{"id":14382,"date":"2025-10-21T19:33:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T19:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/14382\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T19:33:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T19:33:11","slug":"el-paso-county-to-vote-on-unified-fire-code-boosting-safety-for-outdoor-businesses-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/14382\/","title":{"rendered":"El Paso County to vote on unified fire code, boosting safety for outdoor businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, TEXAS (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 El Paso County commissioners are set to decide on a proposal to establish the county&#8217;s first unified fire code and implement new safety standards for outdoor businesses. <\/p>\n<p>The plan aims to enhance fire safety outside city limits by adopting the 2021 International Fire Code and updating the county&#8217;s outdoor business order. <\/p>\n<p>This would require businesses such as junkyards and salvage yards to obtain a $25 license and adhere to new safety regulations, including the storage of flammable materials, fencing, and trash management. Violations could result in daily fines of up to $500.<\/p>\n<p>  RECOMMENDED:<a href=\"http:\/\/cbs4local.com\/news\/local\/city-grants-90-day-reprieve-to-save-squatter-inhabited-home-from-demolition#\/src=link\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\/news\/local\/city-grants-90-day-reprieve-to-save-squatter-inhabited-home-from-demolition#\/src=link\" class=\"themeColorForLinks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">El Paso home plagued by squatters given 90-day reprieve from demolition<\/a><\/p>\n<p>County Commissioner Jackie Butler emphasized the focus on prevention, stating, &#8220;A lot of what we&#8217;re trying to do with the unified fire code and an outdoor business order is focused on prevention.&#8221; She added that the proposed rules, such as fencing requirements, aim to address fire safety issues in unincorporated areas.<\/p>\n<p>RECCOMMENDED:<a href=\"http:\/\/cbs4local.com\/news\/local\/el-paso-fire-dept-secures-44m-in-federal-funding-to-boost-emergency-response#?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\/news\/local\/el-paso-fire-dept-secures-44m-in-federal-funding-to-boost-emergency-response#?src=link\" class=\"themeColorForLinks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">El Paso Fire Dept. secures $4.4M in federal funding to boost emergency response<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The proposal follows reports of more than a dozen fires at outdoor businesses since 2019. <\/p>\n<p>It also outlines three options for establishing a new county fire marshal&#8217;s office, ranging from a small two-person team to a full department with over 25 staff. The costs for these options vary from approximately $450,000 to nearly $2.7 million. If approved, the county could begin hiring for the fire marshal&#8217;s office by October 2026. <\/p>\n<p>The new fire code could take effect as early as April next year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/sign-up\" class=\"themeColorForLinks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up<\/a> to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, TEXAS (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 El Paso County commissioners are set to decide on a proposal to establish&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12186,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,1060,140,139,10342,10345,7322,10343,10341,10344,10340],"class_list":{"0":"post-14382","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-el-paso","8":"tag-el-paso","9":"tag-el-paso-county","10":"tag-el-paso-headlines","11":"tag-el-paso-news","12":"tag-fire-marshal","13":"tag-fire-prevention","14":"tag-fire-safety","15":"tag-international-fire-code","16":"tag-outdoor-businesses","17":"tag-safety-regulations","18":"tag-unified-fire-code"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}