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Fire Marshall PSC Report for July 2018 29714 Haun Rd. Menifee, CA 92501 Phone (951) 723-3765 • Fax (951) 679-3843 menifeeofm@cityofmenifee.us August 7, 2018 Riverside County Fire / CAL-FIRE Serving the City of Menifee Monthly Report July 2018 5. City of Menifee Office of the Fire Marshal Report Planning Case Development Reviews: July saw the expected increase in plan review submittals for projects approved for construction. Several Planning cases were reviewed and conditioned for the month of July, there are currently 10 planning cases in the queue pending review as of this date. Commercial and Residential developments, and individual custom home. Temporary Special events for several organizations were reviewed as well. All planning case and plan reviews are conducted in-house by OFM Menifee staff. Construction Plan Reviews: OFM Fire Safety Specialist Sonya Rivera-Bu logged 129 hrs. during the final 2 weeks of July as she has been dedicated to keep our office successful in meeting turnaround times for plan reviews. The plan check queue continues to be full as plans come in as quick as plans due are reviewed. We have had less than a half dozen large project plans that have exceeded the 15 day turn-around by not more than 5 days. • For the month of June the OFM reviewed and approved or provided conditions of approval for projects submitted for review. As of this date there are 32 plans pending review. The completed plans for this month included fire protection systems for the following: Examples (not a complete list) of Construction/Fire Protection Reviews conducted this month: • Haun Building – New City Hall Tenant Improvement • Fairfield Inn • Smart and Final Tenant Improvement 2 New Fire Protection System and Construction Inspections OFM has conducted for fire sprinkler systems, water and access for fire clearance, Certificate of Occupancy for Building finals and other related inspections. The County of Riverside Office of the Fire Marshal has been requested to assist and the Market street office has provided (2) inspectors to assist on a case by case basis as they are available. Fire Systems Inspectors Kevin Shin, and Phil Jones from the Riverside Office have assisted this month with the overflow. Inspections are meeting the 48 hour turn-around for requests. With multiple residential developments in full production request for inspections are a constant. OFM Staff makes every effort to respond to these requests in a timely manner and schedule them as soon as resource availability is confirmed. The Menifee Town Center project, which includes the Lennar project which is in full construction and Menifee Lakes Plaza businesses now ready for fire line connections inspections are occurring on a regular basis for these projects. The new Stater Bros shopping Center on Newport has had several businesses requesting fire sign-off for fire protection systems and Certificate of Occupancy Fire-Life Safety. The new McDonald’s has completed Underground, fire sprinkler and fire alarm inspections and will be ready soon for final occupancy inspection. Commerce Pointe II was inspected this month for tenant improvements to the fire alarm system. Administrative Assistance: County of Riverside Office of the Fire Marshal Office Senior Administrative assistant Debbie Matthews continued to assist this month in data entry, auditing of invoices. Debbie is tracking inspection revenue and verifying fees charged for inspections and plan reviews are accurate. Kristina Hernandez from Administrative Services who has volunteered to assist us in creating folders, organizing files and document retention. Debbie is also working on her day off and her time is charged to the Menifee account. The volume of data generated per month requires on-going management of our document retention processes. Building and Safety Permit technicians continue to do a great job in assisting us with plan intake and outtake and billing. Once our dedicated fire permit technician is acquired, these processes can be consolidated and they will be the responsibility of that employee. Inspection and Plan Review: The County of Riverside Office of the Fire Marshal Market Street office provided assistance this month to cover increasing field inspections and plan reviews. Fire Safety Specialists Edgar Gonzalez from the La Quinta Office and Sandy Hastings from the Norco/Eastvale office came to Menifee on their day off to assist. Overtime for county staff is charged to the city of Menifee account. Of Note: Riverside County Office of the Fire Marshal welcomes Deputy Fire Marshal Steven Swarthout (Promotion) as the new DFM in charge of West County Offices which includes the City of Menifee. We look forward to working with Steve to mitigate and coordinate resources for continuing to maintain an optimum customer service level. 3 Fee Schedule Update: The fee schedule for Fire Marshal services for Menifee continue to be charged at the County fee schedule rates. Once the Menifee fee schedule for services is approved, full cost recovery will be realized and the additional staffing needed to keep up with the development demand will be made possible. Under the current fee schedule only the current positions and fire permit technician position are approved. Recent Events: OFM FSS Sonya Rivera-Bu responded to several calls in July for the following: Menifee Valley Medical Center: A review of fire protection systems was requested by Riverside County Fire Marshal James Frater under the direction of acting County Fire Chief Talbot. An assessment inspection was conducted of the systems and deficiencies by Fire Marshal Villalobos and these were referred to the agency who oversees the licensing and inspections of the facility (California Department of Public Health Fire-Life Safety Division.) It was determined that the systems are currently operational but that some maintenance is required to ensure the systems remain in design operating condition as required by the California State Fire Code and the NFPA 25 Standards that regulate these systems. • Sprinkler activation – Mt. San Jacinto College: A fire sprinkler under a skylight activated after reaching the temperature threshold. Fire Operations responded and replaced the broken sprinkler and restored fire sprinkler system to service. FSS Rivera-Bu met with the sprinkler contractor to verify system was operational and in compliance following the incident. • Main Water Line Break- Cherry Hills Plaza: FSS Rivera-Bu responded to the location following a main water line break on site. EMWD responded to conduct an overnight repair of the line. Several buildings on the site were without service overnight and a fire watch notice was issued by FSS Rivera-Bu. On the following morning a follow-up was conducted to determine the cause of the break and it was found that aging concrete incased steel pipe had significantly corroded to the point of deterioration and failed affecting fire protection systems throughout the site. After the repair the fire protection contractor for the site was called to verify the system’s status FSS Rivera-Bu and Fire Marshal Villalobos verified the repair and the condition of the systems and fire watch was released.