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Modesto adopts 2025 California Fire Code with local adoptions for department access
Summary
Deputy Fire Chief David Bickel presented the city’s adoption of the 2025 California Fire Code (Title 24 Part 9); the council approved local adoptions (including appendix D for fire department access) and carried the ordinance on final adoption unanimously.
The Modesto City Council voted unanimously Dec. 9 to repeal and replace chapter 1 of title 3 of the Modesto Municipal Code and adopt the 2025 California Fire Code (Title 24, Part 9). Deputy Fire Chief and Fire Marshal David Bickel presented the update, explaining that state adoption follows the International Code Council every three years and that jurisdictions may…
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