31-143. Fire marshal authorized to advise and assist state civil defense director; assistance to municipalities; responsibilities and duties of state fire marshal. (a) The state fire marshal shall be authorized to advise, assist and coordinate with the state civil defense director in the development of civil defense or disaster plans, and on request shall assist any municipality in the enforcement of the state fire prevention code. He shall have the responsibility for the implementation of any fire safety programs developed by the state fire marshal and designed to minimize fire hazards and disasters in loss of life and property from these causes. Such responsibilities shall include, but are not limited to, the establishment and enforcement of fire safety practices throughout the state; preventive inspection and correction activities; coordination of fire safety programs with volunteer and paid fire companies, other state agencies and municipalities, and the state fire marshal shall analyze and evaluate Kansas fire loss statistics in order to make a determination of the problems.
(b) The state fire marshal upon request shall assist the chief of any recognized fire company or department, any legally designated fire marshal of a municipality and the personnel of other state agencies in fire prevention matters.
History: L. 1972, ch. 157, ยง 12; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Article 1 - Fire Safety And Prevention
31-132 Fire safety and prevention; definitions.
31-132a Fire safety and prevention; apartment house, defined.
31-133 Fire marshal; power and duties; rules and regulations.
31-134a Same; compliance with certain building codes deemed compliance with fire prevention code.
31-135 Advisory committees to assist fire marshal; membership; no compensation.
31-136 Same; exemptions from regulations, when; procedure.
31-140 Same; appeals from orders; notice and hearing; decisions; compliance.
31-142 Judicial review of fire marshal's action.
31-145 Powers of actual members of organized fire departments.
31-147 Compliance with regulations by hotels, lodging facilities and restaurants.
31-150a Violations of fire prevention code; criminal penalty; injunction.
31-159 Violations of fire prevention code, administrative penalties.
31-160 Smoke detectors; citation of act.
31-163 Same; violations; penalties.
31-164 Same; act in addition to local law.
31-165 Toll-free number; hazardous materials incidents.
31-170 Use of pyrotechnics; places of public assembly.
31-171 Roofing material; wood shakes or wood shingles; restrictive covenants, unenforceable, when.