100.2 Duties of fire officials.
The chief of the fire department or the chief’s designee of every city or township in which a fire department is established or the chief of the fire department or the chief’s designee responding to every township fire where there is a contract for fire protection in effect shall investigate into the cause, origin and circumstances of every fire occurring in the city or township by which property has been destroyed or damaged or which results in bodily injury to a person, and determine whether the fire was the result of natural causes, negligence or design. The state fire marshal may assist in the investigation or may direct the investigation if the fire marshal finds it necessary.
[S13, §2468-d, -e; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1624; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §100.2]
84 Acts, ch 1095, §1
Referred to in §100.3, 100.4
Structure Iowa Code
Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION
Chapter 100 - STATE FIRE MARSHAL
Section 100.2 - Duties of fire officials.
Section 100.3 - Reports of fires and emergency responses.
Section 100.4 - Penalty for nonreporting.
Section 100.5 - Reports — when public records.
Section 100.6 - Testimony under oath.
Section 100.7 - Oaths — attendance of witnesses.
Section 100.8 - Refusal to testify or produce books.
Section 100.9 - Crimes in connection with fires.
Section 100.10 - Authority to enter and inspect.
Section 100.11 - Fire escapes.
Section 100.12 - Authority for inspection — orders.
Section 100.13 - Violations — orders.
Section 100.14 - Legal proceedings — penalties — injunctive relief.
Section 100.15 - Hearing on review.
Section 100.16 - Judicial review — court costs.
Section 100.17 - Bond — suspension of order.
Section 100.18 - Smoke detectors.
Section 100.19 - Consumer fireworks seller licensing — penalty — fund.
Section 100.19A - Consumer fireworks wholesaler — registration — penalty.
Section 100.20 - County attorney.
Section 100.26 - Time for compliance with order — penalty.
Section 100.30 - Investigation may be private.
Section 100.31 - Fire and tornado drills in schools — warning systems — inspections.
Section 100.33 - Annual report.
Section 100.35 - Rules of marshal — penalties.
Section 100.38 - Conflicting statutes.
Section 100.39 - Fire extinguishers in high-rise buildings.
Section 100.40 - Marshal may prohibit open burning on request.
Section 100.41 - Authority to cite violations.
Section 100.51 - Application for warrant.
Section 100.52 - Grounds for issuance.