29
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Electrical equipment and protection. . . . . . . . . . 2904 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2903 Kettles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2906 Manufacture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 29 Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.35 Process structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2905 ORGANIC PEROXIDE . . . . . . . . . . . 2408, Chapter 62
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Indoor storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6204.1 Outdoor storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6204.2,
Table 6204.1.2, Table 6204.1.7 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6203 Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6205 OUTDOOR ASSEMBLY EVENT
Electrical equipment and wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . 3106.6 Occupancy and means of egress . . . . . . . . . . 3106.3 Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.36 Public safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3106.4.1 OUTDOOR CONTROL AREA
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Hazardous materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5003.12 OUTDOOR FIREPLACE, PORTABLE
(see PORTABLE OUTDOOR FIREPLACES) OUTPATIENT CLINIC (Occupancy Group B)
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 OVENS (see INDUSTRIAL OVENS) OVERCROWDING
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Prohibited. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108.6 OVERFILL PREVENTION
AND PROTECTION . . . . . . . . . 2006.18, 2306.6.2.3,
5704.2.7.5.8, 5704.2.8.18, 5704.2.9.7.5, 5704.2.11.4, 5706.4.6, 5706.6.1.5, 5706.8.3, 5706.8.5, 6106.2 OWNER
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 OXIDIZERS, OXIDIZING GASES AND
OXIDIZING CRYOGENIC FLUIDS . . . . . Chapter 63 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Indoor storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6304.1 Outdoor storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6304.2 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6303 Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6305 OXIDIZING CRYOGENIC FLUID
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 OXIDIZING GAS
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 OXYGEN IN HOME HEALTH CARE . . . . . . . . . . 6306
OZONE-GAS GENERATOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6005
Automatic shutdown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6005.5 Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6005.3 Manual shutdown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6005.6
P
PALLETS
Containment pallets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5004.2.3 High-piled storage sprinkler protection. . . . . 3206.4.1 Idle combustible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2505
Table 3203.8, 5704.3.3.9 Outdoor pallet storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315.7, 2810 Plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3206.4.1.1 PANIC HARDWARE . . . . . . . . . . . 1010.1.10, 1010.2.1
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 PARKING AND GARAGING
Aircraft-fueling vehicles . . . . . . . 2006.5.1.3, 2006.20 Flammable- and combustible liquid tank vehicles . . . . . . . . . . 5706.6.2, 5706.6.3 LP-gas tank vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6111 LP-gas-fueled vehicles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6111.3 PASS-THROUGH . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2703.3.2, 2703.10.3
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 PATIO HEATERS (see PORTABLE OUTDOOR
GAS-FIRED HEATING APPLIANCES) PENTHOUSE
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE LIMIT (PEL)
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 PERMITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Annual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.1.6 Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Hot work program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3503.3 PERSON
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 PERSONAL CARE SERVICE
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 PESTICIDE
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 PHOTOLUMINESCENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1013.5, 1025,
1025.4, 1104.25 Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 PHYSICAL HAZARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5001.2.2.1,
Table 5003.1.1(1), Table 5003.1.1(3) Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 PIPELINES . . . . . . . . . . . 5703.6.6.1, 5706.4, 5706.4.6 PIPING, VALVES AND FITTINGS
Flammable and combustible liquids. . . . . . . . 2306.6,
2306.7.9.1.3, 5706.4.7.6 Hazardous materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5003.2.2
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Highly toxic and toxic gases . . . . . . . . . . . 6004.2.2.5 LP-gas in membrane structures . . . . . . . . . . 3107.13 Organic coating manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2907 Ozone-gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6005 Protection from vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5003.9.3 PLACARDS; PLACARDING (see also SIGNS)
Cryogenic fluid containers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5503.4.2 Explosives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5604.6.5, 5604.6.5.2 Flammable and combustible
liquid tanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5703.5.3, 5704.2.3.2 Vacant buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311.5 PLACE OF ASSEMBLY
Permit…………………………………………...105.6.37 PLANS (see also CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS)
Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.7.1.1 Evacuation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404.2.1 Facility closure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.7 Fire safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404.2.2 Hazardous materials management. . . . . . . . 5605.2.1 Lockdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404.2.3 Maintenance of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5605.2.2 Prefire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5608.2 Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5704.4.1 PLANT EXTRACTION SYSTEMS
Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.38 PLASTICS
Cellulose nitrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 65 Classifications of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3203.7 Foam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803.8, 804.2, 808.3 Manufacturing of glass-fiber-reinforced . . . . . . . 2409 Pyroxylin . . . . . 105.6.41, 314.3, 807.5.1.4, 903.2.5.3,
Chapter 65, 1103.5.4 PLENUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.6, 604.11
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 PLOSOPHORIC MATERIAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5605.1
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 PLYWOOD AND VENEER MILLS
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Fire alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.2.17, 2804.2 PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
(see FIRE EXTINGUISHERS, PORTABLE) PORTABLE OUTDOOR
FIREPLACES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.4.3, 307.5 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 PORTABLE OUTDOOR GAS-FIRED
HEATING APPLIANCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603.4.2 PORTABLE TANKS
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Design, construction and capacity . . . . . . . . 5704.3.1 Empty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5704.3.3.4 Flammable liquids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2306.2.5 Flow rate. . . . . . . . . 6004.2.2.7.5, Table 6004.2.2.7.5
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Indoor storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5704.3.3 Local exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6004.2.2.4, 6004.3.2.3 Outdoor storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5704.4,
Table 5704.4, 6004.3.4 Piles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5704.3.3.10, 5704.3.7.2.3 POSTING
Evacuation diagrams (Group R-1) . . . . . . 403.10.1.1,
403.10.1.1 Explosives and pyrotechnic amounts . . . . . . 5605.6.9 No smoking signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310.3 Occupant load. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1004.3, 5605.6.9 Permits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.3.5 Tenant identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.11.1.5 POWDER COATING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2406 POWERED INDUSTRIAL TRUCKS . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Battery charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309.2 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Fire extinguishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309.5 Refueling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309.6 Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309.7 Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309.4 PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FIRE . . . . . . . . 301.1, 3304,
3305.4, 3404 PREMISES IDENTIFICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505 PRESPOTTING (see DRY CLEANING) PRESSURE VESSEL
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 PRIMARY CONTAINMENT
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 PRIMARY TANK
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 PRIVATE GARAGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 915.1.5
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 PROCESS
Piping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2907 Raw materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2908, 2909 PROCESS TRANSFER
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5706.5 PROCESSING AND EXTRACTION
FACILITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 39 Processing and extraction of marijuiana. . . . . . . 3903 Safety systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3905 Systems and equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3904 PROPANE (see LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS) PROPELLANT (Aerosol)
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 PROPELLANT, SMOKELESS
(see SMOKELESS PROPELLANT) PROPYLENE (see LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS) PROTRUDING OBJECTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003.3
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| PROXIMATE AUDIENCE | RAMPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1012, 1023, 1027 |
|---|---|
| Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 | Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 |
| Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5608.2.2 | RAW PRODUCT (Wood products) |
| PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL (see HOSPITALS AND | Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 |
| PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS) | Storage and processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2808 |
| PUBLIC ASSEMBLAGES AND EVENTS . . . . . . . 403 | REACTIVE MATERIALS [see UNSTABLE |
| PUBLIC USE AREAS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.5.2.3.1 | (REACTIVE) MATERIALS or WATER |
| Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 PUBLIC WAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1028.5 |
REACTIVE MATERIALS] READY BOX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5608.5.5 |
| Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 | Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 |
| PYROPHORIC | RECALL, FIRE PROTECTION |
| Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 | SYSTEM COMPONENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .901.10 |
| Indoor storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6404.1 | RECORD DRAWINGS (fire alarm system). . . 907.7.3 |
| Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 64 | Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 |
| Outdoor storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6404.2 | RECORDS/ |
| Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6403 | 107.2.1, 108.3, 405.5, |
| Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6405 PYROTECHNIC ARTICLE Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 PYROTECHNIC COMPOSITION Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 PYROTECHNIC SPECIAL EFFECT Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 PYROTECHNIC SPECIAL EFFECTS MATERIAL Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.40 PYROTECHNICS Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 PYROXYLIN (CELLULOSE NITRATE) PLASTICS Decorative materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 807.5.1.4 |
605.6, 605.15, 607.3.3.3, 901.6.3, 2006.5.3.2.2, 3210.1, 3503.5, 5003.3.1.1, 5603 RECREATIONAL FIRE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.4.2 Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 RECYCLING FACILITIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2808 REDUCED FLOW VALVE . . . . . . . . . . . . 6004.2.2.7.5 Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 REFERENCED STANDARDS . . . . . 102.7, Chapter 80 REFINERY Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Petroleum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5706.7 REFRIGERANT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .605.2 Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .605.3 |
| Fire protection system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.5.3, | Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 |
| 1103.5.4, 6504.2 | Detector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .605.8 |
| Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.41 | Discharge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .605.12 |
| Raw material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6504.1 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6503 |
Storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .605.11 Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .605.4 |
| Storage and handling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6504 | REFRIGERATION MACHINERY ROOMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1006.2.2.2 |
| REFRIGERATION SYSTEM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605.9.1 | |
| Q QUICK-RESPONSE (QR) SPRINKLERS (see AUTOMATIC SPRINKLERS) |
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Permit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.42 REFUGE AREA ASSOCIATED WITH SMOKE BARRIERS AND HORIZONTAL EXITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404.2.2 |
| R | REFUGE, AREA OF (see AREA OF REFUGE) REGISTERED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL. . .104.7.2, |
| RACK STORAGE. . . . . . . . 3208, 5104.4.3, 5704.3.3.6 | 105.4.1, 909.9, 909.18.8.3 |
| RADIOACTIVE | Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 |
| Gases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5004.7, 5307.1 | RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL . . . . .5003.3 |
| Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5004.3.1 | REMOTE EMERGENCY SHUTOFF DEVICE |
| RAILWAY | Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 |
| Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 | Use of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5706.5.4.5 |
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Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 REPAIR GARAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2311
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Gas detection system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2311.8.9 LP-gas-fueled vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6111.3 Motor vehicle repair booths . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2311.8.4 Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.43 Sources of ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2311.3 Sprinklers required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.2.9.1 Ventilation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2311.4.3 REPAIRS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.1.5 REPAIRS, EMERGENCY
(see EMERGENCY REPAIRS) REPORTING
Aviation facilities fire extinguisher use . . . . . . 2005.8 Emergencies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401.1 Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3309 Fire alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3309 Leak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5704.2.7.10 Record keeping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5603 Research reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.9.1 RESIN APPLICATION AREA . . . . . . . . . . . . 2403.2.5,
2409.3, 2409.5, 2409.6 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 RESPONSE PROCEDURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406 RESPONSIBLE PERSON
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 RETAIL DISPLAY AREA (for aerosols)
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Manufacturing facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5107.1 Maximum quantities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5106.2,
Table 5106.2, Table 5106.4 REVOCATION OF PERMITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.5 RIGHT OF ENTRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.3 ROADWAYS, ACCESS FOR FIRE APPARATUS
(see FIRE APPARATUS ACCESS ROAD) ROCKETS AND ROCKETRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5601.1.4 ROLL COATING
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 ROOF, LANDSCAPED (see ROOFTOP GARDENS)
ROOF VENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 910 ROOFING OPERATIONS SAFEGUARDS . . . . . . 3317 ROOFS
Safeguarding operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3317 Stairway access . . . . . . . . . 504.3, 1011.12, 1011.16 ROOFTOP GARDENS AND
LANDSCAPED ROOFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317, 905.3.8 ROOFTOP HELIPORT (see HELIPORT)
INDEX
RUBBISH (TRASH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3304.2
Chutes, automatic sprinkler protection . . . 903.2.11.2 Containers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304.3 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
S
SAFETY CAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5003.9.10
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 SAFETY RULES (Explosives) . . . . . 5603.7, 5605.6.6 SCISSOR STAIRWAY
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Use of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1007.1.1 SCREEN PORCHES AND DECKS . . . . . . . . . . 1015.5 SEAT STABILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029.14 SEATING, FOLDING AND TELESCOPIC . . . 1029.1.1
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 SECONDARY CONTAINMENT
Above-ground tanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2306.5 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Hazardous materials. . . . . . . . . . . . 5004.2, 5004.2.2,
5005.1.3, 5005.2.1.4, 5005.2.2.4, 5005.3.5, 5005.3.7 Indoor storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5004.2.2.3 Outdoor storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5004.2.2.4 Type II dry cleaning systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 2107.2.3 Underground tanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5003.2.4.1 SECONDARY WATER SUPPLY
(see WATER SUPPLY) SECURITY DEVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316.5, 1031.2.1 SEGREGATED
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 SELF-CLOSING
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 SELF-LUMINOUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1013.5, 1025.4
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 SELF-SERVICE MOTOR
FUEL-DISPENSING FACILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2304 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 SEMICONDUCTOR FABRICATION
FACILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 27 Automatic sprinkler system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2703.10 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Emergency alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2703.12 Emergency power. . . . . . . . . . . . 1203.2.16, 2703.15 General safety provisions…………………………2703 Manual fire alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2703.11 Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.21 Quantity limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 2704.2.2.1
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Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2704 Transportation and handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2705.3 Use and handling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2705 SERVICE CORRIDOR . . . . . . . . . . . 2703.3.8, 2703.9,
2703.12.1.1, 2705.3.3 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 SERVICE PERSONNEL, CERTIFICATION OF
(see CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE PERSONNEL) SERVICE UTILITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 SHAFTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701.2, 1103.4 SHAFTWAY MARKINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316.2 SHELF STORAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3207
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Specialty storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3210 SHOCK PADDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5003.9.7 SHROUDS, DECORATIVE (on chimneys) . . . 603.6.3 SIGNS (see also PLACARDS; PLACARDING)
Access roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5604.6.5.1 Alarms and warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 904.3.4, 2507,
2305.6, 2310.5.5.1, 2603.3.1, 5703.5.1 Electrical rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604.3.1 Electrostatic apparatus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2407.5.2 Emergency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605.7, 606.3 Exit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1013, 1203.2.5, 3103.12.6 Fire alarm boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.4.2.4 Fire department connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 912.5 Fire protection equipment rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . 509.1 Fire-resistance-rated construction . . . . . . . . . 705.2.2 Foam plastic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 808.3 Hazardous identification . . . . . . . . . . 5003.5, 5003.6,
5003.11.3.10, 5503.4.1 Illumination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1013.5 Marking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503.3 No smoking . . . . . . . . . . 310.3, 2305.6, 2308.8.1.2.6,
2403.2.6, 5003.7.1, 5704.2.3.1 Placards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311.5, 5604.6.5 Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310.4 Stairway exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1013.5, 1013.6.2 Stationary storage battery systems . . . . . . . . . 1206.2 Storage tanks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5704.2.3, 5706.3.7 Street or road. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505.2 Tampering with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.3.4 Vacant buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311.5 Welding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2403.2.7 SILANE GAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6401.1, 6404.2, 6405.3 SINGLE-STATION
SMOKE ALARM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.2.10, 1103.8 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
SITE
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 SITE-FABRICATED STRETCH SYSTEMS . . . .803.10
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 SKY LANTERNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308.1.6.3
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 SLEEPING UNIT
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION AND SMALL
ARMS AMMUNITION COMPONENTS . . . . . . 5606 Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 SMALL ARMS PRIMERS
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Group M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5606.5.1.3 Group R-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5606.4.3 Storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5606.5.2.3 SMOKE ALARM . . . . . . . . . . 907.2.10, 1030.5, 1103.8
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .907.10 Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .907.10 Smoke detection system
as alternative to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .907.2.10.7 SMOKE AND HEAT VENTS . . . . . . . . . . . .910, 3206.8 SMOKE BARRIERS
Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .909.5 Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701.3, 704.1 Opening protectives in . . . . . . . . . . . . .703.2, 909.5.3 Pressure differential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 909.18.6 SMOKE COMPARTMENT
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 SMOKE CONTROL SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 909
Permit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.7.20 SMOKE DAMPER
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 SMOKE DETECTOR . . . . . . 907.2.10.7, 907.2.12.1.2,
907.3.1,907.2.17.1, 907.4.1, 907.4.3 Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 SMOKE PARTITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .701.4 SMOKE REMOVAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .910.4 SMOKE-DEVELOPED INDEX
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 SMOKELESS PROPELLANTS
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5606 Storage and handling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5604 SMOKEPROOF ENCLOSURE
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
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ASSEMBLY SEATING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029.6.2 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 SMOKING . . . . . . . 310, 2003.2, 2006.3.8, 2310.5.5.1,
2403.2.6, 2803.5.3, 2903.7, 3304.1, 3404.3, 5003.7.1, 5704.2.3.1, 5706.6.1.9 Signs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310.3 SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC
POWER SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1204 Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.7.21 SOLID (material state)
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 SOLID BIOFUEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2809.4
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 SOLID BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK . . . . . . . . . . . . 2809.4
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 SOLID SHELVING
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Fire protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3208.2.2.1 Racks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3208.2.2 SOLVENT DISTILLATION UNIT . . . . . . . . . . . . 5705.4
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 SOLVENT OR LIQUID CLASSIFICATIONS,
DRY CLEANING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2103 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 SPACE HEATERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604.10, 3303 SPECIAL AMUSEMENT BUILDING
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Exit access travel distance . . . . . . . . . . Table 1017.2 Fire alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.2.11, 914.7.2 Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.2 Sprinklers . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 903.2.11.6, 914.7.1 SPECIAL INDUSTRIAL
EXPLOSIVE DEVICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5601.1 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 SPILL CONTROL
Carts and trucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5003.10.3.4 Dry cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2107.2.3 Flammable and combustible liquids . . . . . . . . 5703.4,
5704.3.7.3, 5704.3.8.2, 5704.4.3, 5705.3.7.5.3, 5705.3.7.6.3, 5705.3.8.1, 5706.2.6, 5706.5.1.5 Hazardous materials. . . . . . . . . . . . 5004.2, 5005.1.3,
5005.2.1.3, 5005.2.2.4, 5005.3.4, 5005.3.6 Lead-acid battery systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1206.2 Service stations and repair garages . . . . . . . . 2305.3 SPILLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004.4, 2006.11, 2310.5.2,
3107.15.5.3, 3305.6 SPONTANEOUS
IGNITION HAZARDS . . . . . 304.3.1, 305.2, 3304.2.4 SPOTTING (see DRY CLEANING)
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Areas adjacent to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2403.2.1.3 Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2404.3.3 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.45, 105.7.23 Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2403.3.5.2 SPRAY FINISHING . . . . . . . . 105.6.45, 105.7.23, 2404 SPRAY ROOM
Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2404.3.1 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.45, 105.7. 23 Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2403.3.5.2 SPRAYING SPACE
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 SPRINKLER SYSTEM
(see AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM) STAGE CANOPY, TEMPORARY
(see TEMPORARY STAGE CANOPY) STAGES, FIRE PROTECTION FOR . . . 905.3.4, 914.6 STAIR
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 STAIRWAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1011
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023.8, 1023.9,
1104.21, 1104.24 On flammable and
combustible liquid loading racks . . . . . 5706.5.1.12 On flammable and
combustible liquid storage tanks . . . . . . 5704.2.9.4 STAIRWAY, EXTERIOR EXIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1027
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 STAIRWAY, SPIRAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1011.10
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 STANDBY PERSONNEL
(see also FIRE WATCH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3107.17 STANDBY POWER SYSTEM . . . . . . . . 1203, 5005.1.5
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 STANDPIPE SYSTEM, CLASSES OF
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 STANDPIPE, TYPES OF
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 STANDPIPES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 905
Buildings under construction/demolition . . . . . . . 3313 Dry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 905.8 Existing buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1103.6, 1103.6.1 Heliports and helistops . . . 905.3.6, 1103.6.2, 2007.5 Landscaped roofs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 905.3.8 Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.7.24 Rooftop gardens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 905.3.8 STATIC PILES (wood products)
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2808.6
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STATIC PROTECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5706.5.1.7 STATIONARY STORAGE BATTERY SYSTEMS
(see BATTERY SYSTEM, STATIONARY STORAGE) STEEL
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 STILLS, DRY CLEANING . . . . . . . . . 2104.2.4, 2107.1 STOP WORK ORDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 STORAGE
Aerosol, inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5104 Ammunition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5606 Attics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.3.4 Automated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3209 Boiler rooms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.3.3 Calcium carbide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3507.1 Carousel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3209.3 Combustible fibers, baled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3705 Combustible fibers, detached structure . . . . . . 3704.6 Combustible fibers, loose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3704 Combustible liquids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5704 Combustible materials . . . . . . . 105.6.29, 315, 2003.6 Compressed gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5304 Concealed spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.3.4 Corridors and lobbies in Group E . . . . . . . . 807.5.2.1 Corrosive materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5404 Cryogenic fluids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5504 Cylinder and container, welding. . . . . . . . . . . . 3505.2 Electrical rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.3.3 Elevator (occupant evacuation) lobbies. . . . . . . 606.5 Explosives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5604 Exterior, finished lumber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2809 Fire command centers . . . . . . . . . . . 315.3.3, 508.1.6 Flammable gases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5804 Flammable liquids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5704 Flammable solids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5904 Foam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5704.2.9.2.2.1 Fuel oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603.3 Hazardous materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5004 Hazardous materials storage defined . . . . . . . . . 202 High-piled combustible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 32 Hogged material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2807, 2808 Indoor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 Log areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2806 Loose combustible fibers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3704 LP-gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6109 Means of egress . . . . . . . . 315.3.2, 807.1, 807.5.2.1,
807.5.5.1, 1031.2, 1031.3 Mechanical refrigeration rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . 605.10 Mechanical rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.3.3
Nitrocellulose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2909.4 Organic peroxide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2909.5, 6204 Outside. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315.4 Oxidizers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6304 Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5003.11.3.11 Plenums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315.6 Pyrophoric materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6404 Pyroxylin (cellulose nitrate) plastics . . . . . . . . . . 6504 Rack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3208 Semiconductor fabrication facilities . . . . . . . . . . 2704 Solid-piled and shelf. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3207 Specialty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3210 Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2909.2, 5704.2 Tire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3405, 3409 Under floors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.3.4 Under high-voltage transmission lines . . . . . . . .315.5 Unstable (reactive) materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6604 Water-reactive solids and liquids . . . . . . . . . . . . 6704 Wood chips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2807, 2808 STORAGE BATTERY SYSTEMS,
STATIONARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1206.2 Permit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.7.2 Room design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1205.6.2 Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1206.2.8.6 Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1206.2.11.3 STORY
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 STORY ABOVE GRADE PLANE
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 STRAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3107.2, 3709.4
Waste material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304.1.1 SUB-ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
GAS SYSTEMS (SAGS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2703.16 SUMPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5706.3.3 SUPERVISING STATION . . . . . . . . . . . .903.4.1, 905.9
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 SUPERVISION . . . . . . . . . .903.3.8.4, 903.4, 904.11.2,
905.9, 913.4 SUPERVISORY SERVICE
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 SUPERVISORY SIGNAL . . . . . . . . . . . .903.4.1, 905.9
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 SUPERVISORY SIGNAL-INITIATING DEVICE
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 SYSTEM (hazardous materials)
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
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TAGS . . . . . . . . . . . 901.7.2, 901.7.3, 901.8.1, 904.9.2
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Abandonment of . . . . . . . . . 5704.2.13, 5704.2.13.1.4 Above-ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2306.2.2, 2306.2.3,
2306.2.4, 5404.2.1, 5003.2.4.2, 5704.2.7.3.5.1, 5704.2.9, 5704.2.13.2 Anchoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5704.2.8.5 Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2305.1.2 Capacity, available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5704.2.9.7.5.2 Compressed gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5303.1, 5303.4.2 Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5704.2.9.6.1 Cooking oil storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608 Defective. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5003.2.6.2 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Design and construction . . . . . . . 5003.2.1, 5704.2.7,
5704.2.9.6.1 Diking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5704.2.10.2 Discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5704.2.7.5.5.2 Dispensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5706.2.8, 5706.5.4 Drainage control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2306.5 Empty . . . . . . . . . . . . 5003.2.5, 5704.3.3.4, 5704.4.8 Filling operations . . . . . . . . . . . . 2305.1, 5706.6.1.10 Fill pipe connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5704.2.9.7.6 Hot work on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3510, 5704.2.7.6 Inside buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2306.2.2, 5704.2.9.5 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5003.2.4, 5704.2.7 Lining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5704.2.7.11 Low-pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2903.9 Manifolding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5704.2.7.3.5 Marking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5706.2.2 Openings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2306.6.2.1,
5704.2.7.5, 5704.2.9.7.8 Out of service . . . . . . . . . . 5003.2.6.1, 5704.2.13.1.1 Outside buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5704.2.9.6 Overfill protection . . . . . . 5704.2.7.5.8, 5704.2.9.7.6,
5704.2.11.3, 5706.4.6, 5706.6.1.5, 5706.8.3, 5706.8.5, 5806.4.7 Permanent and temporary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5706.2.4 Piping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2306.6.3 Piping, valves and fittings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2306.6.2 Portable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2306.2.5, 5704.3 Preparation for fueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2310.5.6 Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2409.3, 5704.2.7.2 Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Protected above-ground (see above-ground) Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5704.2.14 Repair, alteration or reconstruction . . . . . 5704.2.7.6 Secondary containment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5704.2.9.7.3 Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2306.3 Solvent storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2107.3 Stationary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6004.2.2.7.4
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Storage . . . . . . . . 2909.2, 5704, 5706.3.1.1, 5706.3.5 Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5704.2.12 Underground. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2306.2.1, 5003.2.4.1,
5704.2.7.3.5.2, 5704.2.11, 5704.2.13.1 Vaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2306.2.4, 5704.2.8 Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2909.3, 5706.5.1.15,
5706.5.1.16, 5706.6 Venting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5704.2.7.3, 5706.2.4.2 Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507.2.2, 507.5.3 TANK, ATMOSPHERIC
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 TANK, PORTABLE
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 TANK, PRIMARY
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 TANK, PROTECTED ABOVE-GROUND
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 TANK, STATIONARY
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 TANK CARS
(see also BULK TRANSFER) . . . . . . . . . . . 5706.5.1 Loading racks or stations . . . . . . 2909.3, 5706.5.1.12 Use as storage tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5704.2.2 TANK VEHICLE . . . . . 2904.3.2, 5706.5.1.16.1, 5706.6
Aircraft fuel-servicing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005.4 Certification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5706.5.1.15 Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5003.2.1 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Dispensing from . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5706.2.8, 5706.5.4 Fire protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5706.6.4 Garaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5706.6.3, 6111.3 Loading racks or stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2909.3 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5706.6.1 Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5706.6.3, 6111 Smoking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5706.6.1.9 Stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5706.5.1.16 Use as storage tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5704.2.2 TAR KETTLE [see ASPHALT (TAR) KETTLES] TELEPHONE DIALING-DEVICES,
AUTOMATIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.6.6.1 TEMPORARY HEATING EQUIPMENT …604.10, 3303 TEMPORARY SPECIAL EVENT
STRUCTURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3105 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.7.25 TEMPORARY WIRING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604.9, 3304.7 TENANT IDENTIFICATION
(see COVERED AND OPEN MALL BUILDINGS) TENANT SPACES, VACANT
(see VACANT PREMISES) TENTS AND OTHER MEMBRANE
STRUCTURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 31 Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3103.8.1
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Air-inflated structure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3102.1 Air-supported structure . . . . . . . . . . 3102.1, 3103.10 Approval. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3103.2 Crowd managers . . . . . . . . . . . . 3106.4.3, 3107.17.2 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Fire safety requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3104.2 Generators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3106.6.2, 3107.16 Heating and cooking
equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3107.12, 3107.12.7 Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3105.8 LP-gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3107.13 Means of egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3103.12 Occupant load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3107.11 On buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3103.8.4 Operational requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3107 Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.47, 105.7.25 Portable fire extinguisher . . . . . . .…3105.9, 3106.4.4,
3106.5.2, 3106.6.3, 3107.9 Seating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3103.11 Structural stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3103.9 Umbrella structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Waste. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3107.19 TESTING, ACCEPTANCE
(see ACCEPTANCE TESTING) THEFT RESISTANT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5604.5.1.2
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 TIMBER AND LUMBER
PRODUCTION FACILITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2807 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 TIRE REBUILDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3403
Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.46 Precautions against fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3404 TIRE STORAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 34
Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3406 Fencing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3407 Indoor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3409 Outdoor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3405 Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.46 Precautions against fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3404 TIRES, BULK STORAGE OF
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 TOOL (semiconductor fabrication)
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 TORCH-APPLIED ROOF SYSTEM
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 TORCHES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.4
Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.33 TOWNHOUSE
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 TOXIC
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Materials (see Highly toxic and toxic materials)
TRADE-OFFS FOR SPRINKLERS . . . . . . . . . 904.2.1 TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . 503.4.1
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 TRAINING, EMPLOYEE EMERGENCY . . . . . . . . . 406 TRANSIENT
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 TRANSIENT AIRCRAFT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 914.8.3
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 TRANSPORTATION
Hazardous materials . . . . . . . . . . . . 2705.3, 5003.10 LP-gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6101.1 TRANSVERSE FLUE SPACE (see FLUE SPACES) TRASH (see RUBBISH) TRAVEL DISTANCE, EXIT ACCESS . . . . . . . . . . 1016 TREATMENT SYSTEMS . . . . . . .605.12.5, 2703.14.3,
6003.1.3, 6003.2.3.2, 6004.2.2.7, 6004.3.4.1 TREES (see NATURAL CUT TREES) TROUBLE SIGNAL . . . . . . . . . .903.4.1, 906.2, 916.5,
2311.8.9.2, 3905.1.4, 5808.5.2 Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 TUBE TRAILERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5303.7.11
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 TURNSTILES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1010 TWENTY-FOUR HOUR BASIS
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
U
UMBRELLA STRUCTURE DEFINED . . . . . . . . . . 202 UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGE . . . 5003.3.1, 5706.2.8
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 UNDERGROUND BUILDINGS . . . . . . . . . . . .403.11.3,
905.3.5, 907.2.17, 907.2.18, 914.5, Table 1103.1, 1203.2.18 UNLAWFUL ACTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110.1 UNOCCUPIED TENANT SPACE . . . . . . . . . . . . .311.6 UNSAFE BUILDINGS (see BUILDING) UNSAFE HEATING APPLIANCES . . . . . . . . . . .603.7 UNSTABLE (REACTIVE) MATERIAL . . . . Chapter 66
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Indoor storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6604.1 Outdoor storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6604.2 Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6603 Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6605.1 UNVENTED HEATERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .603.4 UNWANTED FIRE
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Ignitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305.5 Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .401.3, 3309 UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE
(see FURNITURE, UPHOLSTERED)
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Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 USE, CHANGE OF (see CHANGE OF USE) UTILITY IDENTIFICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509.1.1
VACANT PREMISES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Abandoned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311.1.1 Fire protection systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311.2.2 Placarding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311.5 Removal of hazardous materials . . . . . . . . . . . 311.4 Safeguarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311.2 Tenant spaces . . . . . . . . . 311.1.2, 311.6, 403.11.1.6 Waste removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311.3 VAPOR AREA, FLAMMABLE
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 VAPOR BALANCE SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . 2306.7.9.1 VAPOR PRESSURE
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 VAPOR-PROCESSING
SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2306.7.9.2, 5706.8 VAPOR-RECOVERY SYSTEM . . . . . 2306.7.9, 5706.8 VEHICLE IMPACT PROTECTION
(see IMPACT PROTECTION, VEHICLE) VEHICLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.4
Compressed natural gas powered . . . . . . . . . . . 2308 Gas-fueled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3107.15 Industrial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6103.2.2 Liquid-fueled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3107.15 LP-gas-powered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2307 Overfilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2307.7 Storage of, in buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313.2 Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2909.3, 5704.2.2, 5706.5.1.15,
5706.5.1.16, 5706.6 VENTILATION
Battery systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1206.2.11.3 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Dry cleaning . . . . . . . . . 2104.2.1, 2105.2.3, 2106.3.3 Electrostatic equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2406.7 Exhaust. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2703.14, 2703.15.2 Floor surfacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2410.5 Hazardous materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5003.8.4.2,
5003.8.5.2, 5003.8.6.2, 5005.2.1.1, 5005.2.2.1 Indoor dispensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5005.1.9 Indoor storage areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5004.3 Industrial ovens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3003.1 Powered industrial trucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309.4 Process structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2905.5 Refrigeration machinery room . . . . . . . . . . . . 605.13 Reinforced plastics manufacturing . . . . . . . . . 2409.6
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Repair garages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2311.4.3, 2311.8.8 Spray finishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2404.7, 2404.7.4,
2404.9.3, 2406.7 VENTS, SMOKE AND HEAT
(see SMOKE AND HEAT VENTS) VIOLATION PENALTIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.4 VISIBLE ALARM NOTIFICATION
APPLIANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.5.2.3 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
W
WAREHOUSE
Aerosol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5102.1, 5104.3,
Table 5104.3.2, 5104.4 Liquid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5104.6, Table 5704.3.6(2),
Table5704.3.6.3(3), 5704.3.8, 5704.3.8.5 WARNING SIGNS
Compressed gas vaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5303.16.13 Explosives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5604.10.5, 5605.8.2 Fire-extinguishing systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 904.3.4 Flammable and combustible
liquid vaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5704.2.8.15 Flammable finish operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2403.2.7 Flammable liquids storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5703.5 Fruit and crop ripening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2507 Fuel dispensing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2305.6 Fumigation and insecticidal fogging . . . . . . . 2603.3.1 Hazard communication (haz-mat). . . . . 407.3, 5003.5 Oxygen in home health care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6306.6 Shaftways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316.2.1, 316.2.2 WARRANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.3.1 WASTE MATERIALS,
COMBUSTIBLE . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.49, 304, 3304.2 WASTE OIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603.1.4, 2311.2.2 WASTEBASKETS AND
WASTE CONTAINERS . . . . . 304.3, 808.1, 3304.2.3 WATCH, FIRE (see FIRE WATCH) WATER MIST SYSTEM
(see AUTOMATIC WATER MIST SYSTEM) WATER SUPPLY
Buildings under construction or
demolition, standpipes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3313 Fire protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507, 3312 Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507.1 Secondary for high-rise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 914.3.2 Sprinklers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903.3.5 Standpipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3313 Test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507.4 WATER-REACTIVE MATERIAL . . . . . . . . . Chapter 67
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Indoor storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6704.1
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Outdoor storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6704.2 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6703 Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6705 WEATHER PROTECTION . . . . . . . 5004.13, 5005.3.9,
5608.5.2, 5704.4.7, 5705.3.8.4, 5706.5.1.2, 6003.2.5, 6004.3.3, 6404.2.2, 6405.2 WELDING AND OTHER HOT WORK . . . . Chapter 35
Cutting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3505 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Electric arc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3506 Flammable and
combustible liquid tanks . . . . . . . . . 3504.1.7, 3510,
5704.2.7.6 Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3505 Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.11, 105.6.23 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3503, 3504 Tire storage yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3404.2 Warning signs in flammable
finish operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2403.2.7 WELL DRILLING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5706.3 WET FUELING (see MOBILE FUELING) WET HOSING (see MOBILE FUELING) WET-CHEMICAL EXTINGUISHING AGENT . . . . 904.5
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 WHARVES . . . . . . . . . . . 2310.3.1, 2310.5.5, 5706.4.7 WILDFIRE RISK AREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.1.6, 308.2
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 WINDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1011.5.3, 1011.9
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 WINDOW WELLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1030.4 WINDOWLESS STORIES OR AREAS . . . . 903.2.11.1 WIRELESS PROTECTION SYSTEM . . . . . . . . 907.6.1
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 WIRING, ELECTRICAL
Abandoned in plenums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604.11 Hazards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604 WOOD PRODUCTS . . . . . . . . . . 105.6.50, 2807, 2808 WOOD VENEERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803.12 WOODWORKING FACILITIES
(see LUMBER YARDS AND WOODWORKING FACILITIES) . . . . . . . . . 903.2.4.1 WORKSTATION (semiconductor manufacturing)
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Y
YARD
Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Z
ZONE, FIRE ALARM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.6.3
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 ZONE, NOTIFICATION
Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 ZONING INDICATOR PANEL . . . . . . . . . . . .907.6.4.1
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Title 24, Part 9, California Code of Regulations (CCR)
HISTORY:
For prior code history, see the History Note Appendix to the California Fire Code, 2016 Triennial Edition, effective January 1, 2017.
- SFM 06-18—Adoption of the 2018 edition of the Inter- national Fire Code, published by the International Code Council, for incorporation into the 2019 Califor- nia Fire Code, CCR Title 24, Part 9 with amendments for state-regulated occupancies effective on January 1,
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