The Chief of the Fire Department shall keep, in the office of the Bureau of Fire Prevention, a record of all fires and of the facts concerning the same, including statistics as to the extent of such fires and damage caused thereby, and whether such losses were covered by insurance, and if so, in what amount. Such record shall be made daily from the reports made by the inspector under the provisions of this chapter. All such records shall be published.
('79 Code, § 8-13)