Chapter 5 – Adult Custody and Security Operations

52090.15 Response to Fires and Fire Alarms

• The fire department shall respond to all fires and fire alarms.

  • Off-duty firefighters may be called in to work whenever their services are needed during a fire or inmate disturbance.

  • No fire fighting member/staff shall leave the scene of a fire, fire drill, or other situation where apparatus/equipment has been used until the apparatus/equipment is returned to service condition, unless given express permission by the Fire Chief or their designee.

  • Fire department staff shall take matters of internal operations to the Fire Chief.

  • Fire department staff shall direct all persons seeking information relative to fires or the fire department operations to the Fire Chief.

  • The fire department also may be required to respond to other institutional emergencies.