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Chapter 6 — FIRE PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS

Section 611 — SUBDIVISION REVIEW SURVEY

2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code (Title 24, Part 7.5) · 2025 edition · updated 2026-07-27 · California

611.1 Subdivision identification.

Pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 4290.5 and Title 14, Division 1.5, Chapter 7, Subchapter 1, Article 2, the Board, in consultation with the Office of the State Fire Marshal, shall survey local governments to identify existing subdivi- sions, as defined in Article 2, located in an SRA area or an LRA Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone without a secondary egress route that is at significant fire risk.

611.2 Fire safety recommendations.

The Board, in consultation with the Office of the State Fire Marshal and the local government that identified the subdivision, shall develop recommendations to improve the subdivision’s fire safety. The Board shall provide the final recommendations to the local government that identified the subdivision and to the residents of the subdivision.

611.3 Implementation.

The Board shall maintain a list of the subdivisions identified and the status of the implementation of the recom- mendations provided.

611.4 Re-survey.

Beginning July 1, 2021, the Board shall conduct this survey every 5 years.

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▸ Contents — 2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code (Title 24, Part 7.5)
2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code (Title 24, Part 7.5)
  1. Chapter 1 — ADMINISTRATION
  2. Chapter 2 — DEFINITIONS
  3. Chapter 3 — WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE AREAS
  4. Chapter 4 — WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE AREA REQUIREMENTS
  5. Chapter 5 — SPECIAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION REGULATIONS
  6. ▸ Chapter 6 — FIRE PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS
    Overview
    1. Section 601 — GENERAL
    2. Section 602 — FIRE PROTECTION PLANS
    3. Section 603 — VEGETATION PLAN
    4. Section 604 — MAINTENANCE OF DEFENSIBLE SPACE
    5. Section 605 — SPARK ARRESTORS
    6. Section 606 — LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS INSTALLATIONS
    7. Section 607 — STORAGE OF FIREWOOD AND COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS
    8. Section 608 — BUILDING SITING AND SETBACKS
    9. Section 609 — RIDGELINES, FUEL BREAKS AND GREENBELTS
    10. Section 610 — FIRE SAFE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
    11. Section 611 — SUBDIVISION REVIEW SURVEY
    12. Section 612 — GENERAL PLAN SAFETY ELEMENT
  7. Chapter 7 — REFERENCED STANDARDS
  8. Appendix A — GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
  9. Appendix B — VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PLAN
  10. Appendix C — COMMUNITY WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE (WUI) FIRE HAZ…
  11. Appendix D — MODEL ORDINANCE FOR FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONE ADO…
  12. Appendix E — RESERVED
  13. Appendix F — CHARACTERISTICS OF FIRE-SMART VEGETATION
  14. Appendix G — VOLUNTARY HOME-HARDENING RECOMMENDATIONS
  15. Appendix H — REFERENCED CALIFORNIA DOCUMENTS
  16. Appendix I — BOARD OF APPEALS

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