California Health and Safety Code ARTICLE 2 - The State Board of Fire Services

• Section 13140.
  There is hereby created in the Office of the State Fire Marshal a State Board of Fire Services which shall consist of 18 members. The...
• Section 13140.5.
  The board shall be composed of the following voting members: the State Fire Marshal, the Chief Deputy Director of the Department of Forestry and Fire...
• Section 13140.6.
  A quorum of the board shall consist of not less than nine members of the board. Proxy representation shall not be permitted.(Amended by Stats. 2001,...
• Section 13140.7.
  The State Fire Marshal shall act as chairman of the board and provide necessary staff services. A vice chairman shall be selected by majority vote...
• Section 13141.
  The board shall meet at the call of the State Fire Marshal, or at the request of any two members, but not less than annually,...
• Section 13142.
  The board, shall from time to time make full and complete studies, recommendations, and reports to the Governor and the Legislature for the purpose of...
• Section 13142.6.
  (a)  The board, under the direction of the vice chairperson, shall sit as a board of appeals on the application of the State Fire Marshal’s...
• Section 13142.8.
  When the board sits as a board of appeals:(a)  The State Fire Marshal shall not sit as a member of the board. (b)  A member...
• Section 13143.
  (a) Except as provided in Section 18930, the State Fire Marshal, with the advice of the State Board of Fire Services, shall prepare, adopt, and submit...
• Section 13143.1.
  (a)  Except as provided in Section 18930, the State Fire Marshal, with the advice of the State Board of Fire Services, shall prepare, adopt, and...
• Section 13143.2.
  (a)  Except as provided in Section 18930, the State Fire Marshal shall adopt, amend, and repeal fire safety rules and regulations, and, except as otherwise...
• Section 13143.3.
  The State Fire Marshal or any local public entity shall not charge any fee for enforcing the provisions of Section 13143 or regulations adopted pursuant...
• Section 13143.4.
  The State Fire Marshal shall adopt regulations to authorize National Fire Protection Association 704 Standard System Diamonds, as provided in the 1985 Edition of the...
• Section 13143.5.
  (a)  Notwithstanding Part 2 (commencing with Section 13100) of Division 12, Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 17910) of Division 13, and Part 2.5 (commencing with...
• Section 13143.6.
  (a)  Except as provided in Section 18930, the State Fire Marshal, with the advice of the State Board of Fire Services, shall prepare and adopt...
• Section 13143.7.
  (a) Except as provided in Section 18930, the State Fire Marshal, in consultation with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, shall prepare and adopt regulations establishing...
• Section 13143.8.
  In case of conflict between the State Fire Marshal and the local enforcement agency in the interpretation or application of the provisions, regulations, or building...
• Section 13143.9.
  (a) The State Fire Marshal shall, in carrying out Section 13143, prepare, adopt, and submit building standards and other fire and life safety regulations for approval...
• Section 13144.
  The State Fire Marshal shall prepare in book or bulletin form excerpts of the laws, rules, and regulations dealing with fire and panic safety and...
• Section 13144.1.
  (a)  Except as provided in Sections 18930 and 18933, the State Fire Marshal shall biennially prepare and publish listings of construction materials and equipment and...
• Section 13144.2.
  Any person, firm, corporation, association, or similar organization desiring listing pursuant to Section 13144.1 shall, prior to placement on any list or revision thereto, make...
• Section 13144.3.
  The annual and renewal listing established by Section 13144.2 shall be for the fiscal year period from July 1 to June 30 or for the...
• Section 13144.4.
  The State Fire Marshal may adopt regulations to implement, interpret, make specific or otherwise carry out the provisions of Sections 13144.1, 13144. 2, and 13144.3.(Added...
• Section 13144.5.
  The State Fire Marshal shall prepare and conduct voluntary regular training sessions devoted to the interpretation and application of the laws and rules and regulations...
• Section 13145.
  The State Fire Marshal, the chief of any city, county, or city and county fire department or district providing fire protection services, or a Designated...
• Section 13146.
  The responsibility for enforcement of building standards adopted by the State Fire Marshal and published in the California Building Standards Code relating to fire and...
• Section 13146.1.
  (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 13146, the State Fire Marshal, or the State Fire Marshal’s authorized representative, shall inspect every jail or place of detention...
• Section 13146.2.
  (a) Every city or county fire department or district providing fire protection services required by Sections 13145 and 13146 to enforce building standards adopted by the...
• Section 13146.3.
  The chief of any city or county fire department or district providing fire protection services and his or her authorized representatives shall inspect every building...
• Section 13146.5.
  The provisions of Sections 13145, 13146 and 13146.3 shall, so far as practicable, be carried out at the local level by persons who are regular...
• Section 13147.
  The regulations adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 13143 shall require that the new construction of any school building for which review and approval...

Last modified: October 22, 2018