Inspection History Details
Inspection Status: Approved
Inspection History: INSP - INITIAL CODE ENFORCMENT
| Date | Description | Inspector | Results | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/04/2022 | INSP - INITIAL CODE ENFORCMENT | Approved | VISITED SITE, MET WITH TFD CAPTAIN AND INVESTIGATORS WHO BELIEVE FIRE MAY HAVE BEEN STARTED BY HOMELESS. PROPERTY IS A VACANT TRUCK SALES LOT. FIRE STARTED IN A SHED BEHIND A WALL THAT ADJOINS A OFFICE AND BATHROOM STRUCTURE AND JUST NORTH OF THIS STRUCTURE IS ANOTHER OFFICE TYPE BUILDING WITH BROKEN WINDOWS. TEP WAS ONSITE, INFORMED ME THAT UNITS SOUTH OF THE TRUCK STOP WAS A 4 PLEX THAT LOST POWER DUE WIRING AT THE POLE AND POLE HAD BURNED, TEP PLAN WAS TO REPLACE THE POLE THE FOLLOWING DAY, REENERGIZE POWER TO THE 4 PLEX AND CUT POWER AT THE POLE TO THE TRUCK LOT, TECH DID FOLLOW THRU WITH THAT PLAN AND TOGETHER TURNED POWER BACK ON TO THE 4 PLEX. BACK AT THE TRUCK LOT THERE WAS A 3RD BUILDING AT THE N/E CORNER OF THE LOT APPEARED TO BE A SALES OFFICE, IT WAS PROPERLY SECURED, BUT AS I WALKED AROUND TO THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE THERE APPEARED TO BE HOMELESS STAYING BEHIND THE OFFICE AREA EVIDENCED BY ALL THE CLOTHING, SHOPPING CARTS, TRASH AND DEBRIS. CONTACTED BOARD UP TO SECURE THE WINDOW AND DOOR OPENINGS ON THE TWO STRUCTURES NEAR THE FIRE DAMAGED SHED. WAS ALSO CONTACTED TO RESPOND TO ANOTHER FIRE, COMPLETED SECURING THE STRUCTURES WITH BOARD UP AND THEN LEFT THE SCENE, WILL FIND OWNERS OF THE EMPTY LOT. FOLLOWING DAY MADE CONTACT WITH THE OWNERS AND INFORMED THEM OF THE FIRE AND THAT STRUCTURES WERE SECURED, SHED/SHOP PORTION WAS BURNED AND A COMPLETE LOSS. INFORMED THEM OF POSSIBLE HOMELESS CAMP, OWNERS ASSISTANT INFORMED ME THAT THEY HAD MADE CONTACT WITH THE CITY ABOUT THE CAMP AND WERE IN CONTACT WITH INSPECTOR MORALES CONCERNING THE CAMP. I INFORMED HER THAT I WOULD INCLUDE THE CLEAN UP OF THE CAMP ON THE NOV AND THAT OWNERS WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CLEANING THE CAMP NOW THAT AREA HAS BEEN VACATED. NOV TO FOLLOW. |