Incident investigation·December 15, 2023

On December 15, 2023, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Paul Garcia conducted an unannounced Case Management inspection. LPA met with Site Supervisor (SS), Virginia Becerra. LPA Garcia toured the facility and took a census. The purpose of today’s inspection was to discuss an incident that was reported to Community Care Licensing (CCL) on December 12, 2023, pertaining to a small fire in one of the classrooms. This facility operates two half day programs Monday – Friday from 830 AM – 11:30 AM and 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM. During this incident no children were present. Per interview and record review, on December 12, 2023, at approximately 12:40 PM in building (C), a black insulated facility food transportation bag used to transport meals was placed on or near the stove and caught on fire. Teacher lliana noticed smoke coming the kitchen area. Lliana then called out for help to teacher Veronica. Veronica grabbed the bag that was on fire and relocated it outside of the classroom. Veronica then returned to the stove to ensure it was off. Veronica observed a large sized electric burner had melted plastic residue. Veronica then returned to the bag and put out the active burning bag. The Fire Department , Campus Police and Maintenance departments were all contacted and arrived to respond to the fire. Director Joshua Allen of Maintenance Operations notice that the bag was still smoldering upon arrival and used a fire extinguisher on the bag to prevent it from becoming active once more. Children were combined with another afternoon classroom when children arrived. A census of 17 children and four (4) staff present. The fire Department arrived and assessed the fire damage then cleared the classroom area. Joshua Allen will be contacting a professional cleaning service to clean the affected area. LPA observed the building and room where the fire took place and photos were taken. Continued on 809-C This facility took appropriate actions. This Facility will also voluntarily provide additional training to all their childcare staff that pertains to fire extinguisher training and implement a written safety check log to ensure appliances are not left on i order to reenforce staff's knowledge in fire safety procedures. The facility SHALL NOT use any portion of building C until it has been professionally cleaned and LPA has inspected the area and deemed it serviceable for children in care. Per Title 22, Division 12, Chapter 1, of the California Code of Regulations, no deficiencies are cited. A notice of site visit was issued and must remain posted for 30 days.