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Ratify the proposed consensus ordinance on behalf of the Cordelia, Dixon, Montezuma, Suisun and Vacaville fire protection districts that adopts the 2025 California Fire Code together with local amendments
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Resource Management recommends the Board of Supervisors ratify the proposed consensus ordinance on behalf of the Cordelia, Dixon, Montezuma, Suisun and Vacaville fire protection districts that adopts the 2025 California Fire Code together with local amendments (Attachments A and B).
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The State Fire Code is updated every three years and local fire protection districts are required to implement the updated statewide minimum standards along with any updated regulations enacted by the State Fire Marshall. Pursuant to Health and Safety Code, ?13869.7, local fire districts also have the authority to adopt local modifications to the State Fire Code into their local ordinance to assist in implementation of the State minimum standards or further protect the public. When a fire protection district adopts an ordinance that modifies State Fire Code, the fire district must submit the ordinance to the Board of Supervisors for ratification.
In Solano County, fire protection in the unincorporated area is provided by the Cordelia, Dixon, East Vallejo, Montezuma, Suisun and Vacaville fire protection districts. The East Vallejo Fire Protection District receives service from the City of Vallejo. Rather than having different ordinances, these districts, with County assistance, developed a single consensus fire protection ordinance adopted by each of these jurisdictions, the first of which the Board ratified by resolution, in 2013. Since then, the Board has routinely ratified the updates to the consensus ordinance adopted by the fire districts serving the unincorporated area to implement curre...
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