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Case: T19DV03668

Case Details

Status:

COMPLIAN

Type:

EMERGENCY
Address:

Entered Date:

05/07/2019

Applicant:

OCCUPANT / RICK GRIFFIN

Description:

TRAILER FIRE (TRAILER PARKED IN REAR YARD) NOT SET UP

Case Violations

Case Number: T19DV03668
Case Status: COMPLIAN
Case Description: EMERGENCY
Total Violations: 2
Violation Date Code Statue
05/08/2019 T.C. Ch. 16, Sec. 16-13(b) ACCUMULATION OF REFUSE PROHIBITED. Each owner, lessee, tenant, resident or occupant shall maintain a property so it is free of accumulated refuse and debris. Accumulated refuse and debris means contained or uncontained refuse and debris that is present on the property in a manner not authorized by the Tucson Code. Material recycling facilities meeting the requirements of section 15-24.7 are exempt from this prohibition.
05/08/2019 T.C. Ch. 16, Sec. 16-12(e) ACCESSORY STRUCTURES. All accessory structures, including but not limited to detached garages, fences and walls, must be structurally sound and free of disrepair. Examples of disrepair include missing slats, posts or blocks, or damage, deterioration or rot. Fences and walls cannot be constructed or covered with materials not designed or commonly used for that purpose, such as pallets and tarps. Fences and walls must be properly anchored so as not to be in danger of failure or collapse.

Completed Inspections

Case Status: COMPLIAN
Case Number: T19DV03668
Case Description: EMERGENCY
Total Completed Inspections - 2
End Date Description Inspector Results Comments
05/07/2019 INSP - INITIAL CODE ENFORCMENT GOODMAN Approved VISITED SITE, MET WITH TFD CAPTAIN WHO STATED A TRAILER WAS PARKED IN THE REAR YARD HAD STARTED ON FIRE. THEY WERE UNABLE TO TELL IF THE TRAILER WAS SET UP. MET WITH OCCUPANTS, THERE WERE FOUR PEOPLE INVOLVED. RICK GRIFFIN WAS THE MAIN OCCUPANT AND OWNER OF THE TRAILER. DEBRA MERKLE AND SON CHRISTOPHER MERCKLE WERE CARETAKERS FOR MR GRIFFIN AND LIVED ON SITE. LASTLY WAS A "FRIEND" ROB HARP WHO HELPED MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY, WAS BEING GIVEN THE TRAILER AND WAS SUPPOSE TO HAVE THE TRAILER REMOVED BEFORE THE END OF THE WEEK. I FOUND NO HOOK UPS TO THE TRAILER AND ROB HARP STATED HE WAS NOT TECHNICALLY LIVING IN THE TRAILER BUT OWNER RICK GRIFFIN ASKED HIM TO STAY OUT IN THE TRAILER PERIODICALLY BECAUSE OF TRANSIENTS BREAKING INTO THE REAR YARD TO SLEEP IN THE TRAILER, ROB SHOWED ME THE CORNER FENCE THAT WA DOWN WHERE PEOPLE WERE ENTERING. ROB STATED HE WAS HAVING TO REMOVE ALOT OF DEBRIS TO BE ABLE TO GET THE TRAILER OUT OF THE YARD. DEBRA MARCKLE'S TRUCK WAS PARKED IN THE REAR YARD AND WAS FULL OF STUFF TO BE TAKEN TO THE DUMP. TRAILER WAS A TOTAL LOSS, ON SIDE WAS COMPLETELY BURNED. INTERIOR OF THE TRAILER AND CONTENTS WERE COMPLETELY BURNED AND THE OPPOSING WALL DID RECEIVE HEAVY FIRE DAMAGE BUT WAS STILL STANDING. THE METAL FRAME AND TIRES WERE IN GOOD SHAPE AND FRAME COULD BE EASILY REMOVED. NOV WAS NOT ISSUED WHILE ONSITE BECAUSE THE TRAILER WAS SECURED IN THE REAR YARD EXCEPT FOR PARTIAL COLLAPSE OF THE EAST FENCE. OCCUPANTS WERE UNAWARE OF THE OWNERS NAME AND DID NOT HAVE CONTACT, HOWEVER DID HAVE THE CONTACT FOR THE MAINTANENCE PERSON TRAVIS NUTT. WAS UNABLE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH MR NUTT, NOR WAS DEBRA MERCKLE.
06/03/2019 INSP - FOLLOW UP CODE ENFORCE GOODMAN Approved FOLLOW UP INSPECTION FOUND TRAILER FRAME AND FIRE DAMAGED PORTION OF THE TRAILER HAD BEEN REMOVED AND THE EAST FENCE HAD BEEN PLACED AND SECURED UP RIGHT. COMPLIANCE / CLOSE CASE.