S.L. 411.5 Art. 3Establishment of the Fire Safety Section.

(1) There shall be established a Section to be known as the Fire Safety Section within the Assistance and Rescue Force.

(2) The Section shall consist of a Deputy Director and Fire Safety Engineers, who shall be warranted professionals as Perit Arkitett, Perit Inġinier Ċivili or Engineer, and Fire Safety Officers who are assigned as such by the Director General, or any officers in equivalent grades who exercise equivalent duties:

Provided that such officers shall meet the general requirements as established in the Act to join the Assistance and Rescue Force:

Provided further that such officers shall be subject to the same disciplinary rules and conditions and other rules applicable to the members of the Assistance and Rescue Force.

(3) The functions of the Section shall be:

(a) to establish fire safety strategies and implement the necessary fire safety measures;

(b) to indicate the standards to promote a high level of fire safety;

(c) to monitor compliance with the relevant regulations and standards and take the necessary enforcement action in relation to fire safety;

(d) to promote dissemination of information regarding fire safety and the methods required to prevent injury, ill health, or death;

(e) to promote education and training on fire safety, evacuation, emergencies and first aid firefighting;

(f) to gather data and statistics on fire safety;

(g) to establish safe strategies and implement the necessary measures in public events;

(h) to indicate the necessary standards to promote a high level of public events safety;

(i) to monitor compliance with the relevant regulations and standards and take the necessary enforcement action in relation to public events;

(j) to gather data and statistics on public events;

(k) to make recommendations to the Director General as necessary; and

(l) to carry out any duties assigned to it by the Director General.