California Code of Regulations › Title 19 - Public Safety › Division 2 - California Governor's Office of Emergency Services › Chapter 1.1 - Private Fire Prevention Resources › Section 2470.1 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following definitions apply to this chapter:
(a) "Active Fire Incident" means a fire where
				the Incident Commander has not yet declared the fire extinguished.
(b) "Backfire" means a fire set along the
				inner edge of a control line, to consume the fuel in the path of an advancing
				fire, or to change the direction or force of the main fire's spread.
(c) "Emergency Lights" means the red and blue
				lights authorized on emergency vehicles as defined in California Vehicle Code
				Sections
				25252 and
				25258.
(d) "Evacuation" means an organized, phased,
				and supervised withdrawal, dispersal, or removal of civilians from dangerous or
				potentially dangerous areas, and their reception and care in safe
				areas.
(e) "Evacuation Area" means
				a geographic area from which civilians have been evacuated pursuant to an
				evacuation order and where movement and entry are controlled by fire and law
				enforcement personnel having jurisdictional authority. Evacuation area controls
				remain in effect until an evacuation order is lifted by the initiating law
				enforcement entity.
(f) "Evacuation
				Order" means an order issued by the jurisdictional authority to immediately
				vacate an evacuation area and close the area to public access due to an
				imminent threat to life and/or property.
(g) "Evacuation Warning" means alerting
				community members in a defined area of a potential threat to life and/or
				property. Those who require additional time to evacuate, and those with pets
				and livestock, should leave the area when an evacuation warning is
				issued.
(h) "Global Positioning
				System" (GPS) means a system of navigational satellites operated by the United
				States Department of Defense and available for civilian use.
(i) "Incident" has the same meaning as
				defined in California Code of Regulations, Title 19, Section
				2402(j).
(j) "Incident Command" means the
				organizational authority with responsibility for the management of the Incident
				Command System, as defined in California Code of Regulations, Title 19, Section
				2402(m).
(k) "Incident Commander" has the same meaning
				as defined in California Code of Regulations, Title 19, Section
				2402
				(
l
).
(l)
				"Pre-Treatment" means the use of water, foam, retardant, or other fire limiting
				devices or products upon infrastructure, residences, structures, property and
				vegetation in advance of a fire, or the removal or reduction of vegetation or
				other fuel by active means, including, but not limited to, dozing, scraping,
				cutting and removing in advance of a fire.
(m) "Private Fire Prevention Resources" means
				the personnel, entities and equipment hired by private persons or entities and
				operating during an active fire incident. These private resources are not
				employed by or otherwise associated with the agency having jurisdictional
				authority over the incident response or any other public agency involved in the
				incident response.
(n) "Restricted
				Area" means an area that only authorized persons can enter.
(o) "Situational Awareness Tracking System"
				means the process and tools used for gathering and sharing information during
				emergency management incidents to assist with communication, coordination and
				collaboration.
(p) "State Incident
				Management System" means the standardized process, structure and plan used for
				responding to, managing, and coordinating an incident within any jurisdiction
				or across multiple jurisdictions.
(q) "Values-at-Risk" means the elements of a
				community or natural area considered valuable by an individual or community
				that could be negatively impacted by a fire or fire response operations. These
				values can vary by community and may include a variety of assets or resources,
				including homes or other structures, insured assets, water supply, commercial,
				industrial or agricultural assets, power grids, natural and cultural resources,
				community infrastructure, and other economic, environmental, and social
				resources.
1. New chapter
				  1.1 (sections
				  2470.1-2470.2) and section filed
				  6-16-2022; operative 6-16-2022 pursuant to Government Code section
				  11343.4(b)(3)
				  (Register 2022, No. 24). Filing deadline specified in Government Code section
				  11349.3(a)
				  extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional
				  60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-71-20.
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 14867
					 and
					 14868,
					 Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections
					 14867
					 and
					 14868,
					 Health and Safety Code.