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Investigations

Clients call upon the services of our investigators under the following circumstances:

• Any fire resulting in a fatality
• Any fire resulting in serious injuries
• Any fire of suspicious origin where cause cannot be positively determined
• Any explosion resulting in fire
• Any structure fire where cause or origin cannot be determined
• Any fire the Fire Chief considers to be a major loss in their community

A 24-hour emergency reporting telephone number, 1-888-389-3473 is answered by Enhanced 911 Communications Center in Brandon is also available.

All fire investigations conducted by the Office of the Fire Commissioner must be concluded in one of the following manners:

• Incendiary (arson)
• Accidental
• Undetermined
• Undetermined Accidental
• Undetermined Suspicious

The Statistical Section of the Office is responsible to maintain records on:

• Fire Losses
• Staff Activities
• Mutual Aid Activities

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