TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: Bernard Molloy, Fire Chief
PREPARED BY: Doug Strosnider, Fire Marshal
SUBJECT:
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SB 1205 Compliance Report for 2023 State-Mandated Annual Fire Inspections
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RECOMMENDATION
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Adopt Resolution No. 24-4778 entitled: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Murrieta, California, Acknowledging Receipt of a Report Made by the Fire Chief of the Murrieta Fire 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.
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PRIOR ACTION/VOTE
None.
CITY COUNCIL GOAL
Provide a high level of innovative public safety.
BACKGROUND
California signed into law Senate Bill 1205 (SB1205) in 2018. SB 1205 amended the California Health and Safety Code (HSC) as of January 1, 2019, to add Section 13146.4. This new provision requires fire departments, who are mandated to perform annual inspections pursuant to Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3 of the HSC, to report their compliance annually to its administrating authority, in this case, the City Council. HSC sections 13146.2 and 13146.3 mandate fire departments conduct annual inspections of all public and private schools, hotels, motels, lodging houses, and apartment houses. Pursuant to the new HSC section 13146.4, Murrieta Fire & Rescue is submitting this report to demonstrate the fire department’s compliance with this section.
Murrieta Fire & Rescue’s (MF&R) Community Risk Reduction Division has achieved 100% compliance in inspecting the state-mandated occupancies in Murrieta. Currently, there are 35 legitimate schools (E- Occupancies), 6 Hotels with 707 rooms (R-1 Occupancies), and 35 Multi-family Dwellings with 5,043 apartment units (R-2 Occupancies). As of May 2024, we have an additional 2,752 apartment units under construction and expect two or three new hotels to commence construction within the next year. MF&R fire inspectors completed all known CA State-mandated inspections. It is worth noting that the properties included in these categories are generally very large, and it takes a considerable amount of time to complete a full fire inspection on these properties. The Murrieta Fire & Rescue Community Risk Reduction Division is prepared to ensure SB1205 inspections remain at 100% compliance, even with the substantial growth of R-1 and R-2 occupancies coming into the City.
FISCAL IMPACT
No fiscal impacts will result from filing and accepting this report.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Resolution No. 24-4778