PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
§132-1 County fire chiefs; powers and duties. (a) Records. The fire chief of each county shall keep in the county fire chief's office a record of all fires occurring in the county and of all facts concerning the same, and shall make compilations and statistical investigations on an annual basis, all of which shall be kept as permanent records in the fire chief's office. All records shall be public, except that any evidence in any investigation may, in the discretion of the county fire chief, be withheld from the public.
(b) Investigations, generally. The fire chief of each county shall:
(c) On January 1 of each year, the fire chief of each county shall transmit the records and statistical investigations compiled pursuant to subsection (a) to the office of the state fire marshal. On January 1 of each alternating year, the fire chief of each county shall transmit the inspection record of property that may constitute a fire hazard within their county compiled pursuant to subsection (b)(2) to the office of the state fire marshal. [L 1917, c 115, pt of §49; RL 1925, pt of §3463; RL 1935, pt of §6839; am L 1939, c 239, §1(1, 3, 9); RL 1945, §8525; RL 1955, §184-1; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §15; am L 1963, c 114, §3; HRS §132-1; am L 1978, c 241, §2(1); gen ch 1985; am L 2025, c 302, §6]