The Office of the State Fire Marshal's Code Development and Analysis Division reviews all of California's regulations relating to fire and life safety for relevancy, necessity, conflict, duplication and/or overlap. The division also prepares the California State Fire Marshal's fire and life safety regulations and building standards for review and adoption by the California Building Standards Commission.

Title 24, California Building Standards Codes

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Current and Prior Rulemaking Activities

• Title 19 Rulemaking
• Title 24 Rulemaking

Information

• Residential Fire Sprinklers and the California Codes.
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• CAL FIRE - OSFM News Release - 2010 California Fire, Building and Residential Codes Adopted
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• Solar Photovoltiac Installation Guidelines.
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• OSFM Regulated Occupancies.
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• Joint letter from the State Fire Marshal and the California Fire Chiefs Association:
  This letter is to address the approval, the permitting process and fire safety concerns relative to the temporary hospital shelters during the H1N1 outbreak.
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• Accelerant Detection Canine Team Standards.
  For more information regarding the Accelerant Detection Canine Program, Please click here.
• NIOSH Releases Report on Preventing Deaths and Injuries of Fire Fighters Working Above Fire-Damaged Floors.
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