California Fire Code News Today

EL CENTRO — The Imperial County Board of Supervisors is expected Tuesday to consider an adjustment of the local fire fees.

City of Palo Alto has suspended its ban on natural gas hookups in new buildings.

The Solano County Board of Supervisors will conduct a noticed Public Hearing Feb. 27 to consider extending interim Ordinance No. 2024-1852-U, adopted as an urgency measure on Jan. 23, prohibiting new commercial Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) within the unincorporated territory of Solano County for an additional 22 months and 15 days.

The Solano County Board of Supervisors will conduct a noticed Public Hearing Feb. 27 to consider extending interim Ordinance No. 2024-1852-U, adopted as an urgency measure on Jan. 23, prohibiting new commercial Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) within the unincorporated territory of Solano County for an additional 22 months and 15 days.

Woodland’s County Fair Mall will close indefinitely beginning Saturday due to a notice to vacate the Fire Department issued following its discovery of fire code violations in the mall’s fire suppression system.

Residents in a coastal California town do not have addresses, preferring to meet their neighbors at the post office. But it can be hard to get packages delivered, and some worry whether emergency responders can find them.

Residents in a coastal California town do not have addresses, preferring to meet their neighbors at the post office. But it can be hard to get packages delivered, and some worry whether emergency responders can find them.

STOCKTON — A Lodi area vineyard owner has been given the go ahead to move forward with plans to build a winery by the San Joaquin County Supervisors.

This may be the most boring post Ive ever made.What are the rules around posting evacuation maps in public spaces? The IBC says they have to be posted in all Assembly spaces. But they are apparently also required in every hotel or office corridor....and the corridor is not an Assembly space. And...

Lake Valley Fire Protection District (LVFPD) is informing the public they will be holding a second public hearing on its intention to adopt a Fire Code Ordinance. The District shall hold its second public hearing on the adoption of the 2022 Fire Code Ordinance at 4 p.m.