Highland fire chief presents draft municipal fire code, hazardous‑materials rules
Fire Chief Glenn Schlesser presented a comprehensive draft municipal fire code covering the Fire Prevention Bureau structure, inspection and enforcement authority, plan review and permitting requirements, emergency-entry and fire-investigation powers, life-safety systems, and an expanded hazardous-materials registration and reporting program. He said the text largely mirrors language from a neighboring municipality to ensure legal defensibility and asked Council to convert it into ordinance form.
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Fire Chief Glenn Schlesser reviewed a lengthy draft municipal fire code that would create a local Fire Prevention Bureau, define inspection and enforcement authority, set permitting and plan-review requirements for fire-protection systems, and establish hazardous-materials registration and spill-response procedures.
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