1630.03 DUTIES AND POWERS.

   (a)   It shall be the duty of the Bureau of Fire Safety of the City to enforce all laws and ordinances covering the following:

      (1)   Inspection of structures and facilities for potential fire hazards;

      (2)   Abatement of existing fire hazards;

      (3)   Investigation of the cause, origin and circumstances of fires;

      (4)   Storage, use and handling of hazardous materials;

      (5)   Regulation of the maintenance of means of egress;

      (6)   Regulation of the maintenance and acceptance tests of automatic and other private fire alarm systems and fire extinguishing equipment;

      (7)   Control of the means and adequacy of exits in case of fire from factories, schools, hotels, lodging houses, hospitals, churches, halls, theaters and all other places in which persons work, meet, live or congregate;

      (8)   Educational fire prevention programs;

      (9)   Monitoring of construction, protection and occupancy features of buildings to minimize danger to life and property from fire, products of combustion or panic;

      (10)   Issuance of permits as specified in the Unified Fire Code, as adopted in Section 1610.01, and provided in Section 1630.10;

      (11)   Conducting of plan reviews of fire protection systems and associated fire and life safety systems and equipment.

   (b)   The Bureau of Fire Safety shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as are set forth in other sections of this Fire Prevention Code, in other ordinances and as may be conferred and imposed from time to time by law.

(Ord. 5-91. Passed 4-15-91.)