California Health and Safety Code ARTICLE 1 - General

• Section 13100.
  (a)  The Office of the State Fire Marshal is hereby created in the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The Office of the State Fire...
• Section 13100.1.
  The functions of the office shall be to foster, promote and develop ways and means of protecting life and property against fire and panic.(Added by...
• Section 13101.
  The State Fire Marshal shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate and shall hold office at the pleasure...
• Section 13103.
  The State Fire Marshal may appoint those assistant or deputy state fire marshals as he or she may consider necessary from among active chiefs of...
• Section 13104.
  The State Fire Marshal shall aid in the enforcement of all laws and ordinances, any rules and regulations adopted under the provisions of Division 11...
• Section 13104.5.
  Except on property which has been deeded to the state for taxes, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection may abate fire hazards existing on...
• Section 13104.6.
  The State Fire Marshal may determine the existence of a fire hazard on any property which has been deeded to the State for taxes and...
• Section 13105.
  The State Fire Marshal shall encourage the adoption of fire prevention measures by means of education, engineering, and enforcement and shall prepare or cause to...
• Section 13105.2.
  (a)  The State Fire Marshal shall establish and operate a statewide hazardous materials training facility to be located at the Del Valle Firefighting Facility of...
• Section 13105.5.
  The State Fire Marshal shall establish or cause to be established a program of fire prevention training for fire prevention inspectors employed by local fire...
• Section 13105.7.
  (a)  The State Fire Marshal may establish a schedule of fees for the inspection, approval, and listing of testing laboratories which test consumer products for...
• Section 13106.
  During the existence of a fire, the State Fire Marshal may protect any property which is affected thereby until the arrival of the owner or...
• Section 13107.
  (a)  The State Fire Marshal shall investigate every explosion or fire occurring in any state institution, state-owned building, or any building which is determined, pursuant...
• Section 13107.5.
  The State Fire Marshal may investigate every break, and shall investigate every explosion or fire, involving a pipeline reported by a local agency pursuant to...
• Section 13108.
  (a) Except as limited by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 140) of Division 1 of the Labor Code and Section 18930 of this code, the State...
• Section 13108.1.
  The State Fire Marshal, in consultation with the Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair, Home Furnishings, and Thermal Insulation, shall review the flammability standards for...
• Section 13108.5.
  (a) The State Fire Marshal, in consultation with the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection and the Director of Housing and Community Development, shall, pursuant to...
• Section 13108.6.
  The State Fire Marshal may adopt regulations specifying the access to roof areas of commercial establishments which firefighters shall have and may limit or restrict...
• Section 13108.9.
  The State Fire Marshal shall adopt regulations to require a public address system with an emergency backup power system for all buildings or structures constructed...
• Section 13109.
  The State Fire Marshal, his or her deputies, or his or her salaried assistants, the chief of any city or county fire department or fire...
• Section 13110.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the State Fire Marshal may propose, adopt, and administer the regulations that he or she deems necessary in...
• Section 13110.5.
  The State Fire Marshal shall gather statistical information on all fires, medical aid incidents, and hazardous materials incidents occurring within this state. The chief fire...
• Section 13110.7.
  The State Fire Marshal shall establish and maintain a registry of burn injuries and deaths, and shall annually compile a statistical report of such injuries...
• Section 13111.
  The State Fire Marshal may adopt a model ordinance for adoption by any local agency authorized pursuant to Article 3.6 (commencing with Section 50078) of...
• Section 13111.1.
  (a)  The office of the State Fire Marshal may expend money appropriated for the administration of the laws, the enforcement of which is committed to...
• Section 13111.3.
  The State Department of Health shall establish and administer a program which will make loans available to private nonprofit children’s institutions and private nonprofit homes...
• Section 13112.
  Every person who violates any provision of this chapter, or any order, rule, or regulation made pursuant to this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor...
• Section 13112.1.
  Notwithstanding Section 1463 of the Penal Code, all fines and forfeitures imposed by or collected in any court of this state, as a result of...
• Section 13112.2.
  All revenue collected pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 13112.1 shall be deposited in the California Fire and Arson Training Fund and shall be available,...
• Section 13113.
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person, firm, or corporation shall not establish, maintain, or operate a hospital, children’s home, children’s nursery, or...
• Section 13113.5.
  The State Fire Marshal shall adopt regulations requiring the installation of automatic fire devices activated by products of combustion other than heat in all facilities...
• Section 13113.6.
  (a) Any person, or public or private firm, organization, or corporation, that owns, rents, leases, or manages a facility that hosts a ticketed event for live...
• Section 13113.7.
  (a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, smoke alarms, approved and listed by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to Section 13114 at the time of...
• Section 13113.8.
  (a) On and after January 1, 1986, every single-family dwelling and factory-built housing, as defined in Section 19971, which is sold shall have an operable smoke...
• Section 13113.9.
  (a)  For the purposes of this section: (1)  “Burglar bars” are security bars located on the inside or outside of a door or window of...
• Section 13114.
  (a) The State Fire Marshal, with the advice of the State Board of Fire Services, shall adopt regulations and standards as he or she may determine...
• Section 13114.1.
  To the extent that resources are available, the State Fire Marshal shall prepare and distribute for use by local agencies, community groups, and private firms,...
• Section 13114.2.
  (a)  On or before January 1, 2000, the State Fire Marshal shall adopt regulations and standards to control the quality and installation of burglar bars...
• Section 13114.3.
  (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and after January 1, 1999, no burglar bars shall be installed or maintained on any residential dwelling...
• Section 13114.5.
  The governing body of any city or county may enact ordinances or laws imposing restrictions greater than those imposed by Sections 13113 and 13114.(Added by...
• Section 13114.7.
  (a)  For the purposes of this section the following are definitions of class I and class II systems: (1)  American Water Works Association (A.W.W.A.) Manuel...
• Section 13115.
  (a)  It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to establish, maintain or operate any circus, side show, carnival, tent show, theater, skating rink,...
• Section 13116.
  Except as provided in Section 18930, the State Fire Marshal shall prepare and adopt rules and regulations establishing minimum requirements for the prevention of fire...
• Section 13117.
  (a)  Any new detector or new automatic high pressure shutoff device sold by any person on or after January 1, 1987, in this state shall,...
• Section 13118.
  All solvents offered for sale at retail shall be labeled as required by the regulations adopted pursuant to the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (Public Law...
• Section 13119.
  It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to establish, maintain or operate any night club, restaurant, cafe or any similar place where alcoholic...
• Section 13120.
  The State Fire Marshal shall establish minimum standard requirements, and shall adopt rules and regulations as are deemed necessary by him or her to properly...
• Section 13121.
  The State Fire Marshal shall, before approving any flame-retardant chemical, fabric or material, require that flame-retardant chemicals and flame-retardant fabrics or materials be submitted to...
• Section 13122.
  The State Fire Marshal shall promulgate and make available at cost of printing at least once each year a list of the flame-retardant chemicals, flame-retardant...
• Section 13123.
  The State Fire Marshal shall remove from his or her approved list the name of any flame-retardant chemicals, flame-retardant fabric or material or any flame-retardant...
• Section 13124.
  The name of any chemical, chemical concern or flame-retardant application concern whose name has been removed from the approved list shall not be restored to...
• Section 13125.
  The name of any chemical, chemical concern or flame-retardant application concern shall not be restored to the approved list until a new application, accompanied by...
• Section 13126.
  With the advice of the State Fire Advisory Board, the State Fire Marshal shall prepare and adopt rules and regulations establishing minimum standards and specific...
• Section 13127.
  (a)  Any chemical manufacturing concern, or any flame-retardant application concern, or any concern marketing a flame-retardant fabric or material that desires to have its name...
• Section 13128.
  (a)  The annual and renewal registration fee period for chemical manufacturing concerns, concerns marketing a flame-retardant fabric or material, and general applicators shall be for...
• Section 13129.
  (a)  The State Fire Marshal shall remove from the approved list the names of all chemicals, chemically treated fabrics or materials and the names of...
• Section 13130.
  All money collected pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the State Fire Marshal Licensing and Certification Fund established pursuant to Section 13137, and...
• Section 13131.
  “Nonambulatory persons” means persons unable to leave a building unassisted under emergency conditions. It includes any person who is unable, or likely to be unable,...
• Section 13131.5.
  (a)  All of the following building standards shall apply to any single-story building housing nonambulatory persons which is operated as a residential care facility for...
• Section 13132.
  Every person, firm, or corporation maintaining or operating any facility for the care of the mentally handicapped shall file a statement with the fire authority...
• Section 13132.7.
  (a) Within a very high fire hazard severity zone designated by the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection pursuant to Article 9 (commencing with Section 4201)...
• Section 13133.
  (a)  The State Fire Marshal shall develop and adopt regulations establishing new occupancy classifications and specific fire safety standards appropriate for residential facilities, as defined...
• Section 13135.
  The State Fire Marshal shall adopt regulations for alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facilities, as defined in Section 11834.11, based on whether the...

Last modified: October 22, 2018