Brazil: fire safety

“Law” is a binding rule. “Official guidance” is not law, but inspectors expect it. “Chef Hygiene default” is a value the app checks against where no rule gives a number.

• Official guidanceFire safety is each state's own law, set and checked by the state's fire brigade (Corpo de Bombeiros). We read only São Paulo's rules; ask your state's fire brigade what your building needs.
• LawSão Paulo: the fire brigade's licence is the AVCB (after an inspection) or the CLCB (issued on documents), kept valid. A restaurant up to 750 m² and 12 m high always has exits, emergency signs and fire extinguishers; emergency lighting with more than 50 people or more than 2 floors; a fire brigade only with more than 250 people, which then holds a drill at least every 12 months with written minutes (Decreto 69.118/2024; IT 17/2025). A bigger or taller building needs more.
• Chef Hygiene defaultExtinguisher, alarm, emergency lighting and hood suppression services, and drills elsewhere: Chef Hygiene suggests dates you can change.
• Official guidanceEmergency: 193 fire brigade, 192 ambulance (SAMU), 190 police, 199 civil defence.