The State Fire Marshal's Office established the Code Interpretations Committee (CIC) in November 2001, to research requests for code interpretations. The CIC meets once a month to review and discuss each code interpretation request, then pass their recommendations on to the Division Chiefs for final endorsement and approval. Once approved, the request is posted on the SFM website. Code interpretations rendered for Title 24 are valid for the code year edition identified in the code interpretation. Code interpretations rendered for Title 19 are not code edition specific.

Did you know?...Section 2.05, Title 19, California Code of Regulations provides that any person may request a code interpretation from the State Fire Marshal. How to Request a Code Interpretation from SFM??

The State Fire Marshal will start posting all code interpretations for a 10-day comment period prior to these being permanently posted on this web site. The draft code interpretations will be posted on this web site on the 20th of each month. If none are posted, there were none to post. The purpose of the 10-day comment period is to allow for input from all interested parties on any one of the draft code interpretations. All comments will be considered, and the interpretations will be revised accordingly if the comments for a specific interpretation merit revision. Due to the limited time period, you will not receive a response to your comments. Please e-mail all comments to:  Ernie.Paez@fire.ca.gov