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Prevention and Community Safety Division

Minimize pain, suffering and loss through public education, life safety engineering, code enforcement, as well as fire investigations.

Objectives/Capabilities

  • Enforce state and local laws, codes and ordinances pertaining to fire and life safety.

  • Conducts plan reviews and building code life safety related inspections of commercial, industrial and public buildings.

  • Conduct fire code inspections of buildings within the County. 

  • Provide public fire and life safety education.

  • Respond in a timely, efficient and effective manner to requests for fire prevention and life safety services and information.

  • Develop and deliver effective, audience appropriate fire/injury prevention, and life safety public-education programs.

  • Conduct investigations of arson and fires of unknown or suspicious origin.

  • Conduct the Risk Watch Program in the County’s 2nd grade classes.

  • Provide fire/injury prevention and life safety education programs to a variety of age groups and businesses in the County.

  • Provide fire safety educational information for high school seniors as they transition to college and/or the workforce.

  • Provide intervention and direction for children identified as juvenile fire setters, and their parents.

  • Oversee public compliance with Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act Title III.

  • Coordinate the County’s Child Seat Awareness Restraint and Education program “CARE.”

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