July 2019 Menifee Fire Marshal Report
City of Menifee Office of the Fire Marshal
Riverside County Fire Department OFM
Statistics for the Period of
July 1st thru July 31st, 2019
August 5, 2019
During the 23 available business days in June the personnel assigned to
the Menifee Office of the Fire Marshal conducted 275 field inspections
and completed 53 individual plan reviews. During this period staff
attended 10 development related meetings, responded to requests for
counter assistance. These do not include responding to multiple
requests for field inspection scheduling for projects in process.
Plan review turn-around time is currently 10 days and inspections are
averaging within 72 hours of requests. Development review of Planning
case applications are in some cases currently 7 days ahead of due
dates.
Revenue collected for plan reviews, inspections and planning
application reviews are as follows:
July 1-5 $15,471.28
July 8-12 $19,183.48
July 15-19 $7061.96
July 22-26 $12858.48
July 29-31 $4,046
Total Revenue $58,621.20 (July 2019)
** These numbers were provided by Fire permit counter staff and come
from the Acela Permit tracking program utilized for this purpose. Totals
may not reflect any permit fees collected on the 31st end of business
day.
City of Menifee Office of the Fire Marshal
Riverside County Fire Department OFM
Statistics for the Period of
July 1st thru July 31st, 2019
The Office of the Fire Marshal (OFM) – Menifee Currently staffs
Riverside County Fire Assistant Fire Marshal, Fire Safety Specialist
(Vacant), Fire Systems Inspector (NEW), Fire Permit Technician and an
Office Specialist II (NEW). Currently the office is conducting inspections,
planning cases, DRC, meetings and plan reviews of Residential and
Commercial projects.
The Office of the Fire Marshal (OFM) - Menifee has currently filled the
Fire Systems Inspector position that was budgeted for the 19/20 fiscal
year along with the Office Specialist II position. Both Fire Systems
Inspector and the Office Specialist II have been a tremendous asset to
the City facilitating great customer service. We have seen our
inspection request increase almost double since our additional staff
therefore able to accommodate for more residential and commercial
inspections.
Our plan Reviews have included Residential, Commercial and Planning
Case Developments. We are still continuing to work with the Artesa
project development with 32 buildings that are 2-3 stories high and
include a club house. Sprinkler systems and a permanent underground
fire line are currently in the process in moving forward to soon have
models ready for the project.
We have started the permitting process and release for underground
fire water line for the New Fairfield Inn & Suites Hotel. Atria Senior
Living has started major tenant improvements to the existing facility
and include the replacement of a new entire fire sprinkler system that
had previously numerous pinhole leaks to the old and outdated system.
City of Menifee Office of the Fire Marshal
Riverside County Fire Department OFM
Statistics for the Period of
July 1st thru July 31st, 2019
Kirkorian Shell Building for pad 3 has been approved by fire. Rancho
Family Medical Group is currently in the process of a large Tenant
Improvement project. New fire sprinklers are being installed in an older
building and has had to retrofit the building to comply with the code
requirements. A new fire line is also being installed to serve the
buildings sprinkler system. In addition, the building will also have fire
alarm system being installed. We have been working diligently on this
project to ensure all fire and life safety requirements are being met.
Newly Open Business include Mountain Mike’s Pizza.
Other developments that have recently had Fire Department approvals
are the Krikorian Shell building pad 3, Arco Gas Station, Fairfield Inn &
Suite, Impact Church, Menifee Urgent Care, Well Quest Living and
Ranch Self- Storage.
In between inspections, plan reviews, document retention, scheduling,
billing, as well as required reports, Menifee staff has a full workload as
do other divisions in this growing community. We have been
experiencing a high number of tract home inspections, new commercial
project and anticipate even more in the upcoming months. Inspection
request are currently around 4 days in advance. Plan review check time
is currently 10 days.
The Fire Marshal services provided locally continue to receive positive
comments on service delivery and assistance to the public and business
community from customers, City staff and the Development
community.
City of Menifee Office of the Fire Marshal
Riverside County Fire Department OFM
Statistics for the Period of
July 1st thru July 31st, 2019
Respectfully Submitted,
Sonya Bu
Fire Marshal
Riverside County OFM
City of Menifee Office