Standards & Guidelines

Standards & Guidelines

Fire Prevention standards

Fire Prevention Guidlines

Administrative Rulings

23-800 Sea Cargo / Metal Storage Containers
Application of the Ventura County Fire Code to prefabricated sea cargo/metal storage containers.

23-801 Portable Fire Extinguishers in Group R-2 Occupancies
Application of the Ventura County Fire Code Section 906.1.

23-802 Construction in Water Impact Areas
Provides the requirements for construction in identified water impact areas.

23-804 Applicability of the VCFC and VCFD Standard 515
Provides a summary of the applicability and requirements for installation, maintenance and spacing of plants, trees, and other vegetation within required defensible space and fuel modification zones.

Fire Prevention Policies

204 Emergency Event / Act-of-Nature Rebuild
Provides the requirements for rebuilding of structures that were damaged or destroyed by an emergency event or act-of-nature.

211 Group U Occupancy Fire Sprinkler Requirements
Provides the requirements for the exemption of fire sprinklers within Group U occupancies.