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Custody Division Manual / Volume 6 - Station Jail Manual

6-10/050.00 Emergency Equipment


6-10/040.00 Fire and Life Safety
6-10/060.00 Storage, Issue and Use of Weapons, Chemical Agents and Related Devices

To ensure that safety equipment is inspected in a consistent manner, each station shall develop an item-specific checklist. Each checklist should list the items to be inspected, how each particular item is to be inspected, and whether the item is in good working order.

Each unit commander shall develop and implement procedures that ensure the following equipment is inspected daily by line personnel, and weekly by a lieutenant:

  • All firefighting equipment
  • All emergency equipment
  • All weapons.

The discovery of any defect or insufficiency shall result in the immediate remedy either by repair or replacement.

The completed checklists, including findings and/or remedial action taken or recommended, shall be submitted to the unit commander. The unit commander shall review and note (in writing) any further remedial action which may be warranted.

The completed checklists shall be retained for three years.

SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS

Each unit commander, in conjunction with the local fire authority, shall ensure that a sufficient number of self-contained breathing apparatuses are easily accessible for station personnel to enable the safe evacuation of inmates and personnel, in case of fire and/or smoke. Daily inspections of the self-contained breathing apparatus units shall be logged in the e-UDAL.

FIRE EXTINGUISHERS

Each unit shall ensure that all fire extinguishers have a routine annual re-certification. Fire extinguishers shall be check for proper charge (do not test).

FIRE HOSES

Personnel shall know the location of the fire hoses at their station. Personnel shall regularly inspect hoses to ensure they are attached to a water supply, and nozzles are attached.

SMOKE DETECTORS AND FIRE SPRINKLERS

It is the responsibility of the Sheriff's Facility Services Bureau to service, inspect, and repair all smoke detectors and fire sprinklers in the facility.

If there are any problems with smoke detectors or fire sprinklers, contact Sheriff’s Facility Services Bureau. All servicing and inspections will be logged and maintained in the Station Specific Manual under Inspections and retained for three years.

Pursuant to Penal Code Section 6031.1(b), the unit commander shall consult with the local fire department having jurisdiction over the facility, or consult with the State Fire Marshal, in developing a plan for the fire suppression which shall include, but not be limited to, a fire prevention plan to be included as part of the unit manual.

FIRE SUPPRESSION PRE-PLANNING

  • Refer to station specific plan for fire prevention (e.g. location of fire hoses, fire sprinklers, fire alarm board, and evacuation plan)
  • Regular fire prevention inspections by station personnel, shall be performed on a monthly basis with a two year retention
  • Fire prevention inspections as required by State Health and Safety Code Section 13146.1(a) and (b) which requires annual inspections to be conducted by the local fire station having jurisdiction over the station. A current copy of the inspection report is to be maintained in the jail area

EVACUATION PLAN

The following shall be maintained:

  • Station-specific evacuation plan (station floor plan showing evacuation routes and exits) posted in prominent locations throughout the station and jail
  • Station-specific plan for evacuation in case of a fire
  • Station-specific plan for evacuating inmates and temporary housing locations.

-See Station-specific Fire/Life Safety Plan-