S.F. 451 Section 1. Section 100.2, Code 2025, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 100.2 Duties of fire officials. 3 1. The chief of the fire department or the chief’s designee 4 of every city or township in which a fire department is 5 established or the chief of the fire department or the chief’s 6 designee responding to every township fire where there is a 7 contract for fire protection in effect shall investigate into 8 the cause, origin and circumstances of every fire occurring 9 in the city or township by which property has been destroyed 10 or damaged or which results in bodily injury to a person, and 11 determine whether the fire was the result of natural causes, 12 negligence or design resulting in property damage, bodily 13 injury, or destruction. The investigation shall determine 14 whether the fire was caused by natural factors, negligence, or 15 intentional action . 16 2. The department of transportation shall provide 17 registration information to the chief of the fire department or 18 the chief’s designee in the course of a required investigation 19 under this section if the fire official is a law enforcement 20 officer certified by the Iowa law enforcement academy. 21 3. All law enforcement agencies within the state are 22 required to authorize access to the national crime information 23 center database to the chief of the fire department or the 24 chief’s designee in the course of a required investigation 25 under this section if the fire official is a law enforcement 26 officer certified by the Iowa law enforcement academy. 27 4. The state fire marshal may assist in the investigation 28 or may direct the investigation if the fire marshal finds it 29 necessary. 30 Sec. 2. Section 100.3, Code 2025, is amended to read as 31 follows: 32 100.3 Reports of fires and emergency responses. 33 When death, serious bodily injury, or property damage in 34 excess of two hundred thousand dollars has occurred as a 35 -1- LSB 2860XS (2) 91 as/js 1/ 3

S.F. 451 result of a fire, or if arson is suspected, the fire official 1 required by section 100.2 to make fire investigations , shall 2 notify the state fire marshal’s division immediately. For 3 all other fires causing an estimated damage of fifty dollars 4 or more or emergency responses by the fire service, the fire 5 official required by section 100.2 to investigate shall file 6 a report with the fire marshal’s division within ten seven 7 days following the end of the month regardless of whether the 8 division participated in or supervised the investigation . Upon 9 written request, an extension of up to fourteen days may be 10 granted for compelling reasons. The report shall indicate 11 all fire incidents occurring which that have an estimated 12 damage of fifty dollars or more and state for each incident the 13 name of the owners and occupants of the property at the time 14 of the fire, the value of the property, the estimated total 15 loss to the property, the origin of the fire as determined by 16 investigation, and other facts, statistics, and circumstances 17 concerning the fire incident. The report on each emergency 18 response shall include the nature of the incident and other 19 facts, statistics and circumstances concerning the emergency 20 response. 21 EXPLANATION 22 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 23 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 24 This bill relates to the duties of fire officials and reports 25 of fires and emergency responses. 26 The bill provides that the chief of the fire department or 27 the chief’s designee of every city or township in which a fire 28 department is established or every township where there is a 29 contract for fire protection in effect shall investigate into 30 the cause, origin, and circumstances of every fire occurring 31 in the city or township resulting in property damage, bodily 32 injury, or destruction. The investigation shall determine 33 whether the fire was caused by natural factors, negligence, or 34 intentional action. 35 -2- LSB 2860XS (2) 91 as/js 2/ 3

S.F. 451 The bill provides that the department of transportation 1 shall provide registration information to the chief of the fire 2 department or the chief’s designee in the course of a required 3 investigation if the fire official is a law enforcement 4 officer certified by the Iowa law enforcement academy. The 5 bill requires all law enforcement agencies within the state 6 to authorize access to the national crime information center 7 database to the chief of the fire department or the chief’s 8 designee in the course of a required investigation if the fire 9 official is a law enforcement officer certified by the Iowa law 10 enforcement academy. 11 The bill provides that for fires not involving death, 12 serious bodily injury, property damage in excess of $200,000, 13 or suspected arson, but having an estimated damage of $50 or 14 more or emergency responses by the fire service, the fire 15 official shall file a report with the fire marshal’s division 16 within seven days following the end of the month regardless 17 of whether the division participated in or supervised the 18 investigation. Upon written request, an extension of up to 14 19 days may be granted for compelling reasons. The report shall 20 indicate all fire incidents occurring that have an estimated 21 damage of $50 or more and state for each incident the name 22 of the owners and occupants of the property at the time of 23 the fire, the value of the property, the estimated total loss 24 to the property, the origin of the fire as determined by 25 investigation, and other facts, statistics, and circumstances 26 concerning the fire incident. The report on each emergency 27 response shall include the nature of the incident and other 28 facts, statistics, and circumstances concerning the emergency 29 response. 30 -3- LSB 2860XS (2) 91 as/js 3/ 3