Scio Township hasn't had anyone enforcing the fire code in the community in over a decade, and to add to this, the fire department is finding significant risk in the business community.
Scio Township Fire Chief Andrew Houde told The Sun Times News (STN) this in follow up to the township board deciding to remedy this by giving Houde direction to bring back specifics for a new full time position of Assistant Chief/Fire Marshal, with a fee structure that would offset the cost of the position.
“The goal of this position is to work with businesses to reduce their risk of fire/loss, preventing fires, and help them to meet fire code requirements,” said Houde of the position would primarily be responsible for fire prevention activities in the township.