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State Fire Marshal · Overview
The Washington State Fire Marshal’s Office is organized as a Bureau within the Washington State Patrol. Our focus and efforts foster a fire safe environment through engineering, education and enforcement. We are responsible for providing fire and life safety inspections in licensed care occupancies, including nursing homes, boarding homes, group homes, hospitals, and childcare centers; we conduct construction plan review on new school construction and when local jurisdictions request our assistance; we license the fireworks and the fire sprinkler industries, and certify fire sprinkler industry workers and cigarette manufacturers; we collect emergency response data from the fire service and develop an annual report to demonstrate the true fire problem in Washington State; we develop, provide and support local public education programs aimed at educating the public about fire prevention and general safety; we train Washington State’s fire service, in the field and at the State Fire Training Academy; we certify fire service members in meeting national standards and skills; and we coordinate fire service resources during large fires and disasters through the State’s Fire Resource Mobilization Plan. The Bureau is comprised of two Divisions: Preparedness and Prevention. Staff is located in our Olympia Headquarters office, at the Fire Training Academy in North Bend, and in field offices around the state. We strive to provide the best customer service to our clients, including the citizens, facilities we inspect, contractors we license and certify, and the fire service we train and support. The Bureau is provided oversight by the Governor appointed Fire Protection Policy Board. The Board is responsible for establishing a comprehensive state policy regarding fire protection services. The Policy Board also advises the Chief of the Washington State Patrol and the state Fire Marshal on matters relating to their duties under state law and on budget and fiscal matters pertaining to the duties of the director of fire protection. This nine member Board is made up of representatives of the fire chiefs, insurance industry, cities and towns, counties, career firefighters, volunteer firefighters, fire commissioners, Department of Natural Resources, and the state association of fire marshals. |
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The State Fire Marshal’s Office is dedicated to the protection of life, property and the environment from the devastation of fire.
