The Fire Marshal, Deputy Fire Marshal, and Assistant Fire Marshals are given the duty to:
- Develop future codes that address fire safety
- Enforce state and county fire codes
- Investigate fires, explosions, and hazardous materials releases
- Regulate the following:
- Blasting and explosive storage
- Fireworks
- Open burning
- Propane tank exchange
The Fire and Life Safety Division creates methods to reduce the number of personal injuries and fires.
Responsibilities
- Building inspections
- Fire investigations
- Review construction and fire protection system plans
- Safety education programs
Objectives
- Maintain civilian injuries per 100 fires below five for the year
- Maintain a comprehensive inspection program that targets high risk buildings and populations
- Maintain the number of fires per 1,000 population below 10
- Maintain total estimated property loss under five percent of property value
- Present fire safety programs and information concerning cooking related fires and smoke detectors
- Prevent injuries, deaths, and property damage
- Provide accident prevention and education programs at various levels of our school system
- Provide quality plan review in 10 days or less for most commercial and multi-family properties
- Provide technical support to emergency operations personnel by identifying and targeting priority fire hazards