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Fire Prevention Respectively Submitted By Deputy Fire Chief Michael K. Laracy The goal of the Fire Prevention
Division is to support the Department’s Mission Statement: “The mission of the
Walpole Fire Department is to protect life and property from the threat of
fires, medical The fire prevention duties are conducted by the Deputy Fire Chief, Captains and Lieutenants throughout the year. As a group we have the responsibility of overseeing and enforcing Massachusetts General Laws-Chapter 148, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Board of Fire Prevention Regulations 527 CMR 1-50 Fire Code, sections of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Building Code and also standards and guidelines set forth by the National Fire Protection Association. Over the course of the year, department personnel conducted 2,339 inspections of residential and commercial occupancies, an increase of 82 inspections from 2006. Some of those inspections include: smoke detectors, carbon monoxide alarms, oil burners, propane gas storage, fuel tank removals and installations, tank trucks, commercial fire alarm and sprinkler inspections and state mandated quarterly inspections. |
emergencies, natural and manmade disasters. In order to fulfill this mission we
provide planning, prevention, education, incident control and mitigation”. The
Fire Prevention Division continually strives to achieve this goal through code
compliance, enforcement and community education.