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Fire Prevention Division

Codes Enforcement - Inspections

 

General Information

 

This section employs Deputy State Fire Marshals, that serve as Code Enforcement professionals that are responsible for enforcing State adopted fire and building codes in specific occupancies that are newly constructed, as well as conducting annual inspections for compliance in several occupancy types. (A list is provided below.)  Complaint investigation in all occupancies is also a major responsibility.  Blasting complaint investigation, storage of explosive materials, Class B (display) fireworks, Class C (common fireworks), Class I and Class II LP Gas facilities are other areas of responsibility. Each State Fire Marshal is certified by a national organization such as NFPA or ICC, and the State of Tennessee.  Listed below are the categories and types of facilities that are required to be inspected by this office:

 

New Construction

 

  • Places of Assembly (with an occupant load over 300 in non-exempt areas )
  • Hotels, Motels, Apartments and Condominiums (two-story with twelve units or more in non-exempt areas)
  • Business Occupancy (three story or more in non-exempt areas)
  • High Hazard Industrial (non-exempt areas)
  • Day Care (all areas)
  • Schools, Public and Private (all areas)
  • Prisons
  • Jails (non-exempt areas)
  • LP Gas (class I and class II)

 

Existing Buildings

 

  • Schools, Public and Private
  • Day Care Centers
  • Group Day Care Homes
  • Prisons
  • Mental Health Facilities (some types)
  • Class C (common) Fireworks

 

Complaints

 

  • All Buildings (when written complaints are submitted with specific violation allegations)
  • Blasting
  • Storage of Blasting Materials
  • Class B (display) Fireworks Incidents
  • Fire That Occur in Buildings Regulated by This Section

 

Complaint Information

 

 

Contact Information:

 

Central Office, Nashville

Phone: (615)741-7190

Fax: (615)253-3267

 

Tennessee State Fire Marshal's Office

Code Enforcement Section

500 James Robertson Parkway

3rd Floor, Davy Crockett Tower

Nashville, TN  37243-1162

 

  • Director of Codes Enforcement - Christopher Bainbridge
  • Assistant Director - Al Hancock
  • Field Inspector Manager - Fred Garbler
  • Middle Regional Supervisor - Jimmy Sanders

 

East Regional Office, Knoxville

Phone: (865)594-6165

Fax: (865)594-0228

 

Tennessee State Fire Marshal's Office

Code Enforcement Section

531 Henley Street, Suite 719

Knoxville, TN  37902-2898

 

  • East Regional Supervisor - Mark Boyd

 

West Regional Office, Jackson

Phone: (731) 423-5703

Fax: (731) 423-5703

 

Tennessee State Fire Marshal's Office

Codes Enforcement Section

Lowell Thomas State Office Building

3rd Floor, Suite 350

225 Dr. Martin Luther King Drive

Jackson, TN  38301

 

  • West Regional Supervisor - Terry D. Singleton

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