The Chief of the Fire Department, with the approval of the Fire Commission, may appoint a Fire Marshal and assistants. The Board of Supervisors may empower the Fire Marshal to sell property saved or salvaged from any fire and for which no owner can be found. The Fire Marshal may call upon police officers to assist in the protection or salvaging of property and shall have such other powers and duties as by ordinance may be prescribed relative to the protection of property at fires and the storage of property salvaged therefrom. The Fire Marshal shall have such duties appertaining to the enforcement of laws relative to the storage, sale and use of flammable and combustible liquids, combustible materials and explosives as the Fire Commission by rule, or the Supervisors by ordinance, may prescribe.
(Added by Ord. 320-96, App. 8/8/96)