Event planners, rental companies and venue owners
Free check of whether your event tent or canopy needs a fire permit, plus the extinguisher, exit and flame-resistance rules inspectors look for.
ePlan fills in
How it works
What you get
The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the Special event permit door.
Modeled on: California Fire Code Chapter 31 as summarized by Santa Barbara County Fire (worked example)
From public data
is the tent size above which Santa Barbara County Fire requires a permit; canopies open on all sides get 700 sq ft
Source: Santa Barbara County Fire, Tents and membrane structures
Describe the event and get the special event permit narrative, event safety plan and site layout notes your city asks for. Free to read.
Questions
Check your fire marshal. Santa Barbara County requires one for tents over 400 sq ft and canopies open on all sides over 700 sq ft. Side-by-side canopies under 700 sq ft each are exempt only if they total 700 sq ft or less or keep a 12-foot fire break.
Under Santa Barbara County Fire's summary of the California Fire Code: one 2-A extinguisher for a tent of 500 to 1,000 sq ft, plus one for each additional 2,000 sq ft, and a 10 B-C extinguisher with each generator and in kitchen and dining areas.
Not without approval. Open flame, cooking devices, charcoal and flammable or combustible liquids aren't allowed inside a tent or within 20 feet of it unless the fire code official approves, and smoking is banned inside.
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Answer it and ePlan opens the Special event permit door, which drafts the paperwork.