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AN ORDINANCE CREATING A BUREAU OF FIRE
PREVE1~ION, ESTABLISHING ITS PERSONNEL
A~D DUTIES, AND MAKING PROVISION FOR THE
PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF FIRES IN THE
CITY OF OCOEE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF OCOEE
1. A Bureau of Fire Prevention in the Fire Department
of the City of Ocoee is hereby established, which shall be opera~-
ed under the supervision of the Chief of the Fire Department.
The Chief of the Fire Department may designate an of-
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ficer (or member) of the Fire Department as Chief of the Bureau
of Fire Prevention, who shall hold this office at the pleasure of
the Chief of the Fire Department.
The Chief of the Fire Department may detail such other
members of the fire department as inspectors as shall, from time
to time, be necessary.
2. It shall be the duty of the officers of the Bureau
of Fire Prevention to enforce all laws and ordinances covering
the following:
(I) The prevention of fires.
(2) The storage and use of explosives and
flammable.s .
(3) The maintenance and regulation of fire
escapes.
(4) The means and adequacy of exit in case of
fire ,::':fr.om"sehools, hotels, lodging houses,
churches, halls, theatres, and all other places
in which numbers of persons work, live or con-
gregate, from time to time, for any purpose.
(5) The investigation of the cause, origin,
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and circumstances of fires.
3. The Chief of the Fire Department; Chief of the Bur-
eau of Fire Prevention or any Inspector, may, at all reasonable
hours, enter any building or premises within his jurisdiction, for
the purpose of making any inspection, or investigation, which, un-
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der the provisions of this ordinance, be, or they may deem neces-
sa:ry to be made.
4. The Chief of the Fire Department, Chief of the Bureau
of Fire Prevention, or an Inspector, upon complaint of any person,
or whenever he or they shall deem it necessary, shall inspect any
buildings and premises within their jurisdiction. Whenever any of
said officers shall find any building or other structure whiCh, for
want of repairs, lack of sufficient fire escapes or fire extinguish-
ing equipment, or by reason of age or dilapidated conditions, or
from any other cause, is especially liable to fire, and which is
so situated as to endanger other property or the occupants thereof,
and whenever such officer shall find in any building combustible
or explosive matter or flammable conditions dangerous to the safety
of such building, or the occupants thereof, he or they shall order
such dangerous conditions or materials to be removed or remedied.
5. The Bureau of Fire Prevention shall investigate the
cause, origin and circumstances of every fire occurring in the city,
by which property h~s been destroyed or damaged, and, so far as pos-
sible, shall determine whether the fire is the result of careless-
ness or design. Such investigations ahall be begun immediately
upon the occurrence of such a fire by the Inspector in whose dis-
trict the fire occurs, and if it appears to the officer making such
an investigation, that such fire is of suspicious origin, the Chief
of the Fire Department shall be immediately notified of the facts;
he shall take charge immediately of the physical evidence, shall
notify the proper authorities designated by law to pursue the in-
vestigation of such matters, and shall further cooperate with the
authorities in the collection of evidence and in the prosecution
of the case. Every fire shall be reported in writing to the Bureau
of Fire Prevention within two days after the occurrence of the same
by the officer in whGse jurisdiction such fire has occurred. Such
report shall be in such form as shall be prescribed by the Chief
of the Fire Department, and shall contain a statement of all facts
relating to the cause,.origin and circumstances of such fire, and
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extent of the damage thereof, and the insurance upon such proper-
ty, and such other information as may be required.
6.. It shall be the duty of the Ohief of.the Fire Denart-
ment to require teachers of public, private and parochial schools
and educational institutions to have one fire drill each month,
and to keep all doors and exits unlocked during school hours.
7. The Chief of the Fire Department shall keep, in the
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office of the Bureau of Fire Prevention, a record of all fires,
and of the facts concerning same, including statistics as to the
extent of such fires and the damage caused thereby, and whether
such losses were covered by insurance, and if so~ in what amount.
Such record shall be made daily from the reports made by the In-
spectors under the provision of this ordinance. All such records
shall be public.
8. The annual report of the Bureau of Fire Prevention
shall be' made on or before the
day of
and transmitted to the City Oouncil; it shall contain all proceed-
ings under this 'ordinance, with such statistics as the Chief of
the Fire Department may wish to include therein; the Ohief of the
Fire Department shall also recommend any amendments to the ordi-
nance which, in his jVQgment, shall be desirable.
9. All reg1:j.l~tions issued by the State Fire Marshal
under authority of Chapter 20,671 Laws of Florida, approved June
4, 1941, and entitled "AN AOT Relating to the State Treasurer as
Ex-Officio Insurance, Oommissioner in Oonnection with Fires; to
Provide for Payment of.Expenses of Administration; to Provide for
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Appointment of an Advi~ory Committee; and to Repeal All Laws in
Conflict Herewith;" shall be enforceable by the proper authorities
of this municipality, and the Chief of the Fire Department, are
hereby authorized to perform within the corporate limits of this
munlcipality any duties that may be imposed upon them by said law,
or in accordance therewith, and to have such assistance as they may
find necessary from other officials of this municipality in the
discharge of such duties.
IO. Any and all persons who shall violate any of the
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provisions of this ordinance or fail to comply therewith, or who
shall violate or fail to comply with any order or regulation made
thereunder, or who shall build in violation of any detailed state-
ment of specifications or plans submitted and approved thereunder,
or any certificate of permit issued thereunder, shall severally,
for each and every such violation and noncompliance respectively,
forfeit and pay a penalty not to exceed the sum of twenty-five dol-
lars, or punishment not to exceed ten days. The imposition of one
penalty for any violation of this ordinance shall not excuse the
violation, or permit it to continue; and all such persons shall be
required to correct or remedy such violations or defects within a,
reasonable time; and when not otherwise specified, each ten days
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that prohibited conditions are maintained, shall constitute a
separate offense.
The application of the above penalty shall not be held
to prevent the enforced removal of prohibited conditions.
II. All ordinances and parts of ordinances inconsistent
herewith are hereby repealed.
12. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force.
Passed by the City Council
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A.pproved by the Mayor, ~~~
1942 .
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