2006 Code of Virginia § 36-139.2 - Appointment of State Fire Marshal; qualifications; powers and duties; power to arrest, to procure a...
36-139.2. Appointment of State Fire Marshal; qualifications; powers andduties; power to arrest, to procure and serve warrants and to issuesummonses; limitation on authority.
The Director shall appoint a State Fire Marshal and other personnel necessaryto carry out the provisions of the Statewide Fire Prevention Code ( 27-94 etseq.). The State Fire Marshal and other personnel appointed pursuant to thissection shall be selected upon the basis of education or experience inadministering laws and regulations designed to prevent and eliminate hazardsto life and property arising from fire.
The State Fire Marshal shall have the powers and duties prescribed by theStatewide Fire Prevention Code ( 27-94 et seq.), by 27-61, by Boardregulation and by the Director. The State Fire Marshal and those persons dulyauthorized to enforce the Statewide Fire Prevention Code shall have theauthority to arrest, to procure and serve warrants of arrests and to issuesummonses in the manner authorized by general law for violation of theStatewide Fire Prevention Code. The authority granted in this section shallnot be construed to authorize the State Fire Marshal to wear or carryfirearms. All personnel appointed pursuant to this section shall meet thetraining requirements set forth for local fire marshals in 27-34.2.
(1989, c. 258.)
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