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FIRE PREVENTION CODE

El Paso City Code tit. 9, ch. 9.52
in effect

Contents

section9.52.010. Short title.section9.52.020. Adopted, Amended.section9.52.030. Chapter 1, Scope and Administration, Amended.section9.52.030.1. Section 103.1 General, Amended.section9.52.030.2. Section 103.1.1 Residential care homes, Added.section9.52.030.3. Section 104.13 Plan review and approval, Added.section9.52.030.4. Section 105.1.1.1 Payment required, Added.section9.52.030.5. Section 105.5 Required operational permits.section9.52.030.6. Section 105.6 Required construction permits, Amended.section9.52.030.7. Section 105.6.18.1 Private fire hydrant construction plans, Added.section9.52.030.8. Section 105.6.25 Access Control System, Added.section9.52.030.10. Section 107.7 Permits required, Added.section9.52.030.11. Section 107.8 Time limit of application, Added.section9.52.030.13. Section 108.5 Certificates of Occupancy, Added.section9.52.030.14. Section 109.2.1.1 Private fire hydrant test and inspection records, Added.section9.52.030.15. Section 109.2.1.2 Fire hydrant not operative, Added.section9.52.030.16. Section 111.1 Board of appeals established, Amended.section9.52.030.17. Section 112.4 Violation penalties, Amended.section9.52.030.18. Section 112.5 Citations, Added.section9.52.030.20. Section 104.8.2 Technical assistance.section9.52.030.21. Section 108.2 Inspections.section9.52.030.194. Section 113.4 Failure to comply, Amended.section9.52.040. Chapter 2, Definitions, Amended.section9.52.040.1. Section 202 General Definitions, Amended.section9.52.050. Chapter 3, General Requirements, Amended.section9.52.050.1. Section 310.1 General, Amended.section9.52.050.2. Section 311.7 Vacant Buildings Ordinance, Added.section9.52.050.3. Section 315.3.5 Aisles, Added.section9.52.050.4. Section 315.4 Outside storage, Amended.section9.52.050.5. Section 315.4.2 Height, Amended.section9.52.050.6. Section 315.4.3 Width, Added.section9.52.050.7. Section 319 Mobile Food Preparation Vehicles.section9.52.060. Chapter 4, Emergency Planning and Preparedness, Amended.section9.52.060.1. Section 408 Places of Assembly, Added.section9.52.070. Chapter 5, Fire Service Features, Amended.section9.52.070.1. Section 503.1.4 Facility yards, Added.section9.52.070.2. Section 505.1 Address identification, Amended.section9.52.070.3. Section 506.1.1.1 Electric Gate, Added.section9.52.070.4. Section 507.3.1 Minimum pressure requirement, Added.section9.52.070.5. Section 507.4.1 Flow test adjustments.section9.52.070.6. Section 507.5.1 Where required, Amended.section9.52.070.7. Section 507.5.5 Clear space around hydrants, Amended.section9.52.070.8. Section 507.5.7 Private fire hydrants, Added.section9.52.070.8.1. Section 507.5.7.1 DATV, Added.section9.52.070.9. Section 508.1.2 Separation, Amended.section9.52.070.10. Section 510 Emergency Responder Communication Coverage, Added.section9.52.080. Chapter 9, Fire Protection Systems, Amended.section9.52.080.1. Section 901.2.2 Supporting data, Added.section9.52.080.2. Section 901.4.3.1 Extending Sprinkler System Coverage, Added.section9.52.080.3. Section 903.2.8 Group R, Amended.section9.52.080.4. Section 903.2.10.3 Group S-2 Warehouses, Added.section9.52.080.5. Section 903.2.11.3 Buildings 55 feet or more in height, Amended.section9.52.080.7. Section 903.3.1.1.4 Hydrostatic Testing, Added.section9.52.080.8. Section 903.1.1.5 Acceptance Testing, Added.section9.52.080.10. Section 903.3.5.3 Freeze Protection, Added.section9.52.080.11. Section 903.4 Sprinkler System Supervision & Alarms, Amended.section9.52.080.12. Section 903.4.2 Alarms, amended.section9.52.080.14. Section 903.4.4 Multi-Tenant and Warehouse Buildings, Added.section9.52.080.15. Section 903.5.1 Underground Pipe, Added.section9.52.080.19. Section 903.7 Buildings with Multiple Risers, Addedsection9.52.080.20. Section 904.2.3 Alternative Automatic Fire Extinguishing Systems, Added.section9.52.080.21. Section 904.3.5.1 Single tenant building, Added.section9.52.080.22. Section 904.4.2.2 Alarm Notification, Added.section9.52.080.23. Section 904.10.4 Acceptance Testing, Added.section9.52.080.24. Section 904.13.2.1 Fire Alarm Control Panel (FACP) Interconnection, Added.section9.52.080.25. Section 905.2 Installation Standard for Standpipe Systems, Amended.section9.52.080.26. Section 905.3.9 Mega Structure Special Considerations, Added.section9.52.080.28. Section 905.8 Dry Standpipes, Amended.section9.52.080.29. Section 906.1 Where required, Amended.section9.52.080.30. Section 906.3.5 Minimum extinguisher requirements, Added.section9.52.080.31. Section 907.2 Where required- new buildings and structures, Amended.section9.52.080.32. Section 907.2.3.1 Portable Classrooms, Added.section9.52.080.33. Section 907.2.24 Mixed Use Buildings, Added.section9.52.080.34. Section 907.2.25 Multiple Buildings, Added.section9.52.080.35. Section 907.6.3 Initiating device identification, Amended.section9.52.080.37. Section 907.6.4.3 Zone Descriptions, Added.section9.52.080.38. Section 907.6.6 Monitoring, Amended.section9.52.080.39. Section 907.6.6.1.1 Dumb Dialers, Added.section9.52.080.40. Section 907.6.6.2.1 Monitor It Yourself (MIY) Revocation, Added.section9.52.080.41. Section 907.6.7 Fire alarm control panel electrical connection, Added.section9.52.080.42. Section 907.6.8 Annunciation location for sprinkler monitoring systems, Added.section9.52.080.44. Section 912.2.1.1 Distance and Accessibility, Added.section9.52.080.45. Section 912.2.1.2 Markings, Added.section9.52.080.46. Section 912.2.1.3 Pathway, Added.section9.52.080.47. Section 912.2.1.4 Shared fire line, Added.section9.52.080.48. Section 912.4.1 Locking fire department connection caps, Amended.section9.52.080.49. Section 912.6.1 Backflow protection device enclosures, Added.section9.52.080.50. Section 912.6.2 Freeze Protection, Added.section9.52.080.51. Section 913.2.3 Fire Pump Cavitation, Added.section9.52.080.54. Section 913.2.4 Fire Pump Power Supply Disconnect, Added.section9.52.080.55. Section 913.6 Jockey Pump Pressures, Added.section9.52.080.56. Section 913.7 Fire pump bypass, Added.section9.52.080.57. Section 913.8 Diesel fire pumps, Added.section9.52.080.58. Section 913.9 Low suction throttling valve, Added.section9.52.080.59. Section 915.2.3.1 Carbon Monoxide Annunciation in Group E Occupancies, Added.section9.52.090. Chapter 10, Means of Egress, Amended.section9.52.090.1. Section 1004.7 Outdoor areas, Amended.section9.52.090.3. Table 1020.2 Corridor Fire Resistance Rating, Amended.section9.52.100. Chapter 11, Construction Requirements for Existing Buildings, Amended.section9.52.100.1. Section 1103.2 Emergency responder communication coverage in existing buildings, amended.section9.52.110. Chapter 32, High-Piled Combustible Storage, Amended.section9.52.110.1. Section 3201.1.1 Purpose and Intent, Added.section9.52.110.2. Section 3201.1.2 Applicability, Added.section9.52.110.3. Section 3201.1.3 Effective date, Added.section9.52.110.4. Section 3201.1.4, Appeals, Added.section9.52.110.5. Section 3204.3 Water flow test data adjustment, Added.section9.52.110.6. Section 3206.1.1 Fire protection, Added.section9.52.110.7. Section 3206.7.4 Marking on fire department access doors, Amended.section9.52.120. Chapter 50, Hazardous Materials - General Provisions, Amended.section9.52.120.1. Section 5003.3.1.1 Records, Amended.section9.52.120.2. Section 5003.3.1.5 Response Expenses, Added.section9.52.120.3. Section 503.3.1.6 Local reporting requirements, Added.section9.52.120.4. Section 5006 Transportation of Hazardous Materials, Added.section9.52.130. Chapter 56, Explosives and Fireworks, Amended.section9.52.130.1. Section 5601.1.3 Fireworks, Amended.section9.52.130.2. Section 5601.2.4 Financial responsibility, Amended.section9.52.130.3. Section 5601.2.4.3 Indemnity agreement, Added.section9.52.130.4. Section 5601.6.1 Immediate Notification, Added.section9.52.130.5. Section 5601.7.1 Disposal of explosives, explosive materials or fireworks, Added.section9.52.130.6. Section 5608.2 Permit application, Amended.section9.52.130.7. Section 5608.2.3 Indoor displays, Added.section9.52.130.8. Section 5609.1 General, Amended.section9.52.130.9. Section 5610 Flame Effects, Added.section9.52.140. Chapter 57, Flammable and Combustible Liquids, Amended.section9.52.140.1. Section 5705.3.8.2 Location on property.section9.52.140.2. Section 5706.1.2 Restricted Locations, Added.section9.52.140.3. Section 5706.1.3 Designated Districts, Added.section9.52.140.4. Section 5706.5.4.5 Commercial, industrial, governmental or manufacturing, Amended.section9.52.140.5. Section 5706.5.1.11 Switch Loading, Amended.section9.52.140.6. Section 5706.6.1.3 Vehicle motor shutdown, Amended.section9.52.150. Chapter 61, Liquefied Petroleum Gas, Amended.section9.52.160. Appendix B, Fire-Flow Requirements for Buildings, Amended.section9.52.160.1. Section B105.4 Fire-Flow requirements for private fire hydrants, Added.section9.52.160.2. Section B105.5 Fire-Flow data, Added.section9.52.170. Appendix C, Fire Hydrant Locations and Distributions, Amended.section9.52.170.1. Section C104.2 Existing private fire hydrants, Added.section9.52.170.2. Section C102.1 Minimum number of fire hydrants for a building, Amended.section9.52.170.3. Table C102.1 Number and distribution of fire hydrants, amended.section9.52.180. Appendix D, Fire Apparatus Access Roads, Amended.section9.52.180.1. Section D101.2 Roadways governed by Subdivision Ordinance, Added.section9.52.180.2. Section D103.1 Access road width with a hydrant, Amended.section9.52.180.3. Section D103.1.1 Access road length with a hydrant, Added.section9.52.180.4. Section D103.1.1.1 Access road with hydrant access curbs, Added.section9.52.180.5. Section D103.1.1.1.1 Access road without hydrant access curbs, Added.section9.52.180.6. Section D103.2 Grade, Amended.section9.52.180.7. Section D103.4 Dead ends, Amended.section9.52.180.8. Table 103.4 Requirements for Dead-End Fire Apparatus Access Roads, Amended.section9.52.180.9. Section D103.5 Fire apparatus access road gates, Amended.section9.52.180.10. Section D103.6 Signs, Amended.section9.52.180.11. Figure D103.6 Fire Lane Signs, Amended.section9.52.180.12. Section D103.6.1 Roads 20 to 28 feet in width, Amended.section9.52.180.13. Section D103.6.2 Roads more than 28 feet in width, Amended.section9.52.180.14. Section D103.6.3 Responsibility, Added.section9.52.180.15. Section D103.6.4 Records, Added.section9.52.180.16. Section D103.7 Enforcement, Added.section9.52.190. Appendix E, Hazard Categories, Amended.section9.52.200. Appendix F, Hazard Ranking, Amended.section9.52.210. Appendix G, Cryogenic Fluids-Weight and Volume Equivalents, Amended.section9.52.220. Appendix I, Fire Protection Systems-Noncompliant Conditions, Amended.section9.52.230. Appendix N, Indoor Trade Show and Exhibitions, adopted.section9.52.240. Appendix O, Fee Schedule, Added.
Source: City of El Paso, City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/el_paso/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT9HESA_CH9.52FIPRCOFetched: 10/28/2026

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