100.1 - FIRE MARSHAL. - Iowa Statutes

100.1 FIRE MARSHAL. The chief officer of the division of state fire marshal in the department of public safety shall be known as the state fire marshal. The fire marshal's duties shall be as follows: 1. To enforce all laws of the state relating to the suppression of arson, and to apprehend those persons suspected of arson; 2. To investigate into the cause, origin and circumstances of fires; 3. To promote fire safety and reduction of loss by fire through educational methods; 4. To enforce all laws, and the rules and regulations of the Iowa department of public safety, concerned with: a. The prevention of fires; b. The storage, transportation, handling, and use of flammable liquids, combustibles, and explosives; c. The storage, transportation, handling and use of liquid petroleum gas; d. The electric wiring and heating, and adequate means of exit in case of fire, from churches, schools, hotels, theaters, amphitheaters, asylums, hospitals, health care facilities as defined in section 135C.1, college buildings, lodge halls, public meeting places, and all other structures in which persons congregate from time to time, whether publicly or privately owned; 5. To promulgate fire safety rules. The state fire marshal shall have exclusive right to promulgate fire safety rules as they apply to enforcement or inspection requirements by the state fire marshal, but the rules shall be promulgated only after public hearing. Wherever by any statute the fire marshal or the department of public safety is authorized or required to promulgate, proclaim, or amend rules and minimum standards regarding fire hazards or fire safety or protection in any establishment, building or structure, the rules and standards shall promote and enforce fire safety, fire protection and the elimination of fire hazards as the rules may relate to the use, occupancy and construction of the buildings, establishments or structures. The word "construction" shall include, but is not limited to, electrical wiring, plumbing, heating, lighting, ventilation, construction materials, entrances and exits, and all other physical conditions of the building which may affect fire hazards, safety or protection. The rules and minimum standards shall be in substantial compliance except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, with the standards of the national fire protection association relating to fire safety as published in the national fire codes. 6. To adopt rules designating a fee to be assessed to each building, structure, or facility for which a fire safety inspection or plan review by the state fire marshal is required by law. The fee designated by rule shall be set in an amount that is reasonably related to the costs of conducting the applicable inspection or plan review. The fees collected by the state fire marshal shall be deposited in the general fund of the state. 7. To administer the fire extinguishing system contractor, alarm system contractor, and alarm system installer certification program established in chapter 100C.          Section History: Early Form [S13, § 2468-a, -m; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 1619; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 100.1; 81 Acts, ch 46, § 1]          Section History: Recent Form 92 Acts, ch 1163, § 25; 2000 Acts, ch 1229, §20; 2003 Acts, ch 165, §17; 2003 Acts, ch 166, §1; 2004 Acts, ch 1125, §1; 2007 Acts, ch 197, §1, 50; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §190 Referred to in § 101C.2, 237.3