Amendments No. 1 to the Countywide Fire, Life, and Safety Inspection and Certification Agreements with Rapid Fire Safety & Security LLC, Redline Fire Protection
Summary
SCH Number
2025101443
Public Agency
Riverside County
Document Title
Amendments No. 1 to the Countywide Fire, Life, and Safety Inspection and Certification Agreements with Rapid Fire Safety & Security LLC, Redline Fire Protection
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
10/30/2025
Document Description
The County currently relies on specialized inspections and certifications for Fire, Life and Safety Compliance across more than 300 County owned facilities and sites. Through this action, the County will ensure that it continues to meet its safety compliance obligations and ongoing safety measures across all County owned facilities.
Agreements were entered into with each of the three awarded bidders to ensure there was immediate coverage and services provided to County properties, personnel, and the public. Amendments to the Agreements are needed to extend the period of performance for Fire, Life and Safety Services through the remainder of the fiscal year 2025/26.
Facilities Management recommends the Board of Supervisors ratify and approve the Amendments to the Professional Services Agreement Amendments for Rapid Fire Safety & Security LLC, Redline Fire Protection Services Inc., and SPD Fire Inc. for Fire, Life and Safety Inspection and Certification Services through June 30, 2026, with the option to renew for four additional one-year periods. The Amendments No. 1 to the Countywide Fire, Life, and Safety Inspection and Certification Agreements is identified as the proposed project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). No direct or indirect physical environmental impacts are anticipated.
Contact Information
Name
Mike Sullivan
Agency Name
Riverside County
Job Title
Senior Environmental Planner/Facilities Operations Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Banning, Beaumont, Blythe, Calimesa, Canyon Lake, Cathedral City, Coachella, Corona, Desert Hot Springs, Hemet, Indio, Jurupa Valley, La Quinta, Lake Elsinore, Menifee, Moreno Valley, Murrieta, Norco, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Perris, Riverside, San Jacinto, Temecula, Wildomar
Counties
Riverside
Regions
Countywide
Cross Streets
numerous
Zip
numerous
Parcel #
numerous
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15301 Class 1 Existing Facilities
Reasons for Exemption
This Class 1 categorical exemption includes the operation, repair, maintenance, leasing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures or facilities, provided the exemption only involves negligible or no expansion of the previous site’s use. The approval of the Amendments do not allow for new construction and are limited to maintenance activities and improvements on existing facilities The improvements to the existing County facilities are routine inspections and maintenance repairs to keep facilities safe and operational and would not expand the capacity of the site and would result in the continuation of public services; therefore, the project is exempt as the improvements meet the scope and intent of the Categorical Exemption identified in Section 15301, Article 19, Categorical Exemptions of the CEQA Guidelines.
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
Section 15061 (b)(3) Common Sense
Reasons for Exemption
In accordance with CEQA, the use of the Common Sense Exemption is based on the “general rule that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment.” State CEQA Guidelines, Section 15061(b) (3). The use of this exemption is appropriate if “it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment.” Ibid. This determination is an issue of fact and if sufficient evidence exists in the record that the activity cannot have a significant effect on the environment, then the exemption applies and no further evaluation under CEQA is required. See No Oil, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles (1974) 13 Cal. 3d 68. The ruling in this case stated that if a project falls within a category exempt by administrative regulation or 'it can be seen with certainty that the activity in question will not have a significant effect on the environment', no further agency evaluation is required. With certainty, there is no possibility that the project may have a significant effect on the environment. The Amendments for the continued provision of Countywide Fire, Life, and Safety services will not lead to any direct or reasonably indirect physical environmental impacts. The direct effects of the Amendments will have purely administrative impacts. In addition, no significant indirect effects would occur from the approval as the Amendments do not allow for new construction and are limited to provision of Fire, Life, and Safety services at existing facilities, which are exempt under CEQA. Therefore, in no way, would the project as proposed have the potential to cause a significant environmental impact and the project is exempt from further CEQA analysis.
County Clerk
Riverside
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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