Inspection History Details
Inspection Status: Approved
Inspection History: INSP - INITIAL CODE ENFORCMENT
| Date | Description | Inspector | Results | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/12/2012 | INSP - INITIAL CODE ENFORCMENT | Approved | FOUNTAIN PLAZA APTS, BUILDING #4: VISITED SITE, MET WITH TFD INVESTIGATORS TOM AND JOHN, BOARD UP COMPANY BELFOR CONST. / RESTORATION AND PROPERTY MANAGER ELYSIA TROIANO AND MAINTANENECE PERSON MANNY. UPON ARRIVAL, TENANT HAD ALREADY BEEN PLACED WITH A FRIEND IN UNIT #119, AND BELFOR WAS READY TO SECURE THE STRUCTURE. TFD WAS NOT COMPLETED WITH THEIR INPSECTION AND I HAD NOT EVEN BEEN INSIDE. POWER WAS TURNED OFF AT THE SERVICE PANEL DISCONNECT AND THERE WAS NO GAS TO THE UNITS. HEATING AND COOLING WAS FROM A HEAT PUMP ON THE ROOF OF THE TWO STORY COMPLEX. ** UNIT WAS A ONE BDRM / BATH / KITCHEN-DININGROOM AND LIVINGROOM EFFICIENCY. FIRE STARTED IN THE BEDROOM AREA AND LOOKS LIKE IT PASSED THRU ALL ROOMS BUT WAS LIMITED TO THE CONTENTS ONLY. EXTERIOR WALLS AND DIVIDING WALLS ARE BLOCK WALLS. INTERIOR DRYWALL THRU OUT THE STRUCTURE RECEIVED HEAVY FIRE DAMAGE. ELECTRICAL LIGHT FIXTURES WERE FIRE DAMAGED BUT NO OULETS OR SWITCHES WERE MELTED AND NO WIRING LEFT EXPOSED. HEAT PUMP ON THE ROOF WAS NOT AFFECTED BUT THE DUCT WORK RECEIVED HEAVY SMOKE DAMAGE. NO INTERIOR FRAMING WAS EXPOSED. MOST CONTENTS INSIDE THE STRUCTURE WERE FIRE DAMAGED. FIRE INITIALLY EXTINGUISHED BY FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AND THEN WATER ADDED BY TFD. ** CHECKED UNITS 122 & 124 TO EITHER SIDE, 124 WAS FINE HAD NO SMOKE SMELL AND TENANTS HAD NO REASON TO MOVE. UNIT # 122 HAD MINOR SMOKE DAMAGE AND ELECTED NOT TO MOVE. UNIT ABOVE 123 WAS VACANT, DID HAVE SOME SMOKE DAMAGE. BELFOR RESTORATION BOARDED ALL WINDOW AND DOOR OPENINGS TO THE STRUCTURE, AFTER TENANT REMOVED WANTED ITEMS, HOWEVER THERE WAS LITTLE LEFT OF THE CONTENTS. STRUCTURE WAS POSTED "UNFIT TO OCCUPY" ALONG WITH A COPY OF NOV EMERGENCY ORDER TO VACATE. |