Title 13 . Public Safety

Chapter 52 . General Provisions for 13 AAC 50 - 13 AAC 55

Section 20. Fire records

13 AAC 52.020. Fire records

(a) Every fire or other related incident must be reported to the state fire marshal. Incident reports must be submitted within the first 10 days of the month following the month in which the incident occurred. Incident reports must be submitted by the fire chief or investigating officer, and be in a form approved by the state fire marshal. The state fire marshal's office shall provide each reporting fire department an annual summary of fire-related incidents reported under this section. The marshal's report shall be provided by July 1 of each year starting July 1, 1997.

(b) The state fire marshal will keep a record of all fires and of all the facts concerning them, including statistics as to the extent of fires and the damage caused, and whether the losses were covered by insurance and, if so, in what amount. The record will be compiled from the reports made by fire department officers and inspectors. All the records are public, except when a criminal matter is pending.

(c) Each fire insurance company authorized to transact business in this state, or its authorized agent or adjustor, shall report to the state fire marshal all fire losses on property insured, giving the name and address of the insured, the date of the fire, the amount of probable loss, the character of the property destroyed or damaged and the probable cause of the fire. The loss must be reported to the state fire marshal within three days after the final adjustment is made.

History: In effect before 7/28/59; am 7/25/60, Register 30; am 2/21/71, Register 37; am 8/2/86, Register 99; am 8/31/96, Register 139; am 8/27/2004, Register 171

Authority: AS 18.70.030

AS 44.17.030