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Fire Department's role in determining cause and origin of fires
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Council Member Sanchez inquires about the Fire Department's role in investigating fires. Chief John Esposito explains that fire marshals determine the cause and origin of fires but do not make determinations about negligence or intentionality.
- Fire marshals are responsible for determining the cause and origin of fires.
- The department does not make judgments about negligence or intentionality.
- This information could potentially initiate further actions by other entities, though the process is not clearly defined.
Pierina Ana Sanchez
1:00:04
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1:00:04
That makes sense.
1:00:06
Chief in the fire department, do the fire marshals look into culpability or negligence in in their investigation?
John Esposito
1:00:16
The the fire marshals are tasked with determining the cause and origin of the fire.
1:00:21
I don't I don't believe that they then go the next step and determine whether that's negligent or intentional or make some sort of, you know, notification, but they are able to start that step, find the cause of it, and I would imagine that then that puts something else in motion.