Chapter 9 — FIRE PROTECTION AND LIFE SAFETY SYSTEMS

Section 917 — MASS NOTIFICATION SYSTEMS

2025 California Fire Code (Title 24, Part 9) · 2025 edition · updated 2026-07-29 · California

Italicized text is a California amendment to the model code, as printed in the official publication.

917.1 College and university campuses. ¶

Prior to construction of a new building requiring a fire alarm system on a multiple-building college or university campus having a cumulative building occupant load of 1,000 or more, a mass notification risk analysis shall be conducted in accordance with NFPA 72. Where the risk analysis determines a need for mass notification, an approved mass notification system shall be provided in accordance with the findings of the risk analysis.

917.2 Group E occupancies Prior to construction of a new building containing a Group E… ¶

and having an occupant load of 500 or more, a mass notification risk analysis shall be conducted in accordance with NFPA 72. Where the risk analysis determines a need for mass notification, an approved mass notification system shall be provided in accordance with the findings of the risk analysis.

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CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE – MATRIX ADOPTION TABLE

CHAPTER 10 – MEANS OF EGRESS

(Matrix Adoption Tables are nonregulatory, intended only as an aid to the code user. See Chapter 1 for state agency authority and building applications.)

Adopting Agency	BSC	BSC- CG	SFM		HCD			DSA		OSHPD						BSCC	DPH	AGR	DWR	CEC	CA	SL	SLC
Adopting Agency	BSC	BSC- CG	T-24	T-19*	1	2	1/AC	AC	SS	1	1R	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Adopt Entire Chapter
Adopt Entire Chapter as amended (amended sections listed below)			X
Adopt only those sections that are listed below
[California Code of Regulations, Title 19, Division 1]				X
Chapter / Section
[T-19 §4.1 (a)]				X
[T-19 §4.1 (b)]				X
1003.1			X
1003.2			X
1003.3			X
1003.3.1			X
1003.3.3.1			X
1003.3.4			X
1003.5			X
[T-19 §3.27]				X
Table 1004.5			X
1004.6				X
[T-19 §3.30]				X
1004.9			X
1005.3.1			X
1005.3.2			X
1005.7.1			X
1005.7.2			X
1006.2.1			X
Table 1006.2.1			X
1006.2.2.2			X
1006.2.2.3			X
1006.2.2.4			X
1006.2.2.7			X
1006.2.2.8			X
1006.3.4			X
Table 1006.3.4(1)			X
Table 1006.3.4(2)			X
1008.2			X
1008.3			X
1009.1			X
1009.2			X
1009.4 – 1009.4.1			X
1009.5			X
1009.6.3			X
1009.8.1			X
1009.8.2			X

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CHAPTER 10 – MEANS OF EGRESS—continued

Adopting Agency	BSC	BSC- CG	SFM		HCD			DSA		OSHPD						BSCC	DPH	AGR	DWR	CEC	CA	SL	SLC
Adopting Agency	BSC	BSC- CG	T-24	T-19*	1	2	1/AC	AC	SS	1	1R	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Adopt Entire Chapter
Adopt Entire Chapter as amended (amended sections listed below)			X
Adopt only those sections that are listed below
[California Code of Regulations, Title 19, Division 1]				X
Chapter / Section
1009.10			X
1009.12			X
1010.1.1			X
1010.1.1.1, Exceptions			X
1010.1.2 – 1010.1.2.1			X
1010.1.4			X
1010.1.6 – 1010.1.7			X
1010.2.2			X
1010.2.4			X
1010.2.7.1			X
1010.2.7.2			X
1010.2.8			X
1010.2.11			X
1010.2.11.1			X
1010.2.12			X
1010.2.12.1			X
1010.2.13			X
1010.2.15_Reserved_			X
1011.2			X
1011.5.2			X
1011.6			X
1011.11			X					X
1011.15			X
1011.16			X
1012.6.3			X
1013.1			X
1013.2			X
1013.4			X
1013.6.3			X
1013.7			X
1013.8			X
1014.8			X
1015.2			X
1015.3			X
1015.4			X
1016.2			X
Table 1017.2			X
1018			X					X
[T-19 §3.06 (a)]				X
[T-19 §3.06 (b)]				X
1018.3			X
1019.3			X
1019.4			X

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CHAPTER 10 – MEANS OF EGRESS—continued

Adopting Agency	BSC	BSC- CG	SFM		HCD			DSA		OSHPD						BSCC	DPH	AGR	DWR	CEC	CA	SL	SLC
Adopting Agency	BSC	BSC- CG	T-24	T-19*	1	2	1/AC	AC	SS	1	1R	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Adopt Entire Chapter
Adopt Entire Chapter as amended (amended sections listed below)			X
Adopt only those sections that are listed below
[California Code of Regulations, Title 19, Division 1]				X
Chapter / Section
Table 1020.1			X
1020.2, Exception 6			X
Table 1020.2			X
Table 1020.3			X
1020.4			X
1020.5			X
1020.6			X
1020.7			X
1022.3			X
1023.2			X
1023.9			X
1023.9.1			X
1023.11.2			X
1024.2			X
1025.1			X
1026.6			X
1029.1			X
1026.4.1			X
1026.4.2			X
1028.5			X
1030.1			X
1030.2			X
1030.3			X
1030.3.1			X
1030.6.3.2			X
1030.9.1			X
[T-19 §3.06 (a)]				X
1031.2			X
1031.2.1			X
[T-19 §4.2]				X
[T-19 §4.3 (a-c)]				X
[T-19 §4.4]				X
[T-19 §4.5 (a)]				X
[T-19 §4.6 (a)(b)]				X
[T-19 §3.11 (a-d)]				X

The California Code of Regulations (CCR), Title 19, Division 1 provisions that are found in the California Fire Code are a reprint from the current CCR, Title 19, Division 1 text for the code user’s convenience only. The scope, applicability and appeals procedures of CCR, Title 19, Division I remain the same. The state agency does not adopt sections identified by the following symbol: The Office of the State Fire Marshal’s adoption of this chapter or individual sections is applicable to structures regulated by other state agencies pursuant to Section 1.11.

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