(a) The Bureau of Fire Prevention in the Avon Lake Fire Department is hereby established, and shall be operated under the supervision of the Fire Chief.
(b) The person in charge of the Bureau shall be an Assistant Fire Chief in the Avon Lake Fire Department and a State of Ohio Fire Safety Inspector. He or she shall bear the title of Fire Marshall.
(c) No person shall serve as a Fire Safety Inspector unless he or she has received a certificate issued by the State of Ohio evidencing his or her satisfactory completion of a fire safety inspection training program. Upon such completion and certification, the individual shall be a State of Ohio Fire Safety Inspector.
(d) The Fire Chief may detail members of the Fire Department as Fire Safety Inspectors to assist personnel in the Fire Prevention Bureau and such members may, under the direction of the Fire Chief or Fire Prevention Officer, enforce the Fire Code. Such members shall be State of Ohio Fire Safety Inspectors.
(e) It is the duty of the Bureau of Fire Prevention to enforce the City of Avon Lake Fire Code and all laws and ordinances of the City relating to fire hazards, fire prevention and fire protection.
(f) Personnel assigned to the Fire Prevention Bureau shall perform such other duties as herein required, and as may be assigned by the Fire Chief.
(Ord. 66-08. Passed 5-12-08; Ord. 83-2018. Passed 5-14-18.)