Vermont § 2831 - Investigations

§ 2831. Investigations

• (a) The Fire Marshal and the Fire Marshal’s assistants are authorized to investigate the
  cause, origin, and circumstances of every fire within the State that causes injury
  to any person or that causes damage or loss of property in excess of $200.00. The
  Fire Marshal and the Fire Marshal’s assistants shall make a special investigation
  of any fire of suspicious origin. In any investigation carried out by the Fire Marshal,
  the Fire Marshal shall cooperate with the local fire department. (b) The chief of a volunteer or paid fire department or the chief’s designee and, in towns
  lacking a fire department, the selectboard chair shall investigate the cause, origin,
  and circumstances of every fire occurring in the jurisdiction that causes injury to
  any person or that causes damage or loss of property in excess of $200.00. The chief
  or the selectboard chair may make a special investigation as to whether a fire was
  the result of carelessness or accident and shall make a special investigation of any
  fire of suspicious origin. (Amended 1973, No. 137 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 393, eff. July 1, 2022.)