The Division of
State Fire Marshal is located within the
Department of Financial Services, where Alex
Sink not only serves as Florida’s Chief
Financial Officer but also as Florida’s State
Fire Marshal.
The Division of
State Fire Marshal is dedicated to providing the
highest quality services to all of our
customers, from local fire departments who
request our assistance with conducting fire
investigations to citizens who want to attend
one of the finest fire training colleges in the
state. Our Headquarters is located in
Tallahassee, Florida; however, we have numerous
field offices located across the state to help
us serve our customers better.
Division
of State Fire Marshal, who we are…
Did you know
that the investigators working for the State
Fire Marshal’s office are sworn law enforcement
officers, who conduct complex investigations and
have the ability to make arrest all over the
state?
Our investigators conduct thousands of fire
related investigations each year, with
approximately 45% being determined to be arson.
Our investigators make arrest in 18% of the
arson fires investigated, which is above the
national average of 16%. Fire investigations
are complex and potentially dangerous. To learn
more about this field, please visit the link to
the
Bureau of Fire and
Arson Investigations.
Did you know
that the State Fire Marshal’s Forensic
Laboratory receives and examines over
10,000 evidence submissions every year?
These submissions come from fire departments,
police departments, sheriff’s offices and our
own investigators. The crime laboratory
offers a wide variety of services to include
examination of fire debris, explosives analysis, image reproduction and forensic
video analysis. The forensic
experts in the laboratory conduct consultations
with investigators, prosecutors, and other
attorneys on analyses and general aspects of
forensic science. These consultations are
often in preparation for expert witness
testimony in criminal court. To learn more
about this field, please visit the link to the
Bureau of Forensic
Fire and Explosive Analysis.
Did you know
that the State Fire Marshal’s office issues over
3,000 basic fire fighter certifications every
year?
And that is less than half of the certification examinations administered
during a given year. Our staff works hard to
ensure students receive the best fire fighter
training possible, whether students are
attending one of the 35 certified training
centers located across the state or attending
the Florida State Fire College. Our State Fire
College trains over six thousand students per
year in a wide variety of certification and
professional development programs to include
Pump Operator, Fire Officer, Fire Investigator,
HAZMAT, etc. To learn more about this
field, please visit the link to the
Bureau of Fire
Standards and Training.
Did you know
that the State Fire Marshal is responsible for
inspecting over 14,000 state owned buildings
every year?
Our staff’s code
enforcement and inspection activities also reach
over 16,000 public and private buildings; to
include prisons, universities, public schools,
thousands of fuel-fired boiler systems, hundreds
of construction mining sites and explosive
storage locations each year. To learn
more about this field, please visit the link to
the
Bureau of Fire
Prevention.
Did you
know that the Florida Fire Incident
Reporting Section collects over 1,800,000
fire and emergency reports per year?
These local fire department and fire service
reports are combined with the other states
reports in the National Fire Incident
Reporting System for use by the fire
services in analysis and trends. The Florida
reports are also used to form the basis for
the State Fire Marshal's Annual Report
"Florida Fires". To learn more about
incident reporting, visit the link to
Fire and Emergency
Incident Reporting Section.
The State Fire
Marshal has authority to implement rules that
conform with the standards of fire safety and
the need to protect Floridians from fire
hazards. Please take time to explore deeper
into our web-site and discover the wide variety
of projects our dedicated members are involved
in.
