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Chaffee Fire chief briefs trustees on new food‑truck code requirements, fleet purchases and JP CHIPS mitigation
Summary
Kira, fire chief for Chaffee Fire, told trustees the state resiliency code imposes new suppression and hood requirements on food trucks that are costly to retrofit; she reviewed water‑wise training adjustments, the planned purchase of two wildland trucks, expansion of JP CHIPS community mitigation work, mutual aid agreement reviews and an emergency medical dispatch integration pilot.
At a work session on April 14, Kira, the fire chief for Chaffee Fire, updated the Board of Trustees on operational and programmatic matters.
Kira said the newly adopted state resiliency code contains language that effectively requires food truck operators who generate grease‑laden vapors — especially those using deep‑fry equipment — to install Type I hood suppression systems tied into electrical controls. She acknowledged the systems are a significant expense…
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