(A) (1) The Fire Prevention Code shall be enforced by the Bureau of Fire Prevention in the Fire Department.
(2) The Bureau shall be under the supervision of the Chief of the Fire Department.
(B) The Chief or Fire Marshal in charge of the Bureau of Fire Prevention shall be appointed by the Board of Public Works and Safety on the recommendation of the Chief of the Fire Department.
(C) The Chief of the Fire Department may detail such members of the Fire Department as inspectors from time to time as necessary.
(D) A report of the Bureau of Fire Prevention shall be made annually and transmitted to the chief executive officer of the municipality. It shall contain all proceedings under this code, with such statistics as the Chief of the Fire Department may wish to include. The Chief of the Fire Department shall also recommend any amendments to the code which, in his or her judgment, shall be desirable.
(E) Any third-party inspectors who perform inspections upon life safety systems which are under the jurisdiction of the Fire Department’s Fire Prevention Bureau shall coordinate the inspections on behalf of their clients as specifically directed by the Fire Marshal of the city in order to ensure uniform monitoring and in the event the city utilizes a single-point repository service company, and the following provisions shall also apply to the inspectors and their clients.
(1) All certified contractors providing services, testing, installations, repair or maintenance of fire prevention systems to commercial facilities within the city are required to enroll in and utilize the city-approved single point repository services company (hereinafter “SRSC”) for reporting the rendered service information. This reporting information must be filed with the SRSC within five business days of the completion of the services to the commercial facility.
(2) If utilized by the city, the SRSC will be a third-party records repository which shall organize, maintain and monitor the received records, providing information to the city and the commercial facility pertaining to the records status and timely notifications on required inspection timetables. Fees for this provided services shall be paid directly from the certified contractors to the city-approved SRSC.
(3) In addition, a copy of the record of each periodic inspection, test, servicing, repairs and maintenance, shall be maintained on the commercial facilities premises, or other approved location, for a period of not less than seven years, unless a greater period of time is specified in the state fire prevention laws and rules, except that any original acceptance test reports shall be maintained for the life of the system. The records shall be made immediately available to the Fire Marshal or Fire Department Fire Prevention Bureau upon request.
(Prior Code, § 92.03) (Ord. 2241-1966, passed - -1966; Ord. 83-1984, passed - -1984; Ord. 45-2022, passed 10-3-2022)