Relating to the duties of fire officials and reports of fires and emergency responses

This bill relates to the duties of fire officials and reports of fires and emergency responses. The bill provides that the chief of the fire department or the chief’s designee of every city or township in which a fire department is established or every township 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 resulting in property damage, bodily injury, or destruction. The investigation shall determine whether the fire was caused by natural factors, negligence, or intentional action. 2 to the list of persons allowed access to personal information contained in records of the department of transportation if the information is requested by the presentation of a registration plate number. The bill adds an employee of a fire department to the list of persons allowed access to personal information that is in the form of a person’s photograph or digital image or a digital reproduction of a person’s photograph. The bill adds the fire marshal or an officer or employee of a fire department to the definition of a “criminal or juvenile justice agency”.3 (reports of fires and emergency responses).