Fire Safety

Providing inspections, plan review, and code consultation; serving as a fire protection and life safety resource for all UC Berkeley-owned and occupied buildings.

Fire & Life Safety: Doors

Office of Environment, Health & Safety
Changing Door Locks

All doors on campus must comply with state law requiring exit doors to be operable from the inside without the use of a key or any special knowledge or effort. (California Building Code 1008.1.9, 2013 Ed.)

The intent of this code is to provide that any occupant of a room shall be able to open the door with one single motion which causes all locks and latches to simultaneously disengage. Deadbolts, padlocks/combination locks with clasps, and chain locks are examples of locking devices which are in violation of the California Building Code. Security locks installed on...

Evacuating Campus Building Upon Activation of a Fire Alarm

Office of Environment, Health & Safety
2009

Evacuating Campus Building Upon Activation of a Fire Alarm - Fact Sheet

Using the Right Type of Fire Extinguisher

Are You Using the Right Type of Fire Extinguisher?

Fire Extinguisher Monthly Inspection Guide

Office of Environment, Health & Safety

Fire/Life Safety Submittal Checklist

Brandon Taylor

Fire Prevention Specialist
Fire Prevention
Building Fire Inspections
Event Permit
Fire Drills
Fire Extinguisher Training

Zach Mckeithan

Plans Examiner (Construction Inspector)
Fire Prevention
Construction Inspection
Building Plan Review

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The EH&S training team creates, delivers, and tracks health, safety, and environmental training for all faculty, staff, and students.

Flammable & Combustible Liquids Storage In Campus Laboratories

Office of Environment, Health & Safety
2006

California Fire Code (CFC) regulations limit the quantity of flammable and combustible liquids that can be stored in research and teaching laboratories. This fact sheet provides a simplification of the complicated CFC regulations, and establishes standard practice at University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley). For questions not covered in this fact sheet, or for assistance with more complicated issues, please contact the Office of Environment, Health & Safety (EH&S) for situation-specific guidance.