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• Source: KNXV-TV
• Date: February 04, 2008
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• Bylines: Josh Bernstein , Dan Siegel
• Topics: Safety , State Government
• Data Types: State Data
• Description/Excerpt: State law requires the Office of the Arizona State Fire Marshal to conduct regularly scheduled inspections. However, in the town of Gilbert, not a single school has been inspected in the last seven years, and the ABC15 Investigators found Gilbert is not alone. The Office of the Arizona State Fire Marshal has routinely failed to make the grade. A review of records for 200 schools in Maricopa County revealed more than 70 schools that have not been inspected for two or more years. We also found more than 30 schools with inspection reports indicating the facilities were not recommended for licensing at the time.