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Welcome To The
Davie County Fire Marshal's Office
Davie County Fire Marshal's Office was established in 1985. The Fire Marshal's Office serves as a liaison between county government and the volunteer fire departments to assist with the budget process, standards compliance, district mapping, reporting, and training and education. The Fire Marshal's Office also maintains a person on an “on call” basis of 24 hours per day that is available to respond to any county incident.
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The Fire Marshal's Office provides three major services, which are enforcement, regulatory and hazardous materials response.
The enforcement service consists of the investigation of fires for the determination of origin and cause, whether accidental or incendiary; any fire related death or injury, and complies all the related documentation for such instances. All fire and arson investigations are conducted from the preliminary investigation, to follow ups, to the prosecution, if warranted, and work in conjunction with other agencies such as the North Carolina Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms where the scope of the investigation may fall within their jurisdiction. Also, the Fire Marshal's Office enforces the County's open burning regulations, which prohibits the burning of any refuse materials. All members are state certified fire investigators or working towards certification. The Fire Marshal's Office conducts approximately thirty to fourty fire investigations a year.
The regulatory service consists of the inspection of all buildings (businesses, factories, industries, churches, schools, day cares, rest homes, etc.) within Davie County as they relate to the maintenance and requirements of the North Carolina State Fire Prevention Code, Volume 5. The overall inspection process includes building plans review for new occupancies, the issuance of permits, sprinkler plans review, fire alarm systems review, and the inspection of the occupancy for any life safety (ex. exits) or fire safety (ex. housekeeping) violations. Should any violation(s) occur, corrective actions are suggested and a re-inspection is conducted. Personnel are certified as Fire Inspector Level II by the North Carolina Code Officials Qualification Board.
The hazardous materials response service is a joint venture between the Fire Marshal's Office, in conjunction with the Mocksville Fire Department that came together to form a hazardous materials response team. The haz mat team was formed in 2004 and is available to respond to all areas of the County and municipalities. The team consists of eleven members and one response vehicle. Eleven members are state certified at the technician level that requires over two hundred hours of initial training and the remaining personnel are state certified at operations level. The team is capable to respond to a situation involving the release of a hazardous material from a fixed facility or a transportation incident for mitigation purposes that may require the use of special chemical protective clothing and respiratory protection. The hazardous materials team responds to approximately twenty calls per year.
For further information contact : Jerry K Myers Fire Marshal (336) 753-6163
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