Town Needs Fire Marshal    The fire department, as with any of
the other town departments, is an essential and integral part of
any municipality. All departments must measure their
productivity; water department delivers water, police department
patrols the town and, when necessary, makes arrests and enforces
the state laws and town ordinances, and then there is the fire
department. Firefighters measure their productivity by how well
they stop the forward progress of a fire, but what of the fire
marshal? The fire marshal’s productivity should be measured by
how many fires he/she prevents on a daily basis, which is almost
incalculable. This position is also a link, or even a liaison,
between the fire department and other town departments and
community groups. Payson has an adopted fire code, it should be
the Payson Fire Department to enforce that code. I was the first
fire marshal for the Town of Payson and am satisfied, at that
time, that I had the support of both the town and the
firefighters. To contract ou