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Fire Marshal's Office - Fire & Life Safety
P.O. Box 40 Chesterfield,
Phone (804) 748-1426 Fax (804) 768-8766
The Fire Marshal, Deputy Fire Marshal, and Assistant Fire Marshal's are
given the duty to enforce State and County fire codes as well as investigate
fires, explosions, and hazardous materials releases.
Additional
responsibilities of the Fire Marshal's Office includes the regulation
of open burning, fireworks, blasting and explosive storage, propane tank
exchange, and the development of future codes that address fire safety.
For information about a specific area, click on the links below:
- Inspections - The purpose of the Virginia
Statewide Fire Prevention Code is to provide a fire safe environment
for the public. This primarily includes business offices, shopping
malls, stores, restaurants, theaters and nightclubs.
- Investigations - Determining the
cause of an accidental fire can prevent future fires by education
and code development. Fires that are set intentionally constitute
the crime of arson and cost millions of dollars and hundreds of lives
annually in the United States.
- Fireworks Regulations
- Chesterfield County regulations concerning the possession, sale,
and use of all fireworks in the county.
- Blasting and Explosives
- Chesterfield County regulations concerning the use, storage, and
transportation of explosives and blasting agents.
- Environmental Crimes - The
intentional spilling or dumping of anything hazardous to the environment
is a violation local, state, and in some cases federal laws.
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