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Public Education & Inspection Division
Responsibilities
The Public Education and Inspection Division oversees the training and educational programs for the City of Starkville general public targeting the age groups that are more vulnerable to fire accidents and injuries. The Public Education officer coordinates the training and safety awareness of the general public and provides assistance and support to enhance fire safety and prevention to all those possible. These responsibilities include scheduling all training and educational programs, maintaining the department's fire prevention program, helping in investigating all working fires, coordinating all workshops for teachers and assisting the Fire Chief and other departmental personnel in an advisory or support capacity. This division due to the work load and continued growth is also responsible for code enforcement, fire inspection, pre-planning, fire investigations and open burning. This division also has the additional responsibility of aiding the Fire Marshal Division with inspecting of dorms, sororities, & fraternities on the campus of Mississippi State University.