Iowa Code 10A.511 – Fire control duties
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The duties of the director as it relates to fire control shall be as follows:
1. To enforce all laws, and the rules and regulations of the department concerned with all of the following:
a. The prevention of fires.
b. The storage, transportation, handling, and use of flammable liquids, combustibles, fireworks, and explosives.
c. The storage, transportation, handling, and use of liquid petroleum gas.
d. The electric wiring and heating, and adequate means of exit in case of fire, from churches, schools, hotels, theaters, amphitheaters, asylums, hospitals, health care facilities as defined in section 135C.1, college buildings, lodge halls, public meeting places, and all other structures in which persons congregate from time to time, whether publicly or privately owned.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 10A.511
- Consumer: means any individual whose occupation is other than health services, who has no fiduciary obligation to an institutional health facility, health maintenance organization or other facility primarily engaged in delivery of services provided by persons in health service occupations, and who has no material financial interest in the providing of any health services. See Iowa Code 10A.711
- Department: means the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing. See Iowa Code 10A.101
- Director: means the director of inspections, appeals, and licensing. See Iowa Code 10A.101
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Rule: includes "regulation". See Iowa Code 4.1
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
2. To promote fire safety and reduction of loss by fire through educational methods.
3. To promulgate fire safety rules in consultation with the state fire marshal. The director shall have exclusive right to promulgate fire safety rules as they apply to enforcement or inspection requirements by the department, but the rules shall be promulgated pursuant to chapter 17A. Wherever by any statute the director or the department is authorized or required to promulgate, proclaim, or amend rules and minimum standards regarding fire hazards or fire safety or protection in any establishment, building, or structure, the rules and standards shall promote and enforce fire safety, fire protection, and the elimination of fire hazards as the rules may relate to the use, occupancy, and construction of the buildings, establishments, or structures. The word “construction” shall include but is not limited to electrical wiring, plumbing, heating, lighting, ventilation, construction materials, entrances and exits, and all other physical conditions of the building which may affect fire hazards, safety, or protection. The rules and minimum standards shall be in substantial compliance except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, with the standards of the national fire protection association relating to fire safety as published in the national fire codes.
4. To adopt rules designating a fee to be assessed to each building, structure, or facility for which a fire safety inspection or plan review by the director is required by law. The fee designated by rule shall be set in an amount that is reasonably related to the costs of conducting the applicable inspection or plan review. The fees collected by the department shall be deposited in the general fund of the state.
5. To administer the fire extinguishing system contractor, alarm system contractor, and alarm system installer certification program established in chapter 100C.
6. To order the suspension of the use of consumer fireworks, display fireworks, or novelties, as described in section 727.2, if the state fire marshal determines that the use of such devices would constitute a threat to public safety.