To: Board of Directors
From: Lewis Broschard, Chief, Contra Costa County Fire Protection District
Report Title: Accepting the 2025 Occupancy Inspection Compliance Report
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ACCEPT the 2025 Occupancy Inspection Compliance Report from the Fire Chief pursuant to California Health and Safety Code Section 13146.2 and 13146.3; and ADOPT a Resolution acknowledging receipt of the report pursuant to Section 13146.4 of the California Health and Safety Code.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact associated with adopting this resolution.
BACKGROUND:
Section 13146.2 requires the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (District) to annually inspect all hotels, motels, lodging houses, apartment houses, and dwellings, and associated accessory structures for compliance with building standards and other regulations of the State Fire Marshal. Single-family dwellings, including duplexes, are excluded.
The occupancies covered by this statute are defined in the "Group R" occupancy classifications within the California Fire and Building Codes. Section 13146.3 requires the District to inspect all public or private schools at least once per year. The occupancies covered by this statute are also defined in the "Group E" occupancy classifications within the California Fire and Building Codes. It should be noted that a school is defined as containing grades K-12 and does not include daycare, colleges, or adult learning facilities.
Effective January 1, 2019, Section 13146.4 of the California Health and Safety Code mandates that all city or county fire departments and fire districts responsible for conducting mandated annual occupancy inspections of Group E and Group R occupancies report annually to their governing body regarding their compliance with these two inspection programs. Additionally, the governing body must adopt a resolution acknowledging receipt of the report. For...
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