Item 1.11 - Fire and Life Safety Inspection ReportDATE:
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City of Poway
COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
June 18, 2019
Honorable Mayor and Members �City Council
Jon Canavan, Deputy Fire Chief�
Andy Loperena, Senior Fire Safety Inspector
(858)668-4471 or aloperena@poway.org
Fire and Life-Safety Inspection Report
APPROVED □
APPROVED AS AMENDED □
(SEE MINUTES)
DENIED □
REMOVED □
CONTINUED _____ _
RESOLUTION NO.
In September 2018, California Senate Bill No. 1205 (SB 1205) was approved requiring every city,
county fire department, or district providing fire protection services to report annually to its
administering authority on the department's inspection of public and private schools, hotels,
motels, apartments, residential care facilities, pre-schools and pre-school day care facilities for
compliance with building standards. There are 127 occupancies of these type in Poway. In 2018,
the Poway Fire Department conducted fire and life-safety inspections of all the occupancies
required by SB 1205. This results in a 100% completion rate.
Recommended Action:
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached resolution acknowledging receipt of
the Fire and Life-Safety Inspection Report.
Discussion:
California law requires that every city, county fire department, or district providing fire protection
services to annually inspect and enforce specific building standards of certain structures classified
as Group E and Group R occupancies. These group of occupancies include public and private
schools, hotels, motels, apartments, residential care facilities, pre-schools and pre-school day
care facilities. Department fire inspectors and firefighters conduct fire and life-safety inspections
of these occupancy classifications every year.
Following the 2016 Ghost Ship Fire in Oakland, CA, that resulted in 36 deaths, the California
Legislature introduced SB 1205. SB 1205 was approved by the Governor, filed with the Secretary
of State and became effective on September 27, 2018. SB 1205 requires every city, county fire
department, or district providing fire protection services to report annually to its administering
authority on the department's inspection of these occupancy classifications.
SB 1205 requires this report to occur when the administering authority discusses its annual
budget, or at another time determined by the administering authority. It also requires the
administering authority to acknowledge receipt of the report in a resolution or a similar formal
document. For the purposes of SB 1205 the "administering authority" means a city council, county
board of supervisors, or district board.
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Environmental Review:
None
Fiscal Impact:
None
Public Notification:
None
Attachments:
A.Resolution
Reviewed/Approved By:
WendyK erman
Assistant City Manager
Reviewed By:
Alan Fenstermacher
City Attorney
Approved By:
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City Manager
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RESOLUTION NO. 19-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
POWAY, CALIFORNIA, ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF A
REPORT MADE BY THE DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF OF THE SAFETY
SERVICES DEPARTMENT REGARDING THE INSPECTION OF
CERTAIN OCCUPANCIES REQUIRED TO PERFORM ANNUAL
INSPECTIONS IN SUCH OCCUPANCIES PURSUANT TO
SECTIONS 13146.2 AND 13146.3 OF THE CALIFORNIA HEALTH
AND SAFETY CODE
WHEREAS, California Health & Safety Code Section 13146.4 was added in 2018, and
became effective on September 27, 2018;
WHEREAS, California Health & Safety Code Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3 requires all
fire departments, including the Poway Fire Department, that provide fire protection services to
perform annual inspections in every building used as a public or private school, hotel, motel,
lodging house, apartment house, and certain residential care facilities for compliance with
building standards, as provided;
WHEREAS, California Health & Safety Code Section 13146.4 requires all fire
departments, including the Poway Fire Department, that provide fire protection services to report
annually to its administering authority on its compliance with Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3 and;
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Poway intends this Resolution to fulfill the
requirements of the California Health & Safety Code regarding acknowledgment of the Poway
Safety Services Department's compliance with California Health and Sections 13146.2 and
13146.3.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Poway as
follows:
SECTION 1: City Council expressly acknowledges the measure of compliance of the
Poway Fire Department with California Health and Safety Code Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3 in
the area encompassed by the City of Poway, as follows:
A.EDUCATIONAL GROUP E OCCUPANCIES:
Educational Group E occupancies are generally those public and private schools, used
by more than six persons at any one time for educational purposes through the 12th
grade. Within the City of Poway, there lie 41 Group E occupancies, buildings, structures
and/or facilities.
During calendar year 2018, the Poway Fire Department completed the annual inspection
of 41 Group E occupancies, buildings, structures and/or facilities. This is a completion
rate of 100% for this reporting period.
B.RESIDENTIAL GROUP R OCCUPANCIES:
Residential Group R occupancies, for the purposes of this resolution, are generally those
occupancies containing sleeping units, and include hotels, motels, apartments (three units
or more), etc. as well as other residential occupancies (including a number of residential
care facilities). These residential care facilities have a number of different sub-
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classifications, and they may contain residents or clients that have a range of needs,
including those related to custodial care, mobility impairments, cognitive disabilities, etc.
The residents may also be non-ambulatory or bedridden. Within the City of Poway, there
lie 86 Group R (and their associated sub-categories) occupancies of this nature.
During calendar year 2018, the Poway Fire Department completed the annual inspection
of 86 Group R occupancies, buildings, structures and/or facilities. This is a completion
rate of 100% for this reporting period.
PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the
City of Poway, California on the 18th day of June, 2019 by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
DISQUALIFIED:
Steve Vaus, Mayor
ATTEST:
Faviola Medina, CMC, City Clerk
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