[Ord. 178, 12/5/1966, § 1]
The office of Fire Marshal is hereby created in the Township
of Baldwin, such officer to be appointed by the Board of Commissioners.
The Fire Marshal shall report to the Commissioner in charge of Public
Safety and to the Board of Commissioners.
[Ord. 178, 12/5/1966, § 2]
The first person to be appointed to the office of Fire Marshal
shall be appointed immediately, and shall serve until the first Monday
of January, 1967. Subsequent appointments shall be made on the first
Monday of January of each year, such appointees to serve until their
respective successors have been duly appointed and qualified. Vacancies
shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment was
made, for the unexpired portion of the term. The compensation of the
Fire Marshal shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Commissioners.
[Ord. 178, 12/5/1966, § 2]
The Fire Marshal shall inspect all constructions or buildings-within
the Township, whether public, private, or business, and shall enforce
all laws of the Commonwealth, and all ordinances of the Township relating
to such constructions or buildings, for the prevention, containment,
or investigation of fire and fire hazards, both as to the construction
of buildings, and as to the contents or occupancies thereof. The Fire
Marshal shall report to the Commissioner in charge of Public Safety
or to the Board of Commissioners any faulty or dangerous construction
or building, or like condition in any building, that may constitute
a fire hazard, or any proposed use or occupation of any construction,
building, or premises, which would create or increase a hazard of
fire. He shall investigate and keep a permanent record of the cause,
origin, and circumstances of every fire, and the damage resulting
therefrom, occurring within his jurisdiction, and immediately after
the occurrence of such fire. The said records of the Fire Marshal
shall be open to public inspection. The Fire Marshal shall submit
to the Board of Commissioners an annual report consolidating the information
contained in said records at the first stated meeting in January of
each year.
[Ord. 178, 12/5/1966, § 3; as amended by Ord. 427, 4/4/2006]
1.
No person shall in any way obstruct or prevent, or attempt to obstruct
or prevent the Fire Marshal in the discharge of his duties, by denying
or attempting to deny him access to any premises owned or occupied
by such person, or by failing or refusing to furnish correct information
requested by the Fire Marshal in the investigation into the cause,
origin, or circumstances of any fire.
2.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of
this Part, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine
of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said
fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 days. Each
day that a violation of this Part continues shall constitute a separate
offense.
