Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-314
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Investigation of fires - Report to fire marshal - Record
Official statutory text
of fires.
The State Fire Marshal and the chief of the fire department of
every city or village in which a fire department is established, and
the mayor of every incorporated village or town in which no fire
department exists, and the sheriff of the county shall investigate
the cause, origin and circumstances of every fire occurring in such
city, village, town or county by which property has been destroyed
or damaged, and shall especially make investigation as to whether
such fire was the result of carelessness or design. Said
investigation shall begin within two (2) days, not including
Sundays, of the occurrence of such fire, and the said Fire Marshal
shall have the right to supervise and direct such investigation
whenever he deems it necessary or expedient. The officer making the
investigation of fires, shall forthwith notify said Fire Marshal and
shall within a week of the occurrence of the fire furnish to the
said Fire Marshal a written statement of all facts relating to the
cause and origin of the fire, and such other information as may be
called for by blanks provided by said Marshal. The State Fire
Marshal shall keep in his office a record of all fires occurring in
the state, together with all facts, statistics and circumstances
including the origin of the fires, which may be determined by the
investigation provided by this act; such records shall at all times
be open to the public inspection, and such portions of it as the
insurance commissioner may deem necessary shall be transcribed and
forwarded to him within fifteen (15) days from the 1st day of
January of each year.
The State Fire Marshal and the chief of the fire department of
every city or village in which a fire department is established, and
the mayor of every incorporated village or town in which no fire
department exists, and the sheriff of the county shall investigate
the cause, origin and circumstances of every fire occurring in such
city, village, town or county by which property has been destroyed
or damaged, and shall especially make investigation as to whether
such fire was the result of carelessness or design. Said
investigation shall begin within two (2) days, not including
Sundays, of the occurrence of such fire, and the said Fire Marshal
shall have the right to supervise and direct such investigation
whenever he deems it necessary or expedient. The officer making the
investigation of fires, shall forthwith notify said Fire Marshal and
shall within a week of the occurrence of the fire furnish to the
said Fire Marshal a written statement of all facts relating to the
cause and origin of the fire, and such other information as may be
called for by blanks provided by said Marshal. The State Fire
Marshal shall keep in his office a record of all fires occurring in
the state, together with all facts, statistics and circumstances
including the origin of the fires, which may be determined by the
investigation provided by this act; such records shall at all times
be open to the public inspection, and such portions of it as the
insurance commissioner may deem necessary shall be transcribed and
forwarded to him within fifteen (15) days from the 1st day of
January of each year.
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