A Fire Prevention Bureau is hereby established
in and for the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights, which Bureau shall be
under the direct supervision of the Fire Official.
The Fire Prevention Bureau shall have such powers
and perform such duties as are set forth by ordinance or as may be
conferred by the Mayor and Council.
The Fire Official shall keep in the office of
the Bureau of Fire Prevention a record of all fires and of all the
facts concerning the same, including statistics as to the extent of
such fires and the damages caused thereby and whether such losses
were covered by insurance and, if so, in what amount. Such record
shall be made from reports made under the provisions of this chapter.
All such records shall be public.
The annual report of the Bureau of Fire Prevention
shall be made on or before the first day of January and transmitted
to the Mayor and Council. It shall contain all the proceedings under
this chapter, with such statistics as the Fire Official may wish to
include therein.