Section 5602 — California Fire Code (Title 24, Part 9)

5602.1 Definitions. The following terms are defined in Chapter 2:¶

AMMONIUM NITRATE. BARRICADE.

Artificial barricade. Natural barricade. BARRICADED. BLAST AREA. BLAST SITE. BLASTER. BLASTING AGENT. BULLET RESISTANT. DETONATING CORD. DETONATION. DETONATOR. EXPLOSIVE.

High explosive. Low explosive. Mass-detonating explosives. UN/DOTn Class 1 explosives.

Division 1.1. Division 1.2. Division 1.3. Division 1.4. Division 1.5. Division 1.6. EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL. FIREWORKS.

Fireworks, 1.3G. Fireworks, 1.4G. FIREWORKS DISPLAY. HIGHWAY. INHABITED BUILDING. MAGAZINE.

Indoor. Type 1. Type 2. Type 3. Type 4. Type 5. MORTAR.

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NET EXPLOSIVE WEIGHT (net weight). OPERATING BUILDING. OPERATING LINE. PLOSOPHORIC MATERIAL. PROXIMATE AUDIENCE. PUBLIC TRAFFIC ROUTE (PTR). PYROTECHNIC ARTICLE. PYROTECHNIC COMPOSITION. PYROTECHNIC SPECIAL EFFECT. PYROTECHNIC SPECIAL-EFFECT MATERIAL. PYROTECHNICS. QUANTITY-DISTANCE (Q-D).

Inhabited building distance (IBD). Intermagazine distance (IMD). Intraline distance (ILD) or Intraplant distance (IPD). RAILWAY. READY BOX. SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION. SMALL ARMS PRIMERS. SMOKELESS PROPELLANTS. SPECIAL INDUSTRIAL EXPLOSIVE DEVICE. THEFT RESISTANT.

[California Code of Regulations, Title 19, Division 1, §1559.3. Chief]

§1559.3. Chief shall mean the issuing authority (as used in this chapter).

[California Code of Regulations, Title 19, Division 1, §1559.9 Issuing authority]

§1559.9 Issuing authority shall mean either the sheriff of a county, or the chief or other head of a municipal police depart- ment of any city or city and county, or the chief of a fire depart- ment or fire protection agency and their authorized representatives, provided that, in the event the designated issu- ing authority is the chief of a fire department or fire protection agency, such fire department or fire protection agency is orga- nized with regularly paid, full-time personnel. The governing body of any county, city or city and county shall designate one of the above as the issuing authority within its jurisdiction and shall notify the State Fire Marshal of the person so designated.

[California Code of Regulations, Title 19, Division 1, §1559.16 Public conveyance]

§1559.16 Public conveyance shall mean any railway car, street car, ferry, cab, bus, airplane or other vehicle which is carrying passengers for hire.

[California Code of Regulations, Title 19, Division 1, §1559.16 Person]

§1559.16 Person shall mean any person, organization, firm, corporation, association, city, county, city and county and state, and shall include any of their employees and authorized representatives.

EXPLOSIVES AND FIREWORKS

[California Code of Regulations, Title 19, Division 1, §1559.16 Propellant-actuated power devices]

§1559.16 Propellant-actuated power devices shall mean any tool or special mechanized device or gas generator system which is actuated by a propellant or which releases and directs work through a propellant charge.

[California Code of Regulations, Title 19, Division 1, §1559.16 Propellants]

§1559.16 Propellants shall mean solid propellants, com- monly called smokeless powders, used in small arms ammu- nition, cannon, rockets, propellant-actuated power devices and similar devices.

[California Code of Regulations, Title 19, Division 1, §1559.18 Railway]

§1559.18 Railway shall mean any tramway, steam, electric, diesel electric or other railway or railroad which carries pas- sengers for hire on the particular line or branch in the vicin- ity where explosives are stored or where explosives manufacturing buildings are situated.

[California Code of Regulations, Title 19, Division 1, §1559.20 Tramway]

§1559.20 Tramway shall mean an aerial passenger tramway used to transport passengers by the use of overhead steel cables or by ropes, supported in one (1) or more spans.

[California Code of Regulations, Title 19, Division 1, §1559.21. US DOTn]

§1559.21. US DOTn shall mean the United States Depart- ment of Transportation.

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