SP_SBC County Fire Risk Reduction ApplicationsMike Horton
Fire Marshal –Deputy Fire Warden
mhorton@sbcfire.org
Adam Panos
Deputy Fire Marshal
apanos@sbcfire.org
GIS Based Community Risk Reduction Applications
Community Risk Reduction is a process to identify and prioritize
local risks, followed by the integrated and strategic investment
of resources to reduce their occurrence and impact.
Data driven applications through a Community Risk Assessment
allows for more specific deployment of resources to increase
the safety of county residents.
•Geographic Information Systems
(GIS)
•Esri Inc. Mapping Platform
•Esri Inc. Spatial Analytics (Future)
•Value added to already negotiated
Enterprise License Agreement
Data Collection
Tom Strong
Assistant Fire Marshal
tstrong@sbcfire.org
Current Applications
•Damage Assessment –2020 NACO Recipient
•Vacant Buildings
•Illegal Fireworks Reporter -2021 NACO Submission
Damage Assessment 2020 NACO Recipient
•Uses authoritative parcel data from County Assessor’s Office maintained by Information Technology
•Mix of mobile and web-based applications
•Data recorded is live and real-time providing information to County, State and Federal stakeholders
•Program has been adapted to include Civil Unrest (Fall 2020) and weather related incidents and
earthquakes with the ability to continue to update and refine should new incident types occur
•Methods shared with cooperative agencies
Vacant Building Reporter
•Used to combat blight
•Data can be easily shared with
cooperator agencies
•Tracks high crime and vandalism
areas use by homeless and illegal
activities
San Bernardino County Fire
Online Illegal Fireworks Reporting System
2020 Report
•On June 17,2020 the San Bernardino County Fire Online Illegal Fireworks
Reporting
•System was opened to the public.
•This simple online survey allows citizens the opportunity to report the illegal use
and illegal sales of fireworks 24 hours a day,7 days a week online with the option
of staying anonymous
•The data collected was then used during the Fireworks Patrols conducted by The
Office of the Fire Marshal to concentrate patrol efforts in those areas that were
receiving the highest reports
The Public Dashboard View
This view allows the public to see the locations of complaint with limited detail
Field Officer Dashboard
This view gives patrol staff the exact location and details of the complaint
This report is used to share complaint information with our
Partner Fire Agencies,Law Enforcement Partners and other
Agencies.
This Report was for illegal sales in the City of Fontana. It was
sent to our Investigations Unit who passed the information
onto Fontana Police.
One of the complaints received and passed along ended in two
people receiving citations and a large quantity of illegal fireworks
being seized.
2020 Statistics
•2048 Complaints Received
•1268 in San Bernardino County Fire Jurisdiction
•780 outside of San Bernardino County Fire Jurisdiction
•Reduced calls to 911 to report fireworks (82%)
•The complaints received for other jurisdictions were
shared with them electronically
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161
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212
14 33 27 39
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100
150
200
250
2017 2018 2019 2020
ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS -
BY YEAR
CITATIONS ISSUED DURING INTERDICTION CITATIONS ISSUED DURING PAROLS
33,520
29,069
16,009
34,241
375 6,185 1,730 5100
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
40,000
2017 2018 2019 2020
AMOUNT OF FIREWORKS SIEZED (IN
LBS) -
BY YEAR
LBS OF FIREWORKS SIEZED DURING INTERDICTION
LBS OF FIREWORKS SIEZED DURING PATROLS
Strain on Resources Due to Illegal Fireworks
Brian Headley
Assistant Fire Marshal
bheadley@sbcfire.org
Arson Investigation Unit
•The fire and arson investigation unit is
comprised of 6 POST qualified armed
investigators.
•We received all of the training through
the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s
Department Academy.
•Among the many responsibilities are to
investigate the cause and origin of fires
occurring within our jurisdiction as
well as other criminal and civil
investigations.
•The unit follows the course of the
investigation until a final adjudication
is made.
•Canine Program inception April 2021.
•Interdiction Teams Worked
Seven Days
•221 Citations Issued
•$277,000 In Fines
•45,000 Pounds of Fireworks
Seized/Confiscated
Fireworks Interdiction California/Nevada Border
2020 Statistics
In Development
•No Contact Administrative Citations
•Illegal Marijuana Grows/Sales Operations –a multi-department collaborative effort
on the monitoring of Illegal Marijuana Grows/Sales in San Bernardino County
•Arson Map –a multi-input application that combines disparate datasets to monitor
arson related fires in San Bernardino County
No Contact Administrative Citations
•Data collected from the Fireworks Reporter will provide areas to concentrate
patrols in
•Ability to issue a Administrate Citation
•Greater safety to officers
•Awaiting final approval from County Council
•Tracks arson/suspicious activities
•Tracks arson registrants and youth fire setters
•Allows Arson Investigator to conduct digital field interviews from their mobile device
Arson Mapping
Questions?