2005 Arizona Revised Statutes - Revised Statutes §41-2146  State fire safety committee; members; terms; powers and duties; compensation

A. A state fire safety committee is established consisting of seven members who are appointed for three year terms by the governor pursuant to section 38-211. The governor may remove any member from the committee for incompetency, improper conduct, disability or neglect of duty. Membership on the committee is as follows:

1. Two members, not from the same municipality, each of whom shall be a fire chief or fire marshal of a paid municipal fire department of a city with a population of one hundred thousand persons or more.

2. One member shall be a fire chief of a paid municipal fire department of a town with a population of less than one hundred thousand persons.

3. One member shall be a member of the Arizona fire chiefs' association.

4. One member shall be a registered architect.

5. One member shall be a chief building official of a city, town or county.

6. One member shall be a member of the public.

B. The state fire safety committee shall annually select from its membership a chairman for the committee. The committee shall meet on the call of the chairman or on the request of at least four members.

C. The state fire safety committee shall adopt by rule a state fire code establishing minimum standards for:

1. Safeguarding life and property from fire and fire hazards.

2. Prevention of fires and alleviation of fire hazards.

3. Storage, sale, distribution and use of dangerous chemicals, combustibles, flammable liquids, explosives and radioactive materials.

4. Installation, maintenance and use of fire escapes, fire protection equipment, fire alarm systems, smoke detectors and fire extinguishing equipment.

5. The means and adequacy of fire protection and exit in case of fire in places in which numbers of persons work, live or congregate, excluding family dwellings which have fewer than five residential dwelling units.

6. Other matters relating to fire prevention and control which are considered necessary by the committee.

D. The state fire safety committee shall adopt rules and a schedule of fees for a permit, for a plan submission, for plan review and for reinspections that are payable by persons regulated under article 3 of this chapter.

E. The state fire safety committee shall adopt rules for the allocation of monies from the arson detection reward fund established in section 41-2167. The rules shall be consistent with the purposes set forth in section 41-2167 and shall promote the effective and efficient use of the fund monies.

F. Members of the committee are not eligible to receive compensation for service on the committee but are eligible for reimbursement of expenses pursuant to title 38, chapter 4, article 2.