§ 35-9-107 — Duties and powers of state fire marshal

(a) The state fire marshal shall:
(i) Establish administrative policy for the
department;
(ii) Adopt regulations in consultation with the board
and council to implement this article, excluding the provisions
of W.S. 35-9-106 and 35-9-124;
(iii) Implement fire safety programs designed to
minimize fire hazards and disasters and loss of life and
property from these causes. These programs shall include:
(A) Establishment and enforcement of fire safety
and safety practices throughout the state;
(B) Preventive inspection and corrective
activities;
(C) Coordination of fire safety programs with
volunteer and paid fire companies and other state agencies and
political subdivisions;
(D) Critical analysis and evaluation of fire
loss statistics to determine problems and solutions;
(E) Coordination, development and implementation
of training programs designed to assist fire fighters in all
phases of fire prevention and suppression activities except the
wild land and forestry division fire control programs
implemented by the state forester; and
(F) Acceptance testing on fire alarm systems,
fire sprinkler systems and kitchen hood and duct suppression
systems.
(iv) Inspect each state owned building not under the
authority of a local governmental entity pursuant to W.S.
35-9-121(b) and require conformance to the minimum standards of
fire prevention, fire protection and public safety;
(v) Inspect facilities or installations upon request
by the owner. The department may charge reasonable fees not
exceeding the cost of the inspection;
(vi) Upon request, assist the chief of a fire company
or department, a fire marshal, a local building inspector, other
state agencies or political subdivisions of the state or county
fire wardens in fire prevention matters;
(vii) Keep a record of all fires which occur in the
state, including the origin, facts, statistics and circumstances
of the fire determined by investigation under this act. The
record, except for testimony given in the examination, shall be
open for public inspection at all times;
(viii) Upon request, assist a municipality, county or
other local governmental entity in exercising authority granted
to that entity under W.S. 35-9-121.
(b) The state fire marshal may:
(i) Subject to W.S. 35-9-121(b) and 35-9-121.1(d),
enforce state laws not otherwise enforceable by another state
agency concerning:
(A) The prevention of fire;
(B) The storage, sale and use of an explosive,
combustible or other dangerous article in solid, liquid or gas
form;
(C) Repealed By Laws 2003, Ch. 49, § 3.
(D) The suppression of arson and investigation
of fire and explosions.
(ii) Subject to W.S. 35-9-121(b), inspect public,
business or industrial buildings and require conformance to
standards of prevention and safety and of uses of premises as
promulgated by the International Fire Code, the International
Building Code, the International Mechanical Code and the
International Fuel Gas Code;
(iii) Deputize a member of a fire department who is
approved by the chief of his department, or a local building
inspector approved by the local governmental entity, provided
that the person is qualified to inspect, investigate and carry
out orders for the state fire marshal under the rules adopted by
the department;
(iv) Employ personnel and contract with appropriate
personnel as necessary for the efficient performance of assigned
duties.
(c) The state fire marshal shall not interfere with the
hookup of a utility to a new or remodeled building either during
construction or after construction is completed, unless the
state fire marshal determines that the hookup of a utility poses
immediate danger to life or property.