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INITIAL EXPRESS TERMS FOR PROPOSED BUILDING STANDARDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL REGARDING MODIFICATIONS OF THE 2013 CALIFORNIA REFERENCED STANDARDS CODE CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS TITLE 24, PART 12 The Office of the State Fire Marshal (SFM) proposes to modify or repeal Standards contained in Part 12 the California Referenced Standards Code for the 2013 edition of the California Referenced Standards Code. SFM further proposes to: Repeal certain SFM standards that are no longer necessary. Proposes the adoption of SFM Standard 12-7-5. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Legend for Express Terms: 1. New California regulation or modification: California language appears underlined. 2. Repealed Text: Shown as Strikeout. 3. Notation: Authority and Reference citations are provided at the end of each chapter.  [1. The SFM proposes to repeal the adoption of SFM Standard 12-7-2.] CHAPTER 12-7-2 Reserved FIRE-RESISTIVE STANDARDS FIRE DAMPERS STANDARD 12-7-2 STATE FIRE MARSHAL SCOPE Sec. 12-7-200. (a) These requirements and methods of test apply to fire damper assemblies of various materials and types of construction. Note: Fire and panic safety standards requires the installation of fire dampers in ducts passing through area separation walls, occupancy separation walls, vertical shaft walls, corridor walls in which openings are required to be fire protected, horizontal exit walls, fire-rated assemblies except those required by reason of the type of construction and air outlet openings in fire-rated ceiling-floor or ceiling-roof assemblies not otherwise qualified by standard full-scale fire tests. (b) Tests made in conformity with these test methods will register performance during the fire test exposure, but such tests shall not be construed as determining suitability for use after exposure to fire. INSTRUCTIONS