Photo supplement to exposé “Apparent Fire Code Violations at Santa Susana Field Lab Invite Another Toxic Disaster on Woolsey Fire Anniversary – Chaparral-choked lab roads remain uncut where fire started one year ago, generating over 43,000 tons of radioactively-impacted smoke that included extremely poisonous Polonium-210”
EXCERPT:
“EnviroReporter.com has uncovered evidence which shows that roads in SSFL’s 1,140 acre SBZ, where the Woolsey Fire roared through Nov. 8, 2018, are lined by combustible grasses and chaparral in violation of Ventura County Fire Code. “[R]equirements are 100-feet of vegetation clearance from structures and 10-feet for road access,” according to the Ventura County Fire Hazard Reduction Program (FHRP).”
11-13-19 SSFL SBZ apparent fire code violations as clearly sides of road haven't been cut back 10 feet on each side as Ventura County Fire Department requires in order to be certified. Note old rocket test stand in far background along with roads that appear uncut back as far as the camera can see. SOURCE: Facebook FAIR USE
11-13-19 SSFL SBZ apparent fire code violations as clearly sides of road haven't been cut back 10 feet on each side, which surely must be of concern to anyone, including the VCFD, intent on blocking a repeat of the deadly Woolsey Fire that started on SSFL. SOURCE: Facebook FAIR USE
11-13-19 SSFL SBZ apparent fire code violations may be a function of Boeing trying to foist this contaminated land upon the public as parkland that should only have 2 percent off SSFL's radiation and chemicals fully cleaned up. Greenwashing photos that are news in and of themselves are quite helpful in exposing this potentially disastrous situation through Fair Use. SOURCE: Facebook FAIR USE
The structure in the background in this 11-5-19 photograph is supposed to have 100 feet clearance from brush, chaparral and wild grasses like this primed to burn and just feet from the structure. This should have been an easier fire code violation to cite since it is by the entrance to SSFL. SOURCE: Facebook FAIR USE
The greenhouse structure in this 11-5-19 photograph is supposed to have 100 feet of clearance, not have it growing right up to it. These photographs, obtained from third party sources through Facebook and Fair Use, suggest that the fire code violations apparently manifest here could be much more widespread. SOURCE: Facebook FAIR USE
This Halloween 2019 photograph shows a Santa Susana Field Laboratory Southern Buffer Zone weed choked road with chaparral five feet high and not cut back ten feet on each side of this road. Suggests yet another fire code violation that was missed by the VCFD. SOURCE: Facebook FAIR USE
10-16-19 SSFL SBZ "Sunset & Sip" along roads apparently not cut back to fire code SOURCE: Facebook FAIR USE
10-16-19 SSFL SBZ "Sunset & Sip" along roads apparently not cut back to fire code SOURCE: Facebook FAIR USE
10-16-19 SSFL SBZ "Sunset & Sip" along roads apparently not cut back to fire code SOURCE: Facebook FAIR USE
10-16-19 SSFL SBZ "Sunset & Sip" along roads apparently not cut back to fire code SOURCE: Facebook FAIR USE
10-16-19 SSFL SBZ "Sunset & Sip" along roads apparently not cut back to fire code SOURCE: Facebook FAIR USE
10-16-19 SSFL SBZ "Sunset & Sip" along roads apparently not cut back to fire code SOURCE: Facebook FAIR USE
10-16-19 SSFL SBZ with Boeing's Kamara Sams strolling along through another stretch appearing to not be cut back according to fire code, even though the Ventura County Fire Department certified this area as up to code July 4, 2019. The following photos indicate that the brush was not cut back in those shots. This could be disastrous in a wildfire and failure to follow fire rules is especially troubling at SSFL. SOURCE: Facebook FAIR USE
10-16-19 SSFL SBZ with Boeing's Kamara Sams and Paul Costa on “Sunset & Sip” hike through the Southern Buffer Zone with libations awaiting participants at the end of the stroll, yet another attempt by the company to sell SSFL’s contaminated land as safe. Yes, fire code says that the chaparral hard on the dirt road they're standing on should have been cut back 10 feet. SOURCE: Facebook FAIR USE
10-16-19 SSFL SBZ with Boeing's Kamara Sams with old Rocketdyne test stand in background. Sams is also standing in front of uncut brush coming right up to road.
SOURCE: Facebook FAIR USE
10-9-19 Santa Susana Field Laboratory Southern Buffer Zone shows vehicle parked on golden grass that is tinder dry. These folks were incredibly lucky that parked SUV didn't catch the weeds on fire because it's hard to outrun a wildfire. SOURCE: Facebook FAIR USE
10-8-19 Santa Susana Field Laboratory Southern Buffer Zone shows trucks parked on golden grass that is tinder dry. These big truck engines are HOT hauling water up SSFL's steep main access road. Why not park them over flammable grass with hot engines? SOURCE: Facebook FAIR USE
10-8-19 Santa Susana Field Laboratory Southern Buffer Zone shows trucks parked on golden grass that is tinder dry. These big truck engines are HOT hauling water up SSFL's steep main access road. Does Boeing know about this clueless behavior which could ignite another Woolsey Fire? SOURCE: Facebook FAIR USE
10-8-19 Santa Susana Field Laboratory Southern Buffer Zone truck appears parked on road with grass and brush growing up through it. "Workers will be aware that that the buildup of brush or grass on the catalytic converter poses a significant fire hazard," says 2011 SSFL Safety Manual these non-workers clearly haven't read or haven't figured out on their own. Boeing will be liable if these non-workers set the SBZ on fire. SOURCE: Facebook FAIR USE
9-03-19 photo shows that the SSFL SBZ road still has weeds and plants growing right next to, and quite possibly through, the dirt road where this scene is taking place. SOURCE: Facebook FAIR USE
8-28-18 Santa Susana Field Laboratory Southern Buffer Zone shows trucks parked on road in eastern SBZ by uncut back tinder dry grass and chaparral, even apparent at this distance. SOURCE: Facebook FAIR USE
7-9-19 Santa Susana Field Laboratory Southern Buffer Zone shows two trucks parked on tinder dry grass. “Vehicles and equipment will not idle or park in areas where catalytic converters may ignite vegetation,” says a 2011 SSFL Safety Plan. Photos show that this clueless and dangerous practice was done repeatedly. SOURCE: Facebook FAIR USE
7-5-19 Santa Susana Field Laboratory Southern Buffer Zone brush and dry golden wild grasses hard on this SBZ road appears to fail fire code. This is ONE DAY AFTER the Ventura County Fire Department certified all SSFL, including this area, as being in fire code compliance 7-4-19. SOURCE: Facebook FAIR USE
6-26-19 Santa Susana Field Laboratory Southern Buffer Zone weed choked road walked on by three people and appears to fail fire code. This is one week BEFORE the Ventura County Fire Department certified all SSFL, including this area, as being in fire code compliance 7-4-19. SOURCE: Facebook FAIR USE
8-23-19 Santa Susana Field Laboratory Southern Buffer Zone road actually appears to have been cut back about 5 feet on each side which is better than nothing yet more proof that fire code regulations might not be being followed to the letter. SOURCE: Facebook FAIR USE
8-23-19 Santa Susana Field Laboratory Southern Buffer Zone road appears to not be cut back 10 feet on each side in yet more proof that fire code regulations might not be being followed to the letter. SOURCE: Facebook FAIR USE
8-23-19 Santa Susana Field Laboratory Southern Buffer Zone road appears to not be cut back 10 feet on each side even as the Woolsey Fire started at SSFL 11-8-18. SOURCE: Facebook FAIR USE
8-23-19 Santa Susana Field Laboratory Southern Buffer Zone road may have been in this condition when the VCFD approved Boeing's brush clearance for the lab. How could VCFD have missed this or were they assured of its weed abatement and left it at that? SOURCE: Facebook FAIR USE
8-23-19 Santa Susana Field Laboratory Southern Buffer Zone road shows no weed abatement . This is the same stretch of road seen in 6-27-19 photos and shows it couldn't have been cut back for the 7-4-19 Ventura County Fire Department (VCFD) approval and grown back this much unless its being power irrigated with Miracle Gro. SOURCE: Facebook FAIR USE
6-27-19 SSFL Southern Buffer Zone uncut vegetation violates fire code and would have to have been cut back for the 7-4-19 Ventura County Fire Department (VCFD) approval. That would mean that had to have been done within 7 days that included VCFD inspecting the SSFL including the SBZ and then issuing its permit. Then the cut brush had to have grown back to 8-23-19 size in just 7 weeks. Seems unlikely. SOURCE: Facebook FAIR USE
6-27-19 Santa Susana Field Laboratory Southern Buffer Zone uncut vegetation along road appears to be in violation of Ventura County's fire code that requires a cutback of ten feet from the sides of roadways like this one snaking its way through the polluted SBZ. SOURCE: Facebook FAIR USE
6-27-19 Pickup truck that has been parked off a SBZ fire road on top of unshorn tinder dry grass next to a group of people clueless to the danger. Luckily, the truck’s hot engine, muffler or catalytic converter didn’t catch the grass on fire and set off Woolsey Fire II. SOURCE: Facebook FAIR USE
6-27-19 SSFL entrance shows weeds by road in back right of photo at exit of parking lot that isn't cut back 10 feet. Even this trivial-seeming observation is valuable because it points to a site-wide fire code compliance problem at the site of the 2018 Woolsey Fire point of origin. SOURCE: Facebook FAIR USE
4-20-19 Santa Susana Field Laboratory Southern Buffer Zone weed choked road walked on by three lions and appears to fail fire code. SOURCE: Vimeo screen grab FAIR USE
4-20-19 Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) Southern Buffer Zone (SBZ) weed choked road appears to fail to have 10 foot clearance on each side. SOURCE: Facebook FAIR USE
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