The Fire Department has several levels of chiefs, who all wear white helmets. The Corpus Christi Fire Department's Fire Prevention Bureau is responsible for enforcing local fires codes and investigating all fires. The primary job of the inspector is to ensure that fire and life safety codes are obeyed. These codes apply to a wide variety of buildings, including, but not limited to, restaurants, apartments, hospitals,nursinghomes, schools, day care centers, shopping centers, night clubs, auto repair shops, churches, high rise buildings, and any building where large groups of people might gather. If arson is proven, the investigator's job is to develop a case and present it to the district attorney.
Arson investigators are state certified peace officers.
The training division is comprised of a district chief, five captains and two firefighters. The Fire Department is actively involved with the community. The Fire Department will perform free home safety inspections upon request. The Public Education Officer and Fire Prevention Inspectors give free fire safety presentations for citizens, schools and organizations. Some fire stations crews participate in a reading program with the local elementary schools.