Grand Jury 8a - Fire and Safety Inspections in Santa Cruz County Response Packet - Immediate Response Needed!

The Felton Fire District has not adequately accounted for the inspection of all schools, hotels, apartments, and licensed residential care facilities for fire and safety per California Health and Safety Code sections 13146.2, 13146.3, 13146.4, and 171921(b). X AGREE PARTIALLY DISAGREE – explain the disputed portion DISAGREE – explain why Response explanation (required for a response other than Agree): We are currently in the middle of a complete overhaul of our fire prevention program and are currently working to update our data bases on the different occupancies, transfer of paper records to electronic searchable documents, and have begun consistently documenting all inspection as of January 2020.

Fire Agencies serving the incorporated and unincorporated areas of Santa Cruz County have not adequately reported inspection performance and the inherent risk associated with a performance gap to residents and leadership external to the governing body. X AGREE PARTIALLY DISAGREE – explain the disputed portion DISAGREE – explain why Response explanation (required for a response other than Agree):

Fire agencies serving the incorporated and unincorporated areas of Santa Cruz County would benefit by sharing technology and processes and at times personnel, in fulfilling fire inspection requirements. AGREE X PARTIALLY DISAGREE – explain the disputed portion DISAGREE – explain why Response explanation (required for a response other than Agree): The fire prevention officers section of the Santa Cruz Fire Chiefs Association meets every other month to share information, explore new training topics, discuss new legislation, and manage county wide issues as they apply to fire code and standards. This group was formed to create a forum for information sharing. Most agencies fire prevention staff are struggling to complete their own inspections in a timely manner there for leaving no time to assist other agencies with inspection staff.