§ 14-24. Enforcement officers.

(a)

The fire chief of the St. Tammany Parish Fire Protection District No. 1 shall be responsible for the enforcement of the city fire code. He shall detail such members of the fire department as inspectors as shall from time to time be necessary. To assist in the performance of the responsibilities and duties placed upon the fire chief of St. Tammany Parish Fire Protection District No. 1, a bureau of fire prevention in the fire department shall be created.

(b)

This bureau shall operate under the provisions of the fire chief of St. Tammany Parish Fire Protection District No. 1. The Fire Protection District No. 1 may designate a fire official of St. Tammany Parish Fire Protection District No. 1 as fire marshal. The fire marshal shall be the administrator of the bureau of fire prevention. The fire marshal shall be responsible for the direct administration and enforcement of the city fire code as may be set forth by the St. Tammany Parish Fire Protection District No. 1. The fire marshal shall be appointed on the basis of examinations or other method for determining his qualifications. The fire chief of St. Tammany Parish Fire Protection District No. 1 may also designate such number of technical inspectors as shall from time to time be authorized by the board of commissioners of the St. Tammany Parish Fire Protection District No. 1. Such technical inspectors shall be selected through an examination to determine their fitness for the position.

(c)

It shall be the duty of the officers of the bureau of fire prevention to enforce all laws and ordinances of the city 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 fire alarm systems, and fire extinguishing equipment;

(4)

The maintenance and regulation of fire escapes;

(5)

The means and adequacy of exit in case of fire, from factories, schools, hotels, lodginghouses, asylums, hospitals, churches, halls, theaters, amphitheaters and all other places in which numbers of persons work, live or congregate from time to time for any purpose;

(6)

The investigation of the cause, origin and circumstances of fires;

(7)

The maintenance of fire cause and loss records.

They shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as are set forth in other sections of this article and as may be conferred and imposed from time to time by law. The fire chief for St. Tammany Parish Fire Protection District No. 1 may delegate any of his powers or duties under this article to the fire marshal.

(Code 1966, §§ 10-18, 10-19)