The state fire marshal and deputy state fire marshals may enforce all the laws of the state providing for: 1. The prevention of fires. 2. The storage, sale, and use of combustibles, explosives, and fireworks. 3. The fire and life safety code compliance of hazardous materials. 4. The installation and maintenance of fire protection and life safety systems. 5. The fire and life safety code compliance of all public and private elementary and secondary schools, from all public places, and from all other places in which fifty or more persons congregate from time to time for any purpose. 6. The suppression of arson and the investigation of the origin and cause of fires and explosions. 7. The education of the citizens of North Dakota through organized programs on the hazards of fire.
18-01-03. Deputy state fire marshal to assist state fire marshal - Duties when state fire marshal absent. Each deputy state fire marshal shall assist the state fire marshal, and in the event of a vacancy in the office of state fire marshal, or during the absence or disability of that officer, the chief deputy state fire marshal shall assume the duties of the office of state fire marshal.