Section 114 — California Fire Code (Title 24, Part 9)

UNSAFE STRUCTURES OR EQUIPMENT

[A] 114.1 General. If during the inspection of a premises, a structure, or any building system, in whole or in part, constitutes a clear and inimical threat to human life, safety or health, the fire code official shall issue such notice or orders to remove or remedy the conditions as shall be deemed necessary in accordance with this section, and shall refer the building to the building official for any repairs, alterations, remodeling, removing or demolition required.

[A] 114.1.1 Unsafe conditions. Structures or existing equipment that are or hereafter become unsafe, insanitary or deficient because of inadequate means of egress, inadequate light and ventilation, or that constitute a fire hazard, are otherwise dangerous to human life or the public welfare, or involve illegal or improper occupancy or inadequate maintenance, shall be deemed an unsafe condition. Unsafe structures shall be taken down and removed or made safe, as the fire code official deems necessary and as provided for in this section. A vacant structure that is not secured against unauthorized entry shall be deemed unsafe.

[A] 114.1.2 Structural hazards. Where an apparent structural hazard is caused by the faulty installation, operation or malfunction of any of the items or devices governed by this code, the fire code official shall immediately notify the building code official in accordance with Section 114.1.

[A] 114.2 Evacuation. The fire code official or the fire department official in charge of an incident shall be authorized to order the immediate evacuation of any occupied structure deemed unsafe where such structure has hazardous conditions that pose an imminent danger to structure occupants. Persons so notified shall immediately leave the structure or premises and shall not enter or re-enter until authorized to do so by the fire code official or the fire department official in charge of the incident.

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DIVISION II SCOPE AND ADMINISTRATION

[A] 114.3 Record. The fire code official shall cause a report to be filed on an unsafe condition. The report shall state the occupancy of the structure and the nature of the unsafe condition.

[A] 114.4 Notice. If an unsafe condition is found, the fire code official shall serve on the owner of the structure or the owner’s authorized agent a written notice that describes the condition deemed unsafe and specifies the required repairs or improvements to be made to abate the unsafe condition, or requires the unsafe structure to be demolished within a stipulated time. Such notice shall require the person thus notified to declare immediately to the fire code official acceptance or rejection of the terms of the order.

[A] 114.5 Method of service. Such notice shall be deemed properly served where a copy thereof is served in accordance with one of the following methods:

A copy is delivered to the owner personally.
A copy is sent by certified or registered mail addressed to the owner at the last known address with return receipt requested.
A copy is delivered in any other manner as prescribed by local law.

If the certified or registered letter is returned showing that the letter was not delivered, a copy thereof shall be posted in a conspicuous place in or about the structure affected by such notice. Service of such notice in the foregoing manner on the owner’s authorized agent shall constitute service of notice on the owner.

[A] 114.6 Restoration or abatement. The structure or equipment determined to be unsafe by the fire code official is permitted to be restored to a safe condition. The owner, the owner’s authorized agent, operator or occupant of a structure, premises or equipment deemed unsafe by the fire code official shall abate or cause to be abated or corrected such unsafe conditions either by repair, rehabilitation, demolition or other approved corrective action. To the extent that repairs, alterations or additions are made or a change of occupancy occurs during the restoration of the structure, such repairs, alterations, additions or change of occupancy shall comply with the requirements of Section105.1.5 and the California Exist- ing Building Code .

[A] 114.7 Summary abatement. Where conditions exist that are deemed hazardous to life and property, the fire code official or fire department official in charge of the incident is authorized to abate summarily such hazardous conditions that are in violation of this code.

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CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE – MATRIX ADOPTION TABLE

CHAPTER 2 – DEFINITIONS

(Matrix Adoption Tables are nonregulatory, intended only as an aid to the code user.

See Chapter 1 for state agency authority and building applications.)

Adopting Agency	BSC	BSC- CG	SFM		HCD			DSA		OSHPD						BSCC	DPH	AGR	DWR	CEC	CA	SL	SLC
Adopting Agency	BSC	BSC- CG	T-24	T-19*	1	2	1/AC	AC	SS	1	1R	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Adopt Entire Chapter
Adopt Entire Chapter as amended (amended sections listed below)			X
Adopt only those sections that are listed below																X
[California Code of Regulations, Title 19, Division 1]				X
Chapter / Section
Additive Manufacturing			X
Aged Home or Institution			X
Assembly			X
Atrium			X
Battery Types: Lead-Acid Battery			X
Battery Types: Lithium Metal Polymer Battery			X
Battery Types: Nickel- Cadmium Battery			X
Bedridden Person			X
Blasting Agent			X
Building			X
Bullet Resistant			X
Carbon Dioxide Enrichment System			X
Capacitor Energy Storage System			X
Care and Supervision			X
Care Suite			X
Catastrophically Injured			X
Cell			X
Cell Complex			X
Cell Tiers			X
Charter School			X
Child Care			X
Child-Care Center			X
Child or Children			X
Chronically Ill			X
Clinic Outpatient			X
Community Care Facility			X
Community Correctional Reentry Centers			X
Congregate Living Health Facility (CLHF)			X
Congregate Residence			X
Courthouse Holding Facility			X
Courtroom Dock			X
Day-Care			X
Day-Care Home, Family			X
Day-Care Home, Large Family			X

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CHAPTER 2 – DEFINITIONS—continued

Adopting Agency	BSC	BSC- CG	SFM		HCD			DSA		OSHPD						BSCC	DPH	AGR	DWR	CEC	CA	SL	SLC
Adopting Agency	BSC	BSC- CG	T-24	T-19*	1	2	1/AC	AC	SS	1	1R	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Adopt Entire Chapter
Adopt Entire Chapter as amended (amended sections listed below)			X
Adopt only those sections that are listed below																X
[California Code of Regulations, Title 19, Division 1]				X
Chapter / Section
Day-Care Home, Small Family			X
Day Room			X
Detention Elevator			X
Detention Treatment Room			X
Detoxification Facilities			X
Direct Access			X
Energy_Storage_ Management Systems			X
Energy Storage System (ESS)			X
Energy Storage System Cabinet			X
Energy Storage System Commissioning			X
Energy Storage System Decommissioning			X
Energy Storage System, Electrochemical			X
Energy Storage System, Mobile			X
Energy Storage System, Stationary			X
Energy Storage System, Walk-in Unit			X
Enforcing Agency			X
Fire Appliance			X
Fireworks			X
Fixed Guideway and Passenger Rail Transit Systems			X
Full-Time Care			X
Group Home			X
High-Rise Building			X
Highway			X
Holding Facility			X
Hospitals and Psychiatric Hospitals			X
Housing Unit			X
Hydrogen Fueled Vehicles			X
Infant			X
Inflatable Amusement Device			X
Laboratory			X
Laboratory Suite			X
Listed			X
Lodging House			X
Mass Timber			X

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CHAPTER 2 – DEFINITIONS—continued

Adopting Agency	BSC	BSC- CG	SFM		HCD			DSA		OSHPD						BSCC	DPH	AGR	DWR	CEC	CA	SL	SLC
Adopting Agency	BSC	BSC- CG	T-24	T-19*	1	2	1/AC	AC	SS	1	1R	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Adopt Entire Chapter
Adopt Entire Chapter as amended (amended sections listed below)			X
Adopt only those sections that are listed below																X
[California Code of Regulations, Title 19, Division 1]				X
Chapter / Section
Mechanical-Access Enclosed Parking			X
Mobile Fueling			X
Mortar			X
Non-Accessible Area			X
Nonambulatory Persons			X
Noncombustible			X
Nonpatient Care Suite			X
Nursing Homes			X
Occupancy Classification			X
Permanent Portable Building			X
Persons With Intellectual Disabilities, Profoundly or Severely			X
Photovoltaic (PV) Panel System, Ground Mounted			X
Photovoltaic (PV) Support Structure, Elevated			X
Protective Social Care Facility			X
Puzzle Room			X
Railway			X
Relocatable Building (Public School)			X
Residential Care Facility for the Chronically Ill (RCF/CI)			X
Residential Care Facility For The Elderly (RCFE)			X
Residential Facility (RF)			X
Restraint			X
Roadside Hydrogen Service Vehicles			X
Secure Interview Rooms			X
Small Arms Ammunition [T-19 §1559.19(a)]				X
Small Management Yard			X
Special Amusement Area			X
Spray Room			X
State-Owned/Leased Building			X
Tank in an Underground Area			X
Temporary Holding Cell, Room or Area			X													X

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CHAPTER 2 – DEFINITIONS—continued

Adopting Agency	BSC	BSC- CG	SFM		HCD			DSA		OSHPD						BSCC	DPH	AGR	DWR	CEC	CA	SL	SLC
Adopting Agency	BSC	BSC- CG	T-24	T-19*	1	2	1/AC	AC	SS	1	1R	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Adopt Entire Chapter
Adopt Entire Chapter as amended (amended sections listed below)			X
Adopt only those sections that are listed below																X
[California Code of Regulations, Title 19, Division 1]				X
Chapter / Section
Temporary Holding Facility			X
Tenable Environment			X
Tent [T-19 §3.10(a) – (c)]				X
Terminally Ill			X
Toddler			X
Waiting Room			X
Wildland Urban Interface Area			X
Winery Caves			X

The California Code of Regulations (CCR), Title 19, Division 1 provisions that are found in the California Fire Code are a reprint from the current CCR, Title 19, Division 1 text for the code user’s convenience only. The scope, applicability and appeals procedures of CCR, Title 19, Division I remain the same.

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CHAPTER 2

DEFINITIONS

User note:

About this chapter: Codes, by their very nature, are technical documents. Every word, term and punctuation mark can add to or change the meaning of a technical requirement. It is necessary to maintain a consensus on the specific meaning of each term contained in the code. Chapter 2 performs this function by stating clearly what specific terms mean for the purpose of the code.