(a) It shall be the duty of the officers of the Bureau of Fire Prevention to enforce all laws and ordinances covering the following:
(1) The prevention of fires;
(2) The storage and use of explosives and flammables;
(3) The installation and maintenance of automatic and other private fire alarm systems and fire extinguishing equipment;
(4) The maintenance and regulation of fire escapes;
(5) The maintenance of protection and the elimination of hazards in buildings and structures, including those under construction;
(6) The means and adequacy of exit in case of fire, from factories, schools, hotels, lodging houses, asylums, hospitals, churches, halls, theaters and all other places in which numbers of persons work, live or congregate, from time to time, for any purpose;
(7) The investigation of the cause, origin and circumstances of fires.
(b) The Bureau shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as are set forth in other ordinances, and as may be conferred and imposed from time to time by law.
(1964 Code §601.06; Ord. 281-87. Passed 12-21-87.)