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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="6-305" title_number="6" title_name="State Fire Prevention Commission and State Fire Marshal" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="State Fire Marshal">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The State Fire Marshal shall enforce:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>all laws of the State that relate to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the prevention of fire;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the storage, sale, and use of explosives, combustibles, or other dangerous articles, in solid, liquid, or gaseous form;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the installation and maintenance of all kinds of equipment intended to control, detect, or extinguish fire;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the means and adequacy of exit, in case of fire, from buildings and all other places in which individuals work, live, or congregate, except buildings that are used solely as dwelling houses for no more than two families; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>the suppression of arson;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the regulations adopted by the Commission under Subtitle 2 of this title; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>any requirements relating to the installation of automatic sprinkler systems in new one– and two–family dwellings.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>By delegation of authority vested in the Commission and within policy established by the Commission, the State Fire Marshal shall implement fire safety programs in the State to minimize fire hazards and disasters and loss of life and property from these causes, including:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the establishment and enforcement of fire safety practices throughout the State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>preventive inspection and correction activities;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>coordination of fire safety programs with volunteer and career fire companies and other State agencies and political subdivisions exercising enforcement aspects; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>critical analysis and evaluation of State fire loss statistics to determine problems and solutions.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>On request, the State Fire Marshal shall assist in fire prevention matters:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a chief of a fire company or department;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a legally designated fire marshal of a county or municipal corporation; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a unit or agency of the State or a county or municipal corporation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The State Fire Marshal, assistant State fire marshals, and special assistant State fire marshals shall develop for each property owned or leased by the State:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>fire safety procedures, including fire drills at least quarterly; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>emergency evacuation procedures.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Information about fire safety and emergency evacuation procedures shall be available to all State employees on request.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The State Fire Marshal shall require the State unit exercising control over the property owned or leased by the State to keep records of fire drills or other exercises that relate to fire safety and emergency evacuation procedures conducted in the property.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The State Fire Marshal may issue permits and licenses as required under this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>On request, the State Fire Marshal may assist police and fire authorities to dispose of hazardous devices and substances.</text>
  </level>
</section>
