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The San Francisco Fire Department periodically issues Administrative Bulletins as a means of updating procedures or providing lear interpretations of state & local fire code requirement. These bulletins are supplemental to the Fire Code itself. |
Administrative Bulletins - SFFD
SECTION 1- ADMINISTRATIVE BULLETINS
1.01 Scope
SECTION 2- PERMIT APPLICATION SUBMITTAL
2.01 Fire Alarm Submittal
2.02 Submittal Requirements for Kitchen Hood and Duct Extinguishing Systems
2.03 Submittal Requirements for Clean Agent Fire Suppression Systems
2.04 Fire Sprinkler Submittal
2.05 Fire/Smoke Damper Submittal Guidelines for Tenant Improvements
2.06 Permit Application Checklist for Cellular Antenna Sites and all Equipment Serving the Cellular Antenna Site
2.07 Permit Application Checklist for Diesel Generators, Diesel Fire Pumps, and Fuel Tanks Serving Generators and Fire Pumps
2.08 Retroactive Sprinkler Installation for High-Rise Buildings Submittal; Umbrella Permit
2.09 Underground Pipe Detail Plan Submittal
2.10 Checklist Approval of Locks on Elevator Lobby Doors
2.11 Submittal Guidelines for Emergency Evacuation Signs
2.12 Flame Effect Performance Application Requirements
SECTION 3- FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS
3.01 High-Rise Building Annunciation Panels
3.02 Fire Alarm Annunciation
3.03 Fire Alarm Certification
3.04 Replacement of Fire Alarm Panels
3.05 Fire Alarm High-Rise Relocation Policy
3.06 Fire Alarm and Sprinkler System Monitoring
3.07 Fire Alarm Notification Devices
SECTION 4- SPRINKLER AND STANDPIPE SYSTEMS
4.01 Sprinkler Design Standard for Increasing the Allowable Number of Stories in R-1 and R-2 Occupancies
4.02 Fire Department Connection Omission
4.03 Acceptance Testing of New High-Rise Sprinkler and Standpipe Systems
4.04 Color Coding of Existing Standpipes
4.05 Protection of Standpipe Inlets
4.06 Design Criteria for Fire Department Connections and Standpipe Outlet Valves
4.07 Storage Occupancies- Construction and Fire Protection Features
4.08 Design Criteria for Installation of Underground Piping for Fire Sprinkler Service
4.09 Removal of Class II Standpipe Hose Cabinets in Sprinkler Retrofitted Buildings
4.10 Testing of Fixed Extinguishing Systems
4.11 Sprinkler System Water Flow Alarms
4.12 Temporary Standpipes in Buildings Under Construction
4.13 Sprinkler & Standpipe Flow Rate and Required Pressures
4.14 Retroactive Sprinkler Requirements for Existing High-Rise
4.15 Use of Powder Driven Studs for Hanging Sprinkler Pipe
4.16 Sprinkler Systems in Live/Work Occupancies
4.17 Pre-Action Sprinkler System Supplied by Wet Pipe Sprinkler Systems
4.18 Sprinkler and Standpipe Signs
4.19 Dry Standpipe Sizing
4.20 Design of Fire Pump Suction Piping and Fire Pump Location
4.21 Single and Double Interlock Pre-Action Systems
4.22 Seismic Design Requirements for Sprinkler Systems
4.23 Combination Fire Services
4.24 FDC Requirements for Low-Rise Buildings
4.25 Car Stacking/Lift Systems
4.26 Labels for Sprinkler System Control Valves
4.27 Listed Flexible Sprinkler Hose Fittings
4.28 Fire Sprinkler System Coverage Requirements for Balconies and Terraces
SECTION 5- MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION AND INTERPRETATIONS
5.01 Street Widths for Emergency Access
5.02 Security Bars and Emergency Escape Rescue Windows
5.03 Intervening Stairs
5.04 Glazing in Stairway Exit Enclosure Construction
5.05 Signage of Buildings with Wood or Lightweight Steel Truss, or Composite Wood Joist (TJI) or Roof Construction
5.06 Requirements for SFFD Approval of Temporary Permits of Occupancy for New/Change of Use High-Rise Buildings
5.07 Air Replenishment Systems (effective 10/9/08)
5.08 Elevators for Firefighter Use (effective 10/9/08)
5.09 APPROVED, PENDING IMPLEMENTATION
5.10 Safety Requirements for Cooking at Outdoor Food & Street Fairs
5.11 WITHDRAWN, PENDING REVIEW
5.12 Fire Department Apparatus Access
5.13 Fire Safety Rules & Practices for Roofing Operations