Fire Prevention Enforcement
In addition to his duties as Chief of Department, Chief Moran also serves as the city’s Fire Official. In this State licensed position he is responsible for the daily operations of the fire prevention bureau, budget development, site plan review, fire investigations, and if necessary, fire inspections. Conducting annual Inspections allows the bureau the opportunity to verify the accuracy of our fire safety educational programs and provide a mechanism to enforce the New Jersey Edition of the International Fire Code as mandated by the State of New Jersey. Annual inspections are conducted at well over 1,000 structures within the city including over 300 annual mandatory inspections in our Life Hazard Use buildings. Some of these Life hazard facilities include; John Harms Theatre, Englewood Hospital, all gas stations, School Buildings, Englewood Hospital, and many other commercial and industrial structures. This enforcement reinforces the need for owners and tenants of the buildings to adhere to state laws concerning fire and life safety issues within their occupied spaces. Building owners who maintain fire safe properties greatly enhance the safety of any person who may utilize the structure and most importantly, vastly improves the safety of our firefighters who may respond there. Our main goal within the area of enforcement is to provide property owners and tenants the support and guidance necessary for them to comply with the various fire and life safety laws and ordinances controlling our municipality. The Fire Code permits each municipality to collect fees as a method to generate funds to support the operations of the local fire prevention bureau. In Englewood, Life Hazard, Local Registration, annual permit fees and penalties totaling $215,000 were collected by the Fire Prevention Bureau in 2009. As stated these fees are utilized to offset the operational costs associated with the office