Chapter 148: FIRE PREVENTION
- Section 1 Definitions
- Section 2 Investigations of fires or explosions by local officials; notice to marshal of suspicious origins or undetermined causes; reports; records
- Section 2A Notice of unauthorized ignition of fire within public or private schools or on school grounds; submission of report by school principal
- Section 3 Investigations by marshal; examination of witnesses; perjury; criminal complaint; prosecutions; reports to commissioner of insurance
- Section 4 Persons authorized to enter and inspect premises; inspections of institutions; reports
- Section 5 Investigation of premises and alleys as to fire hazards; remedy of conditions; expenses; penalty
- Section 5A Unvented liquid fired space heaters; use or sale prohibited
- Section 6 Neglect or refusal of officers to comply with duty
- Section 7 Reports of marshal and commissioner of insurance
- Section 8 Reports to heads of fire departments, insurance companies, property owners and other interested persons
- Section 9 Regulations relating to explosives and inflammable materials; reports of quantities and locations; ordinances and by-laws
- Section 9A Model rocket engines; storage; manufacture; use; sale
- Section 10 Regulations relative to fire prevention
- Section 10A Heads of fire departments; permits; inspections; records; fees; list of fire department heads
- Section 10B Violation of regulations of board
- Section 10C Alteration, repair or installation of oil burners; necessity of certificate; exceptions
- Section 10D Certificate as oil burner technician; minimum age; application; fee; examination; duration of certificate; electrical work
- Section 10E Apprentice certificates; fee; duration; expiration; renewal
- Section 10F Rules and regulations regarding types and classes of certificates
- Section 10G Suspension or revocation of certificates
- Section 10H Firms or corporations; licensing requirements
- Section 11 Expert assistants; laboratory
- Section 12 License and permit for manufacture of fireworks; sale, transfer, or exchange of explosive materials; punishment
- Section 13 Licenses for land for explosives and inflammable materials; certificate of approval; record; certificate of registrations; fees; replacements and alterations of, and regulations for buildings; explosion hazard; appeals to marshal
- Section 14 Inflammable fluids in motor vehicles
- Section 15 Transportation of explosives or inflammable materials; violation of regulations
- Section 16 Fireworks, explosives and inflammable materials; violations; penalties
- Section 17 Restraint of erection or use of buildings in violation of statute or regulations
- Section 18 Repealed, 1934, 182, Sec. 2
- Section 19 Bonds for blasting permits; filing fee
- Section 20 Actions on bonds; employee of permittee; pro rata payment of claims
- Section 20A Bond for blasting operations in more than one place
- Section 20B Certificate of competency to conduct blasting operations; application; fee; examination; issuance; duration; expiration; renewal; duplicate; restrictions regarding persons subject to restraining order issued pursuant to chapter 209A
- Section 20C Liability for damages caused by blasting
- Section 21 Enforcement of laws and regulations relative to blasting
- Section 22 Injuries from explosives kept or transported contrary to statutes or regulations
- Section 23 Keeping and use of inflammable fluids; permit; fee
- Section 23A Inflammable anti-freeze in hydrants
- Section 24 Keeping and handling of fire menace material; carpenter or paint shop in habitation
- Section 25 Use of salamanders or stoves for drying materials
- Section 25A Second hand space heaters; unvented space heaters
- Section 25B Unvented liquid fired space heaters; use or sale prohibited
- Section 25C Sale of decorating candles; rules and regulations
- Section 25D Manufacture and sale of children's clothing and sleepwear; rules and regulations
- Section 25E Residential gas appliances; sale or installation
- Section 26 Installation of automatic equipment on order of marshal
- Section 26A Automatic sprinklers in high rise buildings; enforcement; appeals
- Section 26A 1/2 Automatic sprinklers in older high rise buildings; enforcement; installation schedule
- Section 26B Automatic fire warning and smoke detection systems in certain buildings; enforcement; appeals
- Section 26C Certain public accommodations; automatic smoke or heat detectors
- Section 26D Definitions applicable to Secs. 26D to 26F
- Section 26E Residential buildings or structures; installation of smoke detectors
- Section 26F Residential buildings or structures; equipping with smoke detectors upon sale or transfer
- Section 26F 1/2 Carbon monoxide alarms required in certain residential structures; regulation; inspections; enforcement
- Section 26G Automatic sprinkler systems required for buildings and structures totaling more than 7,500 gross square feet
- Section 26G 1/2 Nightclubs, dance halls, discotheques, bars; adequate system of automatic sprinklers
- Section 26H Lodging or boarding houses; automatic sprinkler systems
- Section 26I Multiple dwelling units; new construction; automatic sprinkler systems
- Section 27 Failure to comply with order of marshal
- Section 27A Shutting off, disconnection, obstruction, removal or destruction, of fire protection devices; permit; report; violation of statute; enforcement
- Section 27B Piling snow on fire hydrants; penalty
- Section 28 Regulations to prevent fire hazards and fires
- Section 28A Reports of violations of building laws
- Section 28B Buildings with canine guards; reports
- Section 29 Application of orders to occupant or owner; payment for cost of changes in premises; maximum expenditure
- Section 30 Violations; notice and enforcement of orders or regulations
- Section 30A Unlawful tampering, etc. with notice of violation; punishment
- Section 31 Appeals to marshal
- Section 32 Sharing information by insurers; liability of insurer or arson squad; confidential information
- Section 33 Duties and powers of marshal
- Section 34 Violation of statutes
- Section 34A Assembly use group building; dangerous condition
- Section 34B Serious bodily injury; penalties
- Section 34C Subsequent violations of state building code or state fire code
- Section 34D Enforcement of orders of marshall or head of fire department
- Section 35 Repealed, 2010, 160, Sec. 3
- Section 36 Repealed, 2010, 160, Sec. 4
- Section 37 Tanks for storage of fluids; permits; violation of statute or regulation; annual inspection; fees
- Section 37A Removal and testing of fuel storage tanks; grant programs for municipalities and agencies; powers and duties of administrative review board
- Section 37B Grants for removal or replacement of fuel storage tanks
- Section 38 Regulations relative to tanks
- Section 38A to 38I Repealed, 2009, 4, Sec. 5
- Section 38J Residential property utilizing heating oil tanks; safety requirements; inspection; certification
- Section 39 Sales, possession, use, etc. of combustible or explosive substances to produce visible or audible effects; fireworks; definitions; exceptions; enforcement procedures; penalties
- Section 39A Regulations for permits for displays of fireworks; fees
- Section 40 Storage of fireworks; bonds for manufacture and storage; fee
- Section 41 Actions on bonds
- Section 42 Displays or exhibits of fireworks; bonds
- Section 43 Actions on bonds; pro rating claims; other remedies
- Section 44 Firecrackers and pyrotechnical ship or railway signals
- Section 45 Violation of Secs. 40 to 44
- Section 46 Inflammable stove polish and foundry paste; regulations; penalties
- Section 47 Repealed, 1973, 1028, Sec. 3
- Section 48 to 49A Repealed, 1946, 282
- Section 50 Search warrants for explosive, inflammable and combustible substances kept contrary to statutes or regulations
- Section 51 Forfeiture of explosive, inflammable and combustible substances; sale or destruction; proceeds
- Section 52 Matches kept for sale or use in store
- Section 52A Sale of exploding matches, cigars or cigarettes
- Section 53 Repealed, 1943, 291, Sec. 4
- Section 54 Lighted cigarettes, etc. likely to cause fire; dropping or throwing from vehicles or placing on forest lands or fields
- Section 55 Explosive golf balls
- Section 56 Parking space business; licenses; fees; term; suspension and revocation; unlicensed business
- Section 57 Siding as conductor of electricity; approval
- Section 58 Fire extinguishing systems, issuance of certificates for installation and servicing
- Section 59 Display of street address number on buildings; use in enhanced 911 service
- Section 60 Novelty lighters; application of section