General Laws of Massachusetts (Last Updated: January 16, 2020) |
PART I ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT |
TITLE XX. PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER |
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 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 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 26A1/2. 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 26F1/2. 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 26G1/2. 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 |