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JUNE 25, 2025 RESOLVES
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 652 - L.D. 1005
Resolve, to Study Authorization for Municipal Fire Departments with
Trained Personnel to Conduct Fire Sprinkler System Plan Reviews
Sec. 1. Office of State Fire Marshal to convene working group. Resolved:
That the Department of Public Safety, Office of the State Fire Marshal, referred to in this
resolve as "the office," shall convene a working group, referred to in this resolve as "the
working group," to study allowing the office to authorize municipal fire departments with
trained personnel to conduct fire sprinkler system plan reviews.
Sec. 2. Membership. Resolved: That the working group must consist of a broad
representation of stakeholders, including, but not limited to, the following members:
1. The State Fire Marshal, or the fire marshal's designee;
2. The chair of the Maine Fire Protection Services Commission established in the
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 12004-J, subsection 12, or the chair's designee;
3. A representative from a statewide association of fire chiefs;
4. A representative from a statewide association of municipalities; and
5. A representative from a municipal fire department seeking to conduct the fire
department's own fire sprinkler system plan reviews.
Sec. 3. Duties of working group. Resolved: That the working group shall
examine:
1. The status of fire sprinkler system plan reviews in the State, including, but not
limited to, data regarding the number of fire sprinkler system permits issued annually, the
amount of time taken to issue the permits and the number of preliminary fire sprinkler
system permits issued;
2. The best procedures to allow the office to grant authority to a municipal fire
department to conduct the municipality's fire sprinkler system plan reviews; and
3. Strategies to address the office's staffing needs.
Sec. 4. Report. Resolved: That, by December 3, 2025, the office shall submit a
report that includes the findings and recommendations of the working group, including
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suggested legislation, to the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public
Safety and the Joint Standing Committee on Housing and Economic Development. The
Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety may submit legislation
based on the report to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature.
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