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Division II — ADMINISTRATION. PART I. – GENERAL PROVISIONS.

Chapter 56 — EXPLOSIVES AND FIREWORKS.

San Francisco Fire Code · 2022 edition · updated 2026-07-25 · San Francisco

SECTION 5601. – GENERAL.

The following San Francisco Fire Code section replaces the corresponding California Fire Code section:

5601.2. [For SF] Permit Required for Explosives, Explosive Materials, Fireworks, and Pyrotechnics.

No person may manufacture, assemble, test, use, possess, handle, store, or sell explosives, explosive materials, fireworks, and pyrotechnic materials within the City and County unless the person has obtained a permit from the fire code official.

The following San Francisco Fire Code section replaces the corresponding California Fire Code section:

5601.2.4. [For SF] Financial Responsibility and Insurance.

Before a permit is issued to use explosives, explosive materials, fireworks, or pyrotechnic special effects, the applicant shall submit to the fire code official a certificate evidencing Commercial General Liability insurance with limits not less than $1,000,000 each occurrence, $2,000,000 general aggregate, combined single limit for bodily injury and property damage, including coverage for Contractual Liability, independent contractors, Explosion, Collapse, and Underground (XCU), Personal Injury, Broadform Property Damage, products, and completed operations, along with an additional insured endorsement naming the City and County of San Francisco, its officers, agents and employees as an additional insured. The insurance policy and endorsement shall be from an insurer approved by the City’s Risk Manager and in a form approved by the Risk Manager. In consultation with the Risk Manager, the fire code official may specify a greater or lesser amount for the policy when, in the fire code official’s opinion, conditions at the location of use indicate a greater or lesser amount is required.

Exception: Government entities are exempt from this requirement.

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▸ Contents — San Francisco Fire Code
San Francisco Fire Code
  1. Chapter 1 — SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS.
  2. ▸ Division II — ADMINISTRATION. PART I. – GENERAL PROVISIONS.
    Overview
    1. Chapter 2 — DEFINITIONS.
    2. Chapter 3 — GENERAL PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FIRE.
    3. Chapter 4 — EMERGENCY PLANNING AND PREPAREDNESS.
    4. Chapter 5 — FIRE SERVICE FEATURES.
    5. Chapter 6 — BUILDING SERVICES AND SYSTEMS.
    6. Chapter 9 — FIRE-PROTECTION SYSTEMS.
    7. Chapter 10 — MEANS OF EGRESS.
    8. Chapter 11 — CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS.
    9. Chapter 33 — FIRE SAFETY DURING CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION.
    10. Chapter 35 — HOT WORK.
    11. Chapter 56 — EXPLOSIVES AND FIREWORKS.
    12. Chapter 80 — REFERENCED STANDARDS.
    13. Chapter 81 — PARKING LOTS AND GARAGES.

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