The following is a list of the
services the Division of Community Risk Reduction
performs:
- City Fire – Departments – City of Chico
- Uniform Fire Code permit inspections.
- Uniform Fire Code inspections, other than permit occupancies
(schools, apartments, etc.)
- Fire service input to development review process.
- Fire service input to use permit process.
- Fire service recommendations for fire flow and fire fighting
water system locations.
- Fire service input to required fire suppression system
planning and installation.
- Fire service supervision of fire alarm system planning,
installation and testing.
- Fire service input to General Plan and specific plans.
- Fire service input to environmental documents such as EIRs
and mitigated negative declarations.
- Fire service advice to the public regarding fire code
interpretation.
- Fire service input to fire code adoption and revision
process.
- Fire Department liaison with Regional Water Quality Control
Board, Federal Aviation Administration, District Attorney, Air
Quality Management District, Department of Toxic Substances
Control, Butte County Environmental Health, Red Cross, and the
State Fire Marshal’s Office.
- Fire service requirements for plan check process.
- Membership in the Butte County
Arson Task Force.
- Membership in Northern California Fire Prevention Officers
Association.
- Determination of cause and origin of fires.
- Supplemental investigation of fires caused by arson or gross
negligence.
- Court testimony for fire law violations such as arson.
- Issuance of citations and appearance in court for violations
for various fire safety regulations.
- Enforcement of city fireworks ban.
- After hours public assembly occupancy inspections.
- Issuance of all Uniform Fire Code permits.
- Maintenance of all required Community Risk Reduction files
and records.
- Processing of all false alarm ordinance letters.
- Reporting building fire loss data to County Assessor.
- Providing fire incident reports to the public.
- Assistance to citizens following fire or other emergencies.
- Child and youth fire-setter counseling program.
- All qualified Incident Command System Information Officers.
- All qualified Incident Command System Staging Area Managers.
- Qualified Incident Command System Safety Officer.
- Weed abatement and lot cleaning program coordination with
Code Enforcement.
- Investigation of citizen complaints.
- Recommendation of adjustments to Fire Department fee
schedule.
- Supervise work of Community Risk Reduction volunteers.