DATE:
February 4, 2025
TO:
LaTanya Bellow, City Manager
FROM:
William McDonald, Fire Chief, ACFD
SUBJECT:
Resolution Of The City Council Of The City Of Emeryville Acknowledging Receipt Of The Reports From The Alameda County Fire Department Of Fire Inspections For The Calendar Year 2023 And 2024
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council adopt the above-entitled Resolution acknowledging receipt of the report from the Alameda County Fire Department of fire inspections for calendar years 2023 and 2024.
BACKGROUND
SB1205, signed by the Governor in September 2018, amended the Health and Safety Code to add Section 13146.4 which requires an annual report of fire inspections.
Section 13146.4 reads as follows:
Every city or county fire department, city and county fire department, or district required to perform an annual inspection pursuant to Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3 shall report annually to its administering authority on its compliance with Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3.
The report made pursuant to subdivision (a) shall occur when the administering authority discusses its annual budget, or at another time determined by the administering authority.
The administering authority shall acknowledge receipt of the report made pursuant to subdivision (a) in a resolution or a similar formal document.
For purposes of this section, “administering authority” means a city council, county board of supervisors, or district board, as the case may be.
Health and Safety Code section 13146.2(a) states:
Every city or county fire department or district providing fire protection services required by Sections 13145 and 13146 to enforce building standards adopted by the State Fire Marshal and other regulations of the State Fire Marshal shall, annually, inspect all structures subject to subdivision (b) of Section 17921, except dwellings, for compliance with building standards and other regulations of the State Fire Marshal.
Health and Safety Code section 13146.3 provides:
The chief of any city or county fire department or district providing fire protection services and his or her authorized representatives shall inspect every building used as a public or private school within his or her jurisdiction, for the purpose of enforcing regulations promulgated pursuant to Section 13143, not less than once each year. The State Fire Marshal and his or her authorized representatives shall make these inspections not less than once each year in areas outside of corporate cities and districts providing fire protection services.
DISCUSSION
For calendar year 2023 Alameda County Fire Department personnel completed 10 inspections of educational Group E occupancies. This represents a 100% compliance rate for known E occupancies during this reporting period. 51 of 62 residential Group R occupancies were completed. This represents a 82% compliance rate for known Group R occupancies during this reporting period. A list of the inspections including dates is attached.
For calendar year 2024 Alameda County Fire Department personnel completed 10 inspections of educational Group E occupancies. This represents a 100% compliance rate for known E occupancies during this reporting period. 67 residential Group R occupancies were completed. This represents a 100% compliance rate for known Group R occupancies during this reporting period. A list of the inspections including dates is attached.
FISCAL IMPACT
The City of Emeryville contracts with ACFD for fire prevention services, including the inspections described in this report.
STAFF COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC
None.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
None.
CONCLUSION
Staff recommends the City Council that it adopt the attached Resolution acknowledging receipt of the report from the Alameda County Fire Department of fire inspections for calendar years 2023 and 2024 PREPARED BY: William McDonald, Fire Chief
Approved and Forwarded to the
City Council of the City of Emeryville:
LaTanya Bellow, City Manager
Attachments
Draft Resolution
Exhibit A – SB1205 Report-Calendar Year 2023
Exhibit B – SB1205 Report-Calendar Year 2024
SB1205 Report-CY 2023 & 2024
City Council Meeting | February 4, 2025
City of Emeryville
CALIFORNIA
MEMORANDUM