DOCUMENTATION SUPPORTING FINDINGS
The following documents support the findings for t he City's amendments to the 2022 California Fire Code and are entered into the administrative record relating to this hearing:
1. Report on the City of Fresno, Cal., National Board of Fire Underwriters Committee of Twenty, 1905.
2. The Story of Fresno, A Tale of Redemption of a Fire Department, National Fire Protection Association, 1925.
3. Thirteen Separate Fires Give Fresno Department Sever Test, Fire Engineering, 1953.
4. The World’s Agribusiness Capitol, City with a 21st Century Fire Plan, National Automatic Sprinkler and Fire Control, 1966.
5. “How the City of Fresno Achieved Better Fire Protection” Fire Journal, 1975.
6. “Sprinklers Cut Fresno’s Fire Losses and Budget”, Fire Journal, 1979.
7. Effective Local Amendments – City of Fresno, Building Standards, 1985.
8. Urban Fire Defense Planning, Part IV, Sprinkler Age, 1987.
9. The Path at Your Feet – The Shift in Emergency Lighting; International Fire Protection Magazine, 2004.
10. January 10, 2006 Staff Report to City Council relating to requiring Automatic Fire Sprinklers, 2006.
11. Emergency Incident Rehabilitation, Federal Emergency Management Agency, United State Fire Administration, (FEMA FA-314), 2008.
12. Wildfire Smoke – A Guide for Public Health Officials, rev. 2008.
13. “Environmental Impact of Automatic Fire Sprinklers”, Research Technical Report, FM Global, 2010.
14. Business Sprinkler Alliance, Assessing the role for fire sprinklers, Bureau Veritas, 2011.
15. “Addendum to U.S. Experience with Sprinklers Impact of Home Sprinklers on Firefighter Injuries”, National Fire Protection Association, Fire Analysis and Research Division, 2012.
16. An Environmental Impact and Cost Benefit Analysis for Fire Sprinklers in Warehouse Buildings, The Business Sprinkler Alliance, 2013.
17. “The Environmental Impact of Fire”, The Fire Protection Research Foundation, 2015.
18. 2025 Fresno General Plan.
19. Master Environmental Impact Report No. 10130 relating to the 2025 Fresno General Plan.
20. Quantification of Water Flow Data Adjustments for Sprinkler System Design, The Fire Protection Research Foundation, 2015.
21. Fire Safety and Technology Bulletin, Sept. 2015.
22. A map from the California Department of Water Resources, February 2020, identifying the local water basin as being in a “critically over- drafted” condition, 2020.
23. National Building Code Assessment Report - Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule 2019 Edition, Insurance Services Office, 2019.
24. 21
st Century Fire and Emergency Services, ICMA / CPSE, 2020.
25. Environmental Impact of Fires in the Built Environment: Emission Factors, The Fire Protection Research Foundation, 2022.