Incident investigation·December 9, 2021

On this day, LPAs Kevin Saborit-Guasch and Jenifer Tirre made an unannounced case management visit for the purpose of following up on an incident report submitted to the Regional Office regarding a fire at the facility that occurred on 12/06/2021. They were greeted by Administrator Heather Younan after going through the facility's COVID-19 screening procedure. At approximately 7pm on 12/06/2021, the facility made a call to 911 to report a fire in the Memory Care floor laundry room. A drier in the room continued operating in wrinkle-guard mode unattended after being used earlier in the afternoon, which likely resulted in the machine overheating and initiating the fire, which triggered the alarm and sprinkler system, which contained the fire. The 23 memory care residents from the first floor were evacuated to a courtyard on the same level while the Assisted Living residents from the second and third levels were evacuated through one available stairwell since the other stairwell was in close proximity to the location of the incident. An evacuation drill had been conducted with both staff and residents in July 2021 while staff evacuation exercises are conducted bi-monthly. Residents were able to return to the facility by 8:15pm. Administrator indicated that no smoke inhalation or resident property damage were observed. The laundry room and equipment sustained considerable water damage from the sprinklers and are currently out of service. Based on the observations made during today’s visit, no deficiencies were noted per Title 22 Division 6 of the California Code of Regulations. An exit interview was conducted with Administrator and a copy of this report was provided and left at facility.