Current through Register 2025 Notice Reg. No. 13, March 28, 2025
(a) All office buildings 2 or more stories in
height (except highrise buildings as defined by Health an Safety Code Section
13210).
(1) Owner(s) or operator(s) shall
employ either one of the following methods of providing emergency procedures
and information to the building occupants:
(A) Emergency procedures information
published in the form of a leaflet, brochure, or pamphlet shall be available to
all persons entering the building. Emergency procedures information shall be
located immediately inside all entrances to the building, as determined by the
authority having jurisdiction. Locations shall be clearly marked; or,
(B) A floor plan providing emergency
procedures information shall be posted at every stairway landing, at every
elevator landing, and immediately inside all public entrances to the building.
The information shall be posted so that it describes the represented floor
level and can be easily seen immediately upon entering the floor level or the
building. Emergency procedures information shall be printed with a minimum of
3/16-inch high non-decorative lettering providing a sharp contrast to the
background.
(2) Emergency
procedures information shall provide all ambulatory, nonambulatory, and the
physically disabled, instructions to be followed in the event of an emergency.
Emergency procedures information shall include, but not be limited to the
following:
(A) Location of exits and fire
alarm initiating stations, if required;
(B) what the fire alarm, if required, sounds
and looks like (audible and visual warning devices);
(C) fire department emergency telephone
number 911; and,
(D) the
prohibition of elevator use during emergencies, if
any.
(b)
Hotels, Motels and Lodging houses.
(1) Every
guestroom available for rental in a hotel, motel, or lodging house shall have
clearly visible emergency procedures information printed on a floor plan
representative of the floor level and posted on the interior of each entrance
door or immediately adjacent to such door. The owner/operator of a hotel,
motel, or lodging house may, in lieu of posting emergency procedures
information in each guestroom, provide such information through the use of
leaflets, brochures, pamphlets, videotapes, or any other method as approved by
the authority having jurisdiction. Oral communication in itself does not
fulfill the intent of this section. However, oral communication can be
incorporated as a part of the transfer of emergency procedures information.
When emergency procedures information signage is posted on the interior of the
guestroom entrance door, the bottom of the information shall not be located
more than 4-feet above the floor level. Visually impaired persons shall receive
instructions of a type they will understand, for example: taping of
instructions, instructions in braille, or other appropriate methods.
(2) Each method of providing information
shall include, but not be limited to that described in subsection
(a)(2)(A-D).
(3) Hotels, motels,
and lodging houses shall maintain at the registration desk a list noting the
guestrooms assigned to guests with disabilities when such guests have indicated
that they have special emergency evacuation requirements. The innkeeper shall,
at the innkeeper's option, do one of the following:
(1) provide a place on the registration form
for physically disabled guests who have such requirements to so identify
themselves;
(2) provide a notice on
the room key jacket advising guests with disabilities who have special
emergency evacuation requirements to so notify the front desk; or
(3) utilize such other means for allowing
such guests with disabilities to so identify themselves as may be approved by
the authority having jurisdiction.
(c) Hotels, motels, lodging houses, highrise
office buildings, and Group I, Division 1 and 2 occupancies as defined in the
State Building Code (except honor farms and conservation camps).
(1) Emergency procedures information printed
on a floor plan shall be posted at every stairway landing, at every elevator
landing, and immediately inside all public entrances to the building. The
information shall be representative of the floor level and be posted so that
the bottom edge of such information is not located more than 4-feet above the
floor, where it can be easily identified. Emergency procedures information
shall be printed with a minimum of 3/16-inch non-decorative lettering providing
a sharp contrast to the background.
(2) Emergency procedures information shall
include, but not be limited to that described in subsection
(a)(2)(A-D).
(d) Owner(s)
and operator(s) of hotels, motels, lodging houses, highrise office buildings,
and Group I, Division 1 and 2 occupancies as defined in the State Building Code
(except honor farms and conservation camps) shall appoint a Fire Safety
Director, who shall:
(1) Report to owner(s)
or operator(s);
(2) coordinate fire
safety activities of the facility with the authority having
jurisdiction;
(3) conduct, or cause
to be conducted, all training as described in subsection (e), for all building
employees and maintain records of dates, subjects, and attendance of each
training session; and,
(4) develop
and maintain a written facility emergency plan acceptable to the authority
having jurisdiction. Upon request, the facility emergency plan shall be made
physically available at the respective facility to the authority having
jurisdiction. Facility emergency plans shall include, but not be limited to the
following:
(A) Fire department emergency
telephone number 911;
(B) other
emergency response telephone numbers;
(C) evacuation or relocation plan for the
building occupants;
(D) duties of
the Fire Safety Director and other designated emergency personnel;
(E) building employee responsibilities in
case of emergency, including individual assignment and reporting
responsibilities; and,
(F)
procedures to identify and assist the non-ambulatory and physically
disabled.
(5) assure that
the requirements of subsection (d)(4)(F), procedures to identify and assist the
non-ambulatory and physically disabled are accomplished as follows:
(A) Hotels, motels, and lodging houses shall
comply with subsection (b)(3);
(B)
owner(s) or operator(s) of highrise office buildings shall maintain a list of
all permanent building tenants who have disabilities. Building owner(s) or
operator(s) shall be notified in writing by those who have disabilities.
Information provided in the list shall include any special emergency evacuation
needs and permanent work location of such physically disabled persons. The list
shall be located in the building manager's office;
(C)
(3)
Group I, Division 1 and 2 occupancies as defined in the State Building Code
(except honor farms and conservation camps) shall comply with normal hospital
policies of assisting patients and guests during an emergency
evacuation.
(e) Hotels, motels, lodging houses, and
highrise office buildings shall conduct annually, emergency procedures training
for individuals listed in subsection (d)(3). Group I, Division 1 and 2
occupancies as defined in the State Building Code (except honor farms and
conservation camps) shall conduct quarterly fire emergency training for
individuals listed in subsection (d)(3).
(1)
Fire Safety Directors and their designated emergency personnel shall receive
training in the identification and use of facility fire safety equipment,
communication procedures, people movement procedures, fire prevention
practices, and their duties outlined in their respective emergency plan. The
training curriculum shall be approved by, and made available to the authority
having jurisdiction.
(2)
Individuals designated in subsection (d)(3) shall receive training covering the
identification and use of facility fire safety equipment, fire prevention
practices, and appropriate procedures to follow in the event of a
fire.
(3) Actual evacuation or
relocation of building occupants pursuant to procedures contained in the
emergency plan shall be conducted at least annually by those individuals
designated in subsection (d)(3). Appropriate records, including dates, floors
or building involved, and persons conducting evacuation or relocation
procedures shall be maintained and made immediately available to the authority
having jurisdiction upon their request. The authority having jurisdiction shall
be notified not less than 48 hours in advance of such planned evacuation or
relocation.
EXCEPTION: In hotels, motels, lodging houses, and Group
I, Division 1 and 2 occupancies as defined in the State Building Code, guests
and patients are not required to participate in evacuation or relocation of the
building. In hotels, motels, lodging houses, Group I, Division 1 and 2
occupancies as defined in the State Building Code, and highrise office
buildings, on-duty personnel who have security or maintenance related
responsibilities, and designated management personnel approved by the fire
authority having jurisdiction shall not be required to participate in any drill
but, they shall provide an alternate method approved by the authority having
jurisdiction to measure their knowledge of their respective duties pursuant to
the emergency plan.
(f) Emergency procedures signage posted prior
to the effective date of these regulations may be continued in use until one
year after such effective date of these regulations.
1.
Repealer and new section filed 3-12-90; operative 4-11-90 (Register 90, No.
11). For prior history, see Register 88, No. 36.
2. Amendment of
subsection (b)(3) and NOTE filed 9-4-96; operative 10-4-96 (Register 96, No.
36).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 13100, 13108, 13211,
13220, 13221, 13143, 13143.6 and 17921, Health and Safety Code. Reference:
Sections 13100, 13108, 13211, 13220, 13221, 13143, 13143.6 and 17921, Health
and Safety Code.
