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100.2 - DUTIES OF FIRE OFFICIALS.

        100.2  DUTIES OF FIRE OFFICIALS.
         The chief of the fire department or the chief's designee of every
      city or township in which a fire department is established or the
      chief of the fire department or the chief's designee responding to
      every township fire where there is a contract for fire protection in
      effect shall investigate into the cause, origin and circumstances of
      every fire occurring in the city or township by which property has
      been destroyed or damaged or which results in bodily injury to a
      person, and determine whether the fire was the result of natural
      causes, negligence or design.  The state fire marshal may assist in
      the investigation or may direct the investigation if the fire marshal
      finds it necessary.
         Section History: Early Form
         [S13, § 2468-d, -e; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 1624; C46, 50, 54,
      58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 100.2]
         Section History: Recent Form
         84 Acts, ch 1095, § 1
         Referred to in § 100.3, 100.4