FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE
Investigations
The FMO is responsible for all fire investigations within the city limits of Pearland. For FY22 the FMO conducted 55 fire investigations resulting in 4 arson arrests. The FMO prioritizes a Juvenile Fire Setter Program in an effort to prevent juvenile fire setters, or juveniles that have been involved in the setting of fires.
Inspections
The Pearland FMO performs various inspections with the more common ones being annual routine inspections, new commercial building inspections, fire alarm inspections, fire sprinkler inspections, within the City of Pearland. In FY22, the FMO performed 589 Annual Routine inspections, 546 Fire Marshal Final inspections, 127 Fire Alarm inspections, and 159 Fire Sprinkler inspections. The FMO also conducts plan reviews for all new commercial buildings being developed within the city. The FMO is also responsible for all fire protection plan reviews, pre- development meetings, and DRC meetings. For FY22 the FMO conducted 536 Plan reviews, and 274 Fire Permit reviews. Plan Review
The Pearland Fire Marshal’s Office (FMO) strives to keep Pearland a cleaner and safer city and a big part of that is enforcing environmental crimes. Environmental Crimes range from illegal dumping, unauthorized discharge into waters of the state, illegal burning. For FY22 the FMO conducted 11 illegal dumping investigations, 7 illegal burning investigations, and 2 unauthorized discharge investigations. Environmental Crimes PFD's FMO is one of three departments in Southeast Texas that currently has an Accelerant Detection Program. The FMO K9 Team is deployed when requested by Pearland Fire Marshal Investigators, as well as providing mutual aid assistance to outside agencies. The Accelerant Detection K9, Dio, is a 6-year-old Chesapeake Bay Retriever certified on fourteen ignitable liquids commonly used in arson fires. In FY22, the K9 team responded to 10 fires within the city of Pearland, as well as assisting outside agencies. K9 Program
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