N.D. Cent. Code § 44-04-30: Records of the state fire marshal, fire departments, and rural fire protection districts confidential

1.a.An investigation record of the state fire marshal, a fire department, or a rural fire protection district is confidential until the investigation:

(1)Is closed and not referred for further criminal investigation or prosecution; or

(2)The criminal investigation is no longer active under section 44-04-18.7.

b.This subsection does not restrict the release of the name and identifiable biographical information of a child under section 12.1-35-03.

2.Standard operating procedures written for emergency response, prefire action plans, plans of a building, pipeline, electrical system, or any other infrastructure plan in the possession of the state fire marshal, a fire department, or rural fire protection district are exempt from section 44-04-18.

3.Individually identifiable health information obtained by the state fire marshal, a fire department, or a rural fire protection district is confidential.

4.An image of a victim of a fire is an exempt record.