Section 1002
California Fire Code (Title 24, Part 9) · 2022 edition · updated 2026-09-10 · California
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DEFINITIONS
[BE] 1002.1 Definitions. The following terms are defined in Chapter 2: ACCESSIBLE MEANS OF EGRESS. AISLE. AISLE ACCESSWAY. ALTERNATING TREAD DEVICE. AREA OF REFUGE. BLEACHERS. BREAKOUT. COMMON PATH OF EGRESS TRAVEL. CORRIDOR.
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MEANS OF EGRESS
NOSING. OCCUPANT LOAD. OPEN-AIR ASSEMBLY SEATING. OPEN-ENDED CORRIDOR. PANIC HARDWARE. PHOTOLUMINESCENT. POWER-ASSISTED DOOR. POWER-OPERATED DOOR. PUBLIC WAY. RAMP. SCISSOR STAIRWAY. SELF-LUMINOUS. SMOKE-PROTECTED ASSEMBLY SEATING. STAIR. STAIRWAY. STAIRWAY, INTERIOR EXIT. STAIRWAY, SPIRAL. WINDER.
[California Code of Regulations, Title 19, Division 1, §4.1(a)] Definitions.
(a) Burglar bars – Security bars located on the inside or outside of a door or window of a residential dwelling.
[California Code of Regulations, Title 19, Division 1, §4.1 (b)] Definitions.
(b) Residential Dwelling – A house, apartment, motel, hotel or other type of residential dwelling subject to the State Housing Law Part. 1.5 (commencing with Section 17910), Division 13 of Health and Safety Code and a manufactured home, mobilehome and multi-unit manufactured housing as defined in Part 2 (commencing with Section 18000) of Divi- sion 13 of the Health and Safety Code.
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