Fire Services Act Article 27-1

(Composition of disaster accident investigation committee)To investigate the causes of the incidents involving firefighters and volunteer firefighters who died or were seriously injured or whose injuries met the disability benefit payment standards of civil servants insurance due to disaster rescue or other firefighting duties, the competent authorities at all levels shall form a disaster incident investigation committee (hereinafter referred to as “Investigation Committee”) consisting of selected representatives of relevant institutions (institutes) and groups, scholars and experts, and representatives of grassroot-level firefighting groups.The investigation committee shall prepare an investigation report on the cause of the incident, propose recommendations for disaster rescue improvements, and track the implementation of the improvement recommendations.The Investigation Committee may, for business execution, request relevant institutions (institutes) to access documents, or require legal persons, groups, or individuals to provide materials or documents. Where the materials or documents to be accessed have been previously accessed by judicial institutions or the Control Yuan, they should state the reasons and provide copies to the Investigation Committee. Where there are legitimate reasons why a copy cannot be produced, a proof of the document’s having been accessed by another institution should be produced.The composition of the Investigation Committee referred to in Paragraph 1, the qualifications of the committee members and methods for appointing and procedures for processing the committee members, and other measures for compliance shall be set forth by the central competent authority.