Fire Prevention
Personnel
Total Personnel: 3
- Fire Marshal
- Senior Fire Inspector
- Fire Inspector
Description of Operations
The Fire Prevention Division is under the direction of the Fire Marshal, who reports directly to the Fire Chief. The division is responsible for conducting plan reviews of all new commercial construction projects to ensure that all fire safety requirements, as directed by the fire code, have been included and is of correct type and design. The division conducts field inspections of all new commercial construction to ensure that fire code requirements and fire protection equipment are installed and operate as designed. The division processes and reviews all applications for fire permits as directed by the fire codes. The division is charged with conducting on-site fire inspections of all existing non-residential occupancies to ensure compliance with local code and take appropriate enforcement measures to correct unsafe conditions. The division receives and responds to citizen complaints and takes immediate action to resolve these complaints within a reasonable time. The division develops and conducts an assortment of public safety education programs designed to educate various citizen age groups in the principles of fire safety prevention measures and self-help actions to take in the event of fire.
The division is responsible for the investigation of every accidental and criminal incendiary fire occurring within the city. The division's arson investigators, through final disposition of arrest and prosecution, investigate fires of criminal origin.
The division is responsible for the investigation of all hazardous material incidents of spills, dumping or illegal use. Additionally, the division is responsible for the investigation of all illegal burning operations, fireworks violations, and juvenile fire setter activities. The division conducts fire department prospective employee background and personal history investigations and internal affair investigations when so directed by the Fire Chief.
Prevention & Safety Education Programs