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FROM; Supervisor Tom Torlakson 11ra
February 2, 1988 Cost,
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COORDINATION BETWEEN FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND THE "IJV
SUBJECT; BUILDING INSPECTION DEPARTMENT REGARDING ISSUANCE
OF BUILDING PERMITS AND COMPLIANCE WITH FIRE CODES
SPECIFIC RE EST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Refer to the Fire Chiefs Association
the question of developing a program to assure as thorough and
complete coordination as possible in this matter of fire code
compliance and issuance of permits. Request a report from the Fire
Chiefs Association to the Internal Operations Committee so that a
recommendation can then be made by this Board committee.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: It has come to my attention over
the past few years that several major commercial buildings or
commercial/business types of projects have been given building permits
but have not complied with fire code requirements.
Questions exist in the following areas:
--the thoroughness of the Building Inspection Department' s
notification to the Fire Department that an application is pending
before the Building Inspection Department.
--whether the applicant is fully enough notified that they
must get clearance from the Fire Department before they will be
granted occupancy permits by the Fire Department.
--whether the application is fuly aware of the fire district
requirements. In a number of instances recently, buildings have been
nearly 90% complete before a fire inspector representative different
departments has discovered that these projects were moving forward and
in most of the cases major oversight has exist regarding the buildings
not being sprinkled.
One avenue for discussion between the Building Inspection
Department and the Fire Chiefs would be additional notification such
as a bright red flyer handed to all applicants informing them that
they must contact their fire department for specific detailed analysis
of their plans for compliance with the fire code.
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CC: County Administrator ATTESTED FEB 2
1988
Building Inspection PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Fire Protection Districts SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
M382/1-83 BY ,�� -�y� _,DEPU-ry
Coordination Between Fire Departments
and Building Inspection Department
February 2, 1988
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An additional approach that would be of assistance to the
users of our "permit system" would be to have a fire department
employee representing all the unincorporated fire departments and the
departments that service cities with which the county contracts for
building inspection services. This employee should be an engineer
fully familiar with the fire building requirements. This employee
working at a desk in the Building Department would be available to
answer applicant' s questions as they come in for building permits and
available to work closely with the building department plan checkers
as they move forward with their very fine plan checking turn around
for projects. This might eliminate a step in the permit process for
the user, as well assure total compliance with the needs of each fire
district for fire code compliance.