Transcription of BOSTON FIRE PREVENTION CODE
1 BOSTON fire PREVENTION code ORDINANCES OF 1979 CHAPTER 28 EFFECTIVE DATE, AUGUST 7, 1979 2 [Document 69 1979 ORDINANCES OF 1979, CHAPTER 28 ADOPTING THE BOSTON fire PREVENTION code OF 1979 In the Year Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-nine Be it ordained by the City Council of BOSTON as follows: SECTION 1. The City of BOSTON code , Ordinances, Title 11, chapter 3, is hereby amended by inserting after section 81, the following section: Section 82. ( BOSTON fire PREVENTION code of 1979, attached hereto and incorporated herein.)]
2 SECTION 2. Chapter 3 of the Ordinances of 1959 is hereby repealed. 3 BOSTON fire PREVENTION code TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ARTICLE I. GENERAL PROVISIONS Section Title 11 Section Purpose 11 Section Definitions 11 Section Organization 12 Section Duties of the Head of the fire Department 13 Section Duties of the fire Marshal 12 Section Investigation of Harmful Fires 14 Section Investigation of Suspicious Fires 14 Section License for Hazardous Materials and Operations 15 Section Certificate of Registration 16 Section Revocation of License 16 Section Replacement and Alteration in Construction 16
3 Section Right of Persons Aggrieved by the Grant of a License 16 Section Permits 17 Section Revocation of Permit 18 Section Fees 18 Section Failure to Secure a Permit 18 Section Right of Person Aggrieved by Grant of a Permit 18 Section Approval of License Applications 18 Section Determination of Flammability 19 Section Right to Inspect 19 Section Investigation and Removal of fire and Explosion Hazards 19 Section Division Records 20 Section Frequency of Inspections 20 Section Reports to Other City Departments 21 Section Penalties 21 Section Amendments and Reference Standards 21 ARTICLE II.
4 AUTOMOBILE TIRE REBUILDING PLANTS Section General 22 Section Permit Required 22 Section Construction and Protection Requirements 22 Section Dust Collection System 22 Section Ventilation 22 ARTICLE III. AUTOMOBILE WRECKING YARDS, JUNK YARDS, SALVAGE YARDS, AND WASTE MATERIAL HANDLING PLANTS Section General 22 4 Page Section Permit Required 22 Section Location 23 Section Fencing 23 Section Roadways 23 Section Motor Vehicle Fuel Tanks 23 Section Construction and Protection Requirements 23 ARTICLE IV.
5 BOWLING ESTSBLISHMENTS Section General 23 Section Permit Required 24 Section Lane Resurfacing Operations 24 Section Pin Refinishing 24 Section Requirements for All Finishing Operations 24 ARTICLE V. COMBUSTIBLE FIBERS STORAGE AND HANDLING OF Section Definition, Combustible Fibers 24 Section Permit Required 25 Section Loose Storage 25 Section Baled Storage Indoors 25 Section Baled Storage Outdoors 26 ARTICLE VI. COMBUSTIBLE METALS Section Scope 26 Section Permit 26 Section Outdoor Storage 26 Section Storage in Buildings 27 Section Processing Operations 27 Section Conflicting Requirements 27 ARTICLE VII.
6 CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION OPERATIONS Section Scope 27 Section Permit Required 27 Section Public Hydrant Service 28 Section fire Extinguishing Service 28 Section Public and Private fire Alarm Service 28 Section fire Alarm Services 28 Section Portable fire Extinguishing Service 28 Section Guard Service 28 Section Access for fire Department Apparatus and Personnel 29 Section fire Doors and Opening Protectives 29 Section Temporary Heating Equipment 29 Section Temporary Construction 30 Section Waste Materials and Debris 30 ARTICLE VIII.
7 WELDING AND CUTTING Section Scope 30 Section Permit for Welding and Cutting 30 Section Certificate of Competency Required 30 5 Page Section Individual Job Authorizations 31 Section Where fire Watchers are Required 31 Section Cutting and Welding Operations 31 Section Cutting and Welding Not Allowed 32 Section Storage of Cylinders and Containers 32 Section Manifolding of Cylinders 33 Section Service Piping Systems 33 Section Acetylene Generators 33 Section Electric Arc Welding and Cutting 34 ARTICLE IX.
8 DECORATIONS, FURNISHINGS AND INTERIOR FINISHES Section Definitions 34 Section Permit Required 34 Section General Requirements 35 Section Classification 35 ARTICLE X. DUST EXPLOSIONS, PREVENTION OF Section Scope 36 Section Definition 36 Section Permit 36 Section General Requirements 36 ARTICLE XI. EXITS Section Scope of Requirements 36 Section Definitions 37 Section Means of Egress to be Maintained 37 Section Number of Means of Egress 37 Section Marked Means of Egress 37 Section Exit Doors 37 Section Obstruction to Means of Egress 38 Section Blocking and Barring Windows 38 Section Lighting as Means of Egress 38 Section fire Exit Drills 38 Section Equipment and Systems Maintenance 39 ARTICLE XII.
9 fire ALARM SYSTEMS Section Definitions 39 Section fire Marshal to Survey Premises and Specify Equipment to be Provided 40 Section Permit to Install, Repair, or Alter fire Alarm Systems 40 Section Certificate of Competency Required 41 Section Certificate of Completion 41 Section Permit for fire Alarm 41 Section System Requirements 41 Section Alarm Initiating Systems 42 Section Supervisory System 42 Section Systems for Annunciation of Alarms 43 6 Page Section Monitoring Systems 44 Section Systems for Mechanical Control 44 Section fire Alarm Service 45 Section Tests 45 Section Orders or Rules 45 Section Maintenance of
10 Equipment 46 XIII. fire EXTINGUISHERS Section Definitions 46 Section Certificate of Competency Required 46 Section Installation 47 Section Maintenance 47 Section fire Extinguisher Cylinder Test 47 Section Inspection and Regulation 47 Section Survey and Specification 47 ARTICLE IV. fire EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS Section Definitions 48 Section Permit Required to Install, Alter or Repair 48 Section Tests 48 Section Certificate of Completion 48 Section System Requirements 49 Section Water Supplies 49 Section Yards and Private Hydrant Systems 49 Section Standpipe Systems 50 Section Automatic Sprinkle System 51 Section Special Extinguishing Systems 51 Section Connections from the Public Water System 52 Section fire Marshal to Survey Premises and Specify Equipment to be Provided 52 Section Maintenance of fire Extinguishing Systems 52 ARTICLE XV.
