Fire Commission approves 2025 fire code changes, extends first sprinkler compliance steps

Jan 14, 2026

The commission approved three changes to the 2025 fire code, lowering a food-vendor fee, removing some solar clearance provisions after stakeholder feedback and extending the early sprinkler-permit and water-supply deadlines while keeping the final completion date of Jan. 1, 2035.

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The San Francisco Fire Commission voted 3–2 on Jan. 14 to approve amendments to the city's proposed 2025 fire code that change fee and technical sections and extend the early compliance steps for a new sprinkler retrofit timeline.

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