This is the official page of the Iowa State Fire Marshal, a division of the Iowa Department of Public Safety. The purpose of this page is to provide news and general information about the Iowa State Fire Marshal's Office to the public. Through promotion of safety regulations, training, and arson investigations, we help reduce the loss of life and property by fire. We oversee the Iowa Fire Service Training Bureau and the Arson & Explosives Bureau. REMINDER: This page is NOT an emergency response page. The Fire Service Training Bureau (FSTB) is recognized as Iowa’s designated state fire academy, providing quality education, training, national certification, and consultation to Iowa’s fire and emergency services. The FSTB is located at the Camp Dodge Joint Maneuver Training Center in Johnston, Iowa. Our Arson & Explosives Bureau investigates fire and explosion scenes to determine causes and whether those causes have any nexus to criminal activity. The Bureau also has state-wide responsibility for the investigation of bombings and other explosive devices. Each Special Agent with this bureau is required to complete six weeks of training and recertification every three years to be certified as a bomb technician through the FBI Hazardous Devices School in Huntsville, Alabama. The Iowa SFM page is not the appropriate venue to make complaints about individuals, businesses or organizations, Iowa SFM, or otherwise. This site does not accept requests for public information under Iowa Open Records Statutes. Instead, please use our resources and guidelines at the bottom of the page. This is an open forum, and the Iowa SFM welcomes your participation. Keep in mind this is a family-friendly page, so please keep comments and wall posts clean. We ask that you follow our page guidelines. We do not discriminate against any views but will remove any posts that violate the guidelines listed below:
- You participate at your own risk, taking personal responsibility for your comments, your username and any information provided. Users who repeatedly violate the guidelines may be blocked from the Iowa SFM page.
- No graphic, obscene, explicit, or racial comments or submissions will be allowed, nor will comments that are abusive, threatening and/or hateful or intended to defame anyone or any organization.
- No solicitations or advertisements. This includes promotion or endorsement of any financial, commercial, non-government agencies and political views. Similarly, we do not allow attempts to defame or defraud any financial, commercial, or non-government agencies.
- No copyrighted or trademarked images or graphics.
- No comments or photos that suggest or encourage illegal activity.
- Apparent spam will be removed and may cause the author(s) to be blocked from the page without notice. The Iowa State Fire Marshal will make every effort to monitor the contents of this page and ensure its content is of an appropriate nature. The appearance of external links on this site does not constitute official endorsement on behalf of the Iowa State Fire Marshal or of the Iowa Department of Public Safety. Only those explicitly authorized can post comments on behalf of the Department. For general information, please email [email protected]. To request information or records, please email [email protected].
