320.205. 1. The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint a full-time state fire marshal, who shall be the head of the division of fire safety. The state fire marshal shall administer and enforce the provisions of sections 320.200 to 320.270. The state fire marshal shall be a citizen of the United States, shall be a person of good moral character, and a resident taxpayer of Missouri at the time of his appointment. The state fire marshal must have had a minimum of ten years' experience in some phase of fire protection, fire prevention, or fire investigation, which may include experience with any state, municipal, military, or industrial fire protection agency. He shall possess administrative ability and experience and be able to obtain facts in connection with the duties of his office by field investigations, and to accurately report his findings.
2. There is hereby established within the department of public safety the "Missouri Fire Safety Advisory Board", which shall be composed of six members appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, from a list of qualified candidates submitted to the governor by the director of the department of public safety. It shall be the duty of the Missouri fire safety advisory board to advise the fire marshal on all matters pertaining to the responsibilities of the fire marshal and the division. All members of the Missouri fire safety advisory board shall be qualified voters of Missouri at the time of their appointment, shall receive no compensation for their services, and shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. Of the members appointed to the Missouri fire safety advisory board, one shall be a chief of a fire department located within this state, one shall be a firefighter, one shall be a person with expertise in the investigation of arson, one shall be an instructor in a firefighting training program, one shall be a person who provides fire safety appliances and equipment, and one shall be an insurer duly licensed to provide insurance coverage for losses due to fire.
(L. 1972 S.B. 487 § 2, A.L. 1985 H.B. 230, A.L. 1993 H.B. 550)
Missouri General Assembly