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Cabarrus County Emergency Management Date: October 3, 2005 To: BOC Mr. John Day, County Manager From: R S. Smith, EM Director Subj: Sununary of Changes to Fire Protection Ordinance Revisions to the Fire Protection Ordinance have been completed by the Fire Marshal's Office Staff and forwarded to you for review and adoption. A summary of the major revisions proposed are listed below: -Section 34-29. Changes procedures to notify BOC when Departments are not meeting minimum standards with recommendation to contract with another department until deficiencies are corrected. The departments will be notified in writing with a time frame to correct deficiencies. At the end of the specified time period if corrections have not been made, a recommendation will be brought to the BOC from the Fire Marsha1's Office to contract with another fire department until deficiencies are corrected. -Section 34-30.6. Requires all active firefighters to have ID cards and requires a department issued identification tag on private vehicles used for emergency response. This will aid in identifying active volunteer members on the scene of an emergency. The National Incident Management System also requires that all emergency responders be credentialed -Section 34-30.17-19. Sets standard for adoption of county-wide operational policies with majority vote of fire association members and approval from the Fire Marsha1'S office. This will stanwmlize operational policies between the 12 Fire Departments we contract with to provide service. -Section 34.55(d}, Changes penalty for illegal burning from $50.00 to $100.00. -Section 34.57. Updated schedule ofpennit fees. Fees have been updated to reflect added costs incurred due to special inspections required to review applications and penonn site inspections for these pennits. The review and inspections on these pennits require a time commitment from our inspectors; the proposed fee schedule better reflects the cost associated with issuing and approving these pennits. -Section 34-59. Added open burning requirements to this ordinance to incorporate NC Fire Code and NC Air Quality standards to the local ordinance. Sets permit requirements, burning ban requirements and enforcement procedures for violations of the open burning regulations. This section will govern how open burning will be managed in Cabarrus County. It sets the parameters for open burning to promote fire safety and air quality. Cabarru. County. 65 Churoh Slreet. SE.. PO Box 707. Conoord, NC 28026 Phone:704.920.2562 Fax:704.768.8831 www.cabalT\Jsoounty.us ~. ~ WORTH CAR 1=""-2..