The Bureau is responsible for conducting fire and life safety inspections, completing plan reviews and inspections of newly constructed facilities, answering code compliance questions and conducting hazardous materials inventories and inspections. Currently, the City of Bothell uses the 1997 Uniform Fire Code, as amended by the State of Washington and the Bothell Municipal Code. Within the next few years the State of Washington may move to the International Fire Codes. The City of Bothell has several hazardous materials facilities, including numerous biotechnology companies, manufacturing, distribution, and research and development labs.
Materials range from common solvents to exotic toxins to pyrophoric materials.
Many of the facilities house radioactive materials and biological organisms. This can make for complex responses, but most of the facilities work closely with us in planning and prevention, keeping incidents to a minimum. When designing a new lab or remodeling a facility which uses hazardous materials, flammable liquids, etc. Often an inventory list of which chemicals are to be used is required. For additional information on our requirements for new construction and tenant improvements please download our Standards for Commercial Construction document.