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The Fire District’s Fire Prevention Bureau - Code Enforcement Division is responsible for the enforcement of State and Local regulations within commercial and residential occupancies. Fire Prevention personnel are trained to provide business operators with the latest information on the safe handling and storage of hazardous materials, proper use of electrical devices, the maintenance of exit pathways, and the maintenance and testing of fire and life safety devices to name just a few.
Currently there are over 17,200 occupancies that have been identified as non-residential or commercial properties within both the Contra Costa County and East Contra Costa Fire jurisdictions. The Fire Prevention Bureau is responsible for inspecting nearly 7,800 of these occupancies.
Enforcement personnel annually inspect over 1,600 individual apartment/residential properties, nearly 154 public and private schools, County and city jails, hotels/motels, over 78 hospital and care facilities including 43 mid- and high-rise buildings. These occupancies are located throughout the unincorporated county area and within the city limits of the communities that we serve.
Other properties inspected include commercial businesses where processes or operations require permits to operate as per the California Fire Code, i.e., the sales, storage, use, manufacturing of flammable liquids, gases and other hazardous materials. Also included are businesses where vehicle services, engine repair and fueling operations are conducted.
On a less frequent basis, the Enforcement Division also inspects carnivals, street fairs and similar outside exhibitions, large tents and canopies used for public assemblies and where cooking is allowed.
To view our various forms and please click on the appropriate section:
Violation or Notice of Corrections
Informational Handouts
Standards
Addendums
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