Prevention Field Services has four regional offices that focus our prevention efforts more closely to the risks of the individual communities.

Are you interested in becoming a licensed family child care provider?

Running an adult residential facility or facility for the elderly?

There are many different kinds of care facilities and most of them require a "Fire Clearance" in order to operate. Prior to a required fire clearance inspection, a completed California Fire Safety Inspection Request (Form STD 850) must be received by OCFA from the agency.

Licensed care uses may have specific zoning, building and Fire Code requirements. These requirements provide a minimum level of safety for this sensitive type of use. Licensed care providers are urged to contact the appropriate County or City agencies, including the Planning and Building offices to obtain all information needed to convert your property into a Licensed Care facility.

If you are thinking about opening a licensed care facility and would like to have a Pre-Inspection, please email us at 850@ocfa.org to set up the appointment.

Please note fees may apply.

Current Fee Schedule (effective no later than September 29, 2017)
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Complaints and referrals are done when a resident is concerned about a potential fire hazard. They can be related to buildings or vegetation.

Please complete the following form and email it to referral@ocfa.org.

Please note: Any complaint about Weed Abatement should be directed to your city's Code Enforcement Unit.

Public Records Act(PRA) requests are for documents that currently exist and have been created in the normal course of business. There is no cost to review existing responsive records that do not require special programming. You are not charged for any staff time to research and locate responsive records. All fees are based upon the actual costs associated in copying or programming special reports to provide you with the record, as allowed by Government Code and approved by the OCFA Board of Directors by its Fee Schedule. If your pick-up preference is by mail, we will quote you the current First Class U.S. Postage Rate to cover the mailing costs.

Contrary to popular belief not all records are maintained permanently. The OCFA follows its Board-adopted Records Retention Schedule, which is based upon various Government Codes that regulate the retention and destruction of records.

Below is a list of frequently requested records that identifies the office and email address to submit your request, any costs associated in purchasing copies or for special reports, request form, and phone number for inquiries.

PLEASE NOTE: All City of Santa Ana property related records prior to April 2012, must be requested from the City of Santa Ana Clerk of the Council's Office via its website at http://www.ci.santa-ana.ca.us/coc/public_records_request.asp

OCFA public forms are available for these Partner Cities

To secure Fire and Life Safety Inspections and Violations documents (often used for the purpose of Environmental Site Assessments for properties) the requestor must be able to provide the OCFA with the property's full street address and city. Use of "in the area of or cross streets" is not specific enough for us to locate responsive documents.

There is a nominal cost to cover the copying or scanning of the responsive records per the adopted Board's Fee Schedule. A Property Records Request Form is available for your use. These property records requests are submitted to the Community Risk Reduction Department. If you have any questions regarding these types of documents, feel free to phone us at (714) 573-6180.

Building plans are copy righted documents that require permission from the architect. You will need to submit a Licensed Professional Request Form in addition to your Property Records Request Form.

The OCFA may need to outsource the duplication of plans, if so these actual costs will be passed along to the requestor per the Board-adopted Fee Schedule. These requests are submitted to the Community Risk Reduction Department. If you have any questions regarding these types of documents, feel free to phone us at (714) 573-6180.

Please note fees may apply.

This form can be emailed directly to CRTK@ocfa.org.

Are you planning a wedding? A fund raiser for a school, group or organization? You may need to obtain permission for the activities or equipment you will need. Special Event permits are for those activities that are temporary in nature and involve the public, invited guests and/or public property.

Please use the screening form to determine if your event will require a special activity permit from Orange County Fire Authority.

Some examples include but are not limited to:

• Candles
• Tents/Canopies
• Commercial filming or photography that uses pyrotechnics, aerial operations or involves stunts
• Carnivals
• Special Amusement (includes Haunted Houses)
• Pit bar-b-ques / Bon Fires
• Fireworks
• Any event that is not the primary use of the facility

Special Event requiring OCFA personnel to be in attendance is generally defined as:

• An outside public gathering, for purposes of entertainment that in all likelihood will result in large numbers of people being present.
• Any event involving actions or materials that must be monitored to provide for the highest level of safety for all individuals at the site; whether work force, performers, or the observing public.
• Any commercial filming or photography that uses pyrotechnics, aerial operations or involves stunts.

Please submit a completed form and a plan and/or map of the proposed event including as much detail as possible regarding your event. Submit these documents to specialevents@ocfa.org.