DATE:
September 24, 2024
FP01
TO:
Board of Directors, San Diego County Fire Protection District
SUBJECT
Title
FIRE INSPECTION REPORTING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023-24 (DISTRICTS: 1, 2, AND 5)
Body
OVERVIEW
San Diego County Fire (County Fire) operates a robust pre-fire inspection program to promote safety and well-being for residents in the Diego County Fire Protection District (SDCFPD). County Fire also conducts inspections within the Deer Springs Fire Protection District, by written agreement. The inspection program is mandated under California Health and Safety Code Sections 13146.2 and 13146.4, which require the fire agency of record in a service area to annually inspect any building used as a school, hotel, motel, lodging house, apartment building, and/or residential care building for compliance with fire and safety regulations. In Fiscal Year 2023-24, San Diego County Fire completed 100% of the mandated inspections comprising 258 specific sites. The local fire agency is required to report its findings annually to its governing board.
Today's request is for the Board of Directors to adopt a resolution acknowledging receipt of the report for the Fiscal Year 2023-24 mandated fire inspections.
RECOMMENDATION(S)
DIRECTORS
1. Receive the County Fire's report of the State-mandated inspections, as required by California Health and Safety Code Section 13146.4.
2. Adopt a resolution entitled: A RESOLUTION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT TO ACCEPT THE REPORT OF THE COMPLETION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2023-24 FIRE INSPECTIONS.
EQUITY IMPACT STATEMENT
The San Diego County Fire Protection District (SDCFPD) recognizes the systematic impacts that inequitable policies may create for residents of the County of San Diego. More than 80% of the SDCFPD's jurisdictional area qualifies as a disadvantaged unincorporated community, based on a San Diego Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) report on the funding, admini...
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