All local assistants not receiving a salary from the State of Alabama shall receive monthly on the audit of the Fire Marshal $.50 for each report of each separate fire reported to the Fire Marshal under the provisions of this article; provided, that the loss by such fire shall exceed the amount of $25.00. In addition thereto there shall be paid to the chiefs of the fire departments or to the mayor in each incorporated municipality or place in which no paid fire department exists or to any other authorized citizen without the limits of an incorporated municipality or place, whose duty it shall have been to make and who has actually made an investigation of such fire and reported same to the fire marshal, the sum of $.15 per mile for each mile traveled to the place of the fire and, where an investigation has been made, a sum not to exceed $3.00 for each day's service spent in making such investigation. Such fees shall be paid only after conclusive evidence is furnished that such service has been ordered by the Fire Marshal and has been performed in accordance with the provisions of this article, upon itemized vouchers and upon oath.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 36-19-1 - Police Powers of Fire Marshal, Deputies and Assistants.
Section 36-19-2 - Powers and Duties of Fire Marshal, Deputies and Assistants Generally.
Section 36-19-2.1 - Manufacture of Destructive Device or Bacteriological or Biological Weapon.
Section 36-19-4.1 - (Effective February 1, 2022) Inspections of State Property.
Section 36-19-5 - Investigation and Reporting of Fires by Assistants Generally.
Section 36-19-6 - Reports of Fires to Fire Marshal by Assistants.
Section 36-19-12 - Appeal From Order to Circuit Court.
Section 36-19-13 - Appeal From Decision of Circuit Court to Court of Civil Appeals.
Section 36-19-15 - Lien for Expenses of Repair, etc., Paid by Fire Marshal.
Section 36-19-17 - Taking, etc., of Testimony by Fire Marshal, etc., During Investigations.
Section 36-19-19 - Fire Marshal, etc., May Summon Witnesses, Require Production of Books, Etc.
Section 36-19-21 - Imprisonment of Witness for Contempt Upon Complaint of Fire Marshal, Etc.
Section 36-19-22 - Fees of Witnesses and Officers Serving Subpoenas, Etc.
Section 36-19-23 - Payment of Fees to Local Assistants Not Receiving Salary From State.
Section 36-19-24 - Reports by Insurance Companies as to Fire Losses.
Section 36-19-25 - Records of Fires to Be Kept by Fire Marshal.
Section 36-19-26 - Annual Report of Fire Marshal to Governor.
Section 36-19-29 - Disposition of Penalties or Forfeitures.
Section 36-19-30 - Recreational Park Trailers.