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Title: Fire Services Act CH
Category: Ministry of the Interior(內政部)
Chapter Four: Disaster & Fire Cause Determination
Article 26
(Fire Investigation & Examination)
To investigate and determine cause of fire, the municipal, county/city fire department may have their agents to enter into the site in question to survey, collect and preserve evidences; and make inquiries.
Before the completion of the investigation and determination, the site of fire shall be kept integral and may be blocked out when required.
Article 26-1
Fire victims or stakeholders can apply to the competent authority for fire certificates or fire investigation information.
The procedures, scope, qualification restrictions, necessary documents, review methods, period, and other matters to be complied with when applying for the fire certificate or fire investigation information mentioned above shall be determined by the central competent authority.
Article 27
Municipal, county/city governments may invite representatives from agencies concerned and experts to organize an investigation committee to examine and determine cause of fire; the incorporation procedure for such a committee shall be specified by the municipal, county/city governments.
Article 27-1
(Composition of disaster accident investigation committee)
The central authority should invite representatives from agencies and group concerned , experts and firefighters to organize an disaster accident investigation committee (hereinafter referred to as investigation committee) to investigate the causes of duty and volunteer firefighters death or serious injuries caused by disaster rescue.
Investigation committee should make an investigation report on the cause of the accident, raise rescue improvement suggestions and track the implementation of improvement suggestions.
Investigation committee could request that agencies and group concerned, juristic person, group or natural person to provide information or document owing to investigation. When the information or document is occupied by judiciary or the Control Yuan, agencies and group concerned, juristic person, group or natural personshould explain clearly and provide the duplicate. If it makes sense that agencies and group concerned, juristic person, group or natural person are unable to provide the duplicate, thetestimony that the information or document is occupied should be provided.
The composition, committee member qualifications, invitation mode, procedure and others should be followed of the investigation committee specified in the preceding paragraph shall be specified by the central regulating authorities.