To assist in the performance of the responsibilities and the duties placed upon the Fire Chief, the Office of the Fire Marshal is established within the Fire/EMS Department, which shall be responsible for enforcing laws and ordinances in effect in Prince George's County covering the following: The prevention of fires; The storage, use, and handling of explosive, flammable, toxic, corrosive, and other hazardous gaseous, solid, and liquid substances; The installation and maintenance of automatic, manual, and other private fire alarm systems and fire extinguishing equipment; The installation, maintenance, and regulation of fire escapes; The maintenance of fire protection and the elimination of fire hazards on land and in buildings, structures, and other property, including those under construction; The means and adequacy of each exit in the event of fire from factories, schools, hotels, lodging houses, asylums, hospitals, churches, halls, theaters, amphitheaters, and all other places in which people work, live, or congregate from time to time for any purpose; The investigation of the origin, cause, and circumstance of fires and explosions within Prince George's County, Maryland; The fire safety aspects of Subtitle 11 and the State of Maryland Fire Prevention Code, except for Chapter 2, "Procedural Regulations, " and Chapter 4, "Fees for Fire Prevention Services;" and Other duties as assigned by the Fire Chief.