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Ordinance No. NS-XXX <br />Page 15 of 38 <br />immediately adjacent to any forest- or brush-covered land or non-irrigated <br />grass-covered land, no person shall use or operate any welding <br />equipment, cutting torches, tar pots, grinding devices, or other tools or <br />equipment that may produce a spark, fire, or flame that could result in a <br />wildfire without doing the following: <br /> <br />1. First clearing away all flammable material, including snags, <br />from the area around such operation for a distance of 30 feet or <br />other approved method to reduce fire spread into the wildlands. If <br />30 foot clearing cannot be achieved then an alternate method shall <br />be approved by the AHJ prior to work starting. <br /> <br />2. Maintain one serviceable round point shovel with an overall <br />length of not less than forty-six (46) inches and one backpack pump <br />water-type fire extinguisher fully equipped and ready for use at the <br />immediate area during the operation. <br /> <br />3. Stop work when winds are 8 MPH during periods when <br />relative humidity is less than 25%, or a red flag condition has been <br />declared or public announcement is made, when an official sign <br />was caused to be posted by the fire code official, or when such fires <br />present a hazard as determined by the fire code official. <br /> <br />4. Keep a cell phone nearby and call 911 immediately in case <br />of a fire. <br /> <br />(lj) Section 324327.2 Spark arresters is hereby added as follows: <br /> <br />324327.2 Spark arresters. Spark arresters shall comply with Section 202, <br />and when affixed to the exhaust system of engines or vehicles subject to <br />Section 324 327 shall not be placed or mounted in such a manner as to <br />allow flames or heat from the exhaust system to ignite any flammable <br />material. <br /> <br />Section 17. Section 14-23 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended <br />to read as follows: <br /> <br /> Sec. 14-23. - Emergency planning and preparedness (Chapter 4). <br /> <br />Chapter 4: Emergency Planning and Preparedness. Adopt only those sections and <br />subsections adopted by SFM with the following amendment. <br /> <br />Section 407.5 is revised as follows: