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Santa Barbara Fire Department outlines prevention work, defensible-space and hoarding response
Summary
Fire Department staff presented the Fire Prevention Bureau’s roles in building inspections, fire investigations, vegetation management, defensible-space evaluations, special-assessment-funded services and interagency responses to complex hoarding and wildfire risk.
Fire Department leaders told the Police Commission and attendees that fire prevention combines building safety, inspections, vegetation management and community engagement to reduce emergencies before they occur.
Fire Chief Chris Veil introduced the Fire Prevention Bureau and described its organizational split between structural/building inspections and wildland/vegetation management. Inspectors, plan reviewers and vegetation-management staff handle new-construction plan checks, sprinkler and alarm inspections, school inspections and special-event permits; the bureau also rotates fire investigators for 24/7 response to complex incidents.
"Part of the fire department's focus is, has been, and always will be preventing the next…
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