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...(A) The director of the department of commerce shall appoint, from names submitted to the director by the state fire council, a state fire marshal, who shall serve at the pleasure of the director and shall possess the following qualifications: (1) A degree from an accredited college or university with specialized study in either the field of fire protection or fire protection engineering, or the equivalent qualifica...

...fire marshal; the superintendent of the Ohio fire academy; the grants administrator; the fiscal officer; the executive secretary to the fire marshal; legal counsel; the pyrotechnics administrator, the chief of the forensic laboratory; the person appointed by the fire marshal to serve as administrator over functions concerning testing, license examinations, and the issuance of permits and certificates; and the chiefs ...

... marshal, or assistant fire marshal was acting within the scope of division (A)(2), (4), or (14) of section 3737.22, or section 3737.24 or 3737.26, of the Revised Code and the operation of the vehicle did not constitute willful or wanton misconduct. (C) The fire marshal, the chief deputy fire marshal, and any assistant fire marshal is immune from liability for injury, death, or loss to person or property caused by t...

...n investigation, such record shall be a public record and such portions thereof, as the superintendent of insurance considers necessary, shall be transcribed and forwarded to the superintendent within fifteen days from the first day of January each year.

...furnish him a written statement of all facts relating to its cause and origin and such other information as is required by forms provided by the marshal. In the performance of the duties imposed by Chapter 3737. of the Revised Code, the marshal and each of his subordinates, and any other officers mentioned in this section, at any time of day or night, may enter upon and examine any building or premises where a fire ...

...ersons supposed to be cognizant of any facts, or to have means of knowledge in relation to the matter concerning which an examination is required to be made, and cause such testimony to be reduced to writing.

...If the fire marshal or an assistant fire marshal determines that there is evidence sufficient to charge a person with arson or a similar crime, or with a violation of section 3737.62 of the Revised Code, the marshal or assistant marshal may arrest the person or cause the person to be arrested and charged with the offense. The fire marshal or assistant fire marshal shall provide the prosecuting attorney the ev...

...ord, regardless of physical form or characteristic.

...ord, regardless of physical form or characteristic, concerning a matter under examination, or be guilty of contemptuous conduct after being summoned by the fire marshal or an assistant fire marshal to appear before the fire marshal or assistant fire marshal to give testimony in relation to a matter or subject under investigation.

...Investigation by or under the direction of the fire marshal may be private. The marshal may exclude from the place where such investigation is held all persons other than those required to be present, and witnesses may be kept separate from each other and not allowed to communicate with each other until they have been examined.

...When required by the superintendent of insurance, the fire marshal shall report his proceedings, the progress made in all prosecutions for arson and similar crimes, and the result of all cases finally disposed of.

...The fire marshal shall, upon the request of any sheriff or mayor, investigate any bombing and shall work with local law enforcement officials in the apprehension of any person participating in any bombing.

...ttend. The school shall be known as the Ohio fire academy. The fire marshal shall establish the training program and all rules governing qualifications for admission to the academy. He may require competitive examinations to determine the fitness of prospective trainees so long as the examinations or other criteria for admission to the academy are not inconsistent with Chapter 124. of the Revised Code. The fire ma...

...The fire marshal, after consultation with prosecuting attorneys of this state selected with due regard for geographic, urban, and rural representation, shall make available a seminar program, attendance at which is optional, that is designed to provide the prosecuting attorney and an assistant prosecuting attorney from each county of this state with current information, data, training, and techniques relative to the ...

... the Revised Code evidencing his satisfactory completion of a fire safety inspector training program.

...(A) If the fire marshal, an assistant fire marshal, or any certified fire safety inspector, upon an examination or inspection, finds a building or other structure, which for want of proper repair, by reason of age and dilapidated condition, defective or poorly installed electrical wiring and equipment, defective chimneys, gas connections, or heating apparatus, or for any other reason, is especially liable to fire or ...

...t the school governing authority is not actively taking steps to achieve compliance within the time prescribed by division (H)(1) of that section, the fire marshal, assistant fire marshal, certified fire safety inspector, or authority having jurisdiction shall, with reasonable promptness, issue a citation to the responsible person. Each citation shall be in writing and shall describe with particularity the nature of ...

...(A) If, after an inspection or investigation, the fire marshal, an assistant fire marshal, or a certified fire safety inspector issues a citation under section 3737.41 or 3737.42 of the Revised Code, the issuing authority shall, within a reasonable time after such inspection or investigation and in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, notify the responsible person of the citation and penalty, if any, ...

...of the Revised Code, any condition or practices in any building or upon any premises which violate the state fire code and are such that a fire or explosion hazard exists which could reasonably be expected to cause death or serious physical harm. Any order issued under this section may require such steps to be taken as may be necessary to avoid, correct, or remove such imminent danger. (B) Upon the filing of any suc...

...If any responsible person fails to comply with an order of the fire marshal, an assistant fire marshal, or a certified fire safety inspector as finally affirmed or modified by the state board of building appeals under section 3737.43 of the Revised Code, within the time fixed in the order, then the fire marshal, assistant fire marshal, or certified fire safety inspector may file a complaint in the court of common ...

...504. of the Revised Code shall bring an action for an injunction, temporary or permanent, or any other appropriate proceedings against any person violating or threatening to violate any provision of the state fire code or any order issued pursuant thereto in the court of common pleas in the county where the violation is occurring or is threatened to occur. This section does not expand, and shall not be construed as ...

...ion which exists, or from one or more practices, means, methods, operations, or processes which have been adopted or are in use, unless the person did not and could not with the exercise of reasonable diligence, know of the presence of the violation. (H) Civil penalties imposed by this chapter shall be paid to the fire marshal for deposit into the general revenue fund. Such penalties may be recovered in a civil act...

...either of the following: (1) The manufacture, sale, or distribution of class B firefighting foam containing intentionally added PFAS chemicals. (2) The use of class B firefighting foam containing intentionally added PFAS chemicals in emergency firefighting or fire prevention operations. (E) For purposes of using foam during firefighting operations training, a person may use a training foam that does not contain...

...The owner, operator, or lessee of any transient residential building shall post the provisions of sections 2909.02 and 2909.03 of the Revised Code in a conspicuous place in each room occupied by guests in such building. The owner, operator, or lessee of any nontransient residential building, institution, school, or place of assembly shall post the provisions of such sections in conspicuous places upon such premises. ...

...No person shall set, kindle, or cause to be set or kindled any fire, which through his negligence, spreads beyond its immediate confines to any structure, field, or wood lot.