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It the United State and Canada a Fire Marshal is a member of a fire department but he may be part of a building department or any other department at the same time. The duties of fire marshal are totally different, but normally they are concerned with fire code enforcement and investigating fires for origin and cause. Mostly fire marshals may be sworn experienced fire fighters or law enforcement officers.

The duties of a fire marshal are different by location. Fire marshals may wear a badge, carry a weapon and also make arrests pertaining to fire-raising and its related offense, in other localities. His duties may be totally separate from law enforcement, including building and fire code inspections. In many countries and states the fire marshal is responsible for enforcing flammable materials.

The fire marshals in California are typically connected with a fire department of region or city. There are two additional authorities in California, which hold the official designations of fire marshal. One is the California Department and fire Protection and the second authority is designated as Fire Marshals are the Statewide Health Planning and Development who is the state building official for all California Hospitals.