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Department adopts building‑on‑slopes tactics after challenging Crestline fire; code changes not decided
Summary
Operations leaders described a new ‘building on slopes’ policy intended to standardize tactics for downslope and below‑grade fires after a difficult single‑alarm fire at 23 Crestline; commissioners discussed whether findings could inform future code changes but no code amendments were proposed.
Deputy Chief Patrick Rabot told the Fire Commission on Oct. 8 that the department has issued a new policy standardizing tactics for fires in buildings on slopes after the department’s response to a challenging incident at 23 Crestline on Twin Peaks.
Rabot described the Crestline incident as a three‑above‑ground, four‑below‑grade structure that presented difficult access and flow‑path risks. He said the department’s new ‘‘building on slopes’’ policy uses common terminology for above‑ and below‑grade levels, reviews fire behavior and flow path…
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