Hershcl Lee's job as fire marshal for Travis County, Texas, is mostly standard fare: conducting fire investigations and plan reviews, running fire prevention programs, inspecting new construction. The city of Austin, the county's dominant urban feature, has its own fire marshal, and Lee's jurisdiction is primarily the territory on Austin's fringes, a patchwork of undeveloped tracts, light-industrial occupancies, and exurban sprawl.
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