[Amended 9-7-1993 by L.L. No. 5-1993; 3-14-2000 by L.L. No. 4-2000]
Any official vehicle, fire truck, paramedic vehicle, ambulance, police vehicle, emergency vehicle or Fire Marshal or public safety vehicle of the Town of Smithtown, when operated in the performance of official business, shall have the right-of-way of any other vehicle.
A. 
No vehicle shall be driven so as to impede or obstruct the progress of any vehicle when that vehicle is being operated in the performance of official business or is responding to or from an emergency. Said vehicle shall have the right-of-way, and no person shall impede the performance or progress of such vehicle or of any official or employee of any state, county, city, Town or village official or employee while engaged in the performance of governmental business.
B. 
On the approach of an emergency vehicle exhibiting a suitable continuous or intermittent warning device or by street signals operated by a Fire Department or district, all nonemergency vehicles shall yield the right-of-way and shall immediately draw up such vehicle as near as practicable and parallel to the right-hand curb, bringing said vehicle to a standstill. Said vehicle shall remain in a stationary position until such time as the emergency vehicle shall have passed or when instructed to do so by any police or peace officer, fire personnel or Fire Marshal.
C. 
No vehicle shall cross over any fire line or park any vehicle within any fire lane. No vehicle shall ride over or park on any firehose or other fire apparatus or equipment.
No vehicle, except a vehicle owned by a member of the Fire Department engaged in the performance of his or her duties, shall be parked upon any street, avenue or highway within 100 feet of an entrance to a firehouse.
No vehicles, except emergency vehicles, fire apparatus or Town vehicles, shall park or stop at anytime within 100 feet of any building, structure or lot which is on fire. Any vehicle which is found to be in violation of this section may be summarily removed by the Fire Department, police or Town of Smithtown without notice to the owner or operator.
No person shall enter any building or structure or enter upon the premises or upon any lot where a fire exists or in any space within a radius of 100 feet of any building, structure or lot that is on fire without the expressed consent of a police officer, Fire Chief or fire officer.
No person, except a driver of an emergency vehicle or Town vehicle, shall follow in any vehicle within 500 feet of any emergency vehicle answering an emergency call.
A. 
No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle anytime in any area marked or designated as a fire zone, nor shall any area so designated be used for the storage of any material or used in any way that will obstruct the same or render the same inaccessible by fire apparatus.
B. 
No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle within 10 feet of any fire hydrant, fire well, cistern or Fire Department connection or apparatus.
All buildings shall have the street or address number of said building conspicuously posted at the main entrance of the building so that it is clearly visible from the roadway.
For the safety and protection of life and property, all buildings used for any commercial activity shall contain adequate fire prevention and protection equipment in conformance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations.
No person shall deposit hot ashes, smoldering coals, embers or materials, greasy or oily substances or other materials liable to create spontaneous ignition, except in an approved metallic noncombustible receptacle. No such material or receptacle shall be placed within 10 feet of any wooden or plastered wall, partition, fence, floor, sidewalk, lumber, hay, shavings, rubbish, stair, stairway, emergency exit or other combustible material.
No person shall dump or spill or allow or cause to be dumped or spilled in, or in any other fashion place or cause to be dumped, spilled or placed, any flammable or combustible liquids on the ground or into sewers, drainage ditches or storm drains.
Cotton batting, straw, dry vines, leaves, trees, celluloid, paper or other readily flammable materials shall not be used for decorative purposes in show windows, stores or any place of assembly unless such materials shall have first been treated and rendered flameproof; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be held to prohibit the display of salable goods permitted and offered for sale in stores.
No person shall permit or allow the accumulation of any wastepaper, hay, grass, straw, weeds, litter, rubbish or combustible or flammable material of any kind in any courtyard, vacant lot, open space, basement or attic.
[Amended 3-14-2000 by L.L. No. 4-2000]
Whenever the Fire Prevention Division shall deem it necessary, or upon the complaint of any person, it shall inspect all buildings, lots, structures and premises within its jurisdiction. If any building, lot, structure or premises which, for want of repair or lack of sufficient fire escapes, automatic or other fire alarm equipment or apparatus, fire-extinguishing equipment or by reason of age or dilapidated condition or from any other cause, is liable to ignite or cause a fire or which is so situated as to endanger other property or the occupants thereof or whenever any Fire Marshal shall find in or upon any building, lot, structure or premises combustible or explosive material or flammable conditions dangerous to the safety of life and property, then the Fire Marshal or Fire Prevention Division shall order such dangerous conditions or materials to be remedied or removed.
A. 
Hospitals, nursing homes, adult homes, convalescent homes, old-age homes and other buildings or structures used for the inpatient care of or occupied by the sick, invalid, infirm, disabled or convalescent persons shall be required to conduct firesafety drills in each building on a monthly basis.
[Amended 3-14-2000 by L.L. No. 4-2000]
B. 
Said firesafety drills shall be conducted with the personnel of the hospital, nursing home, adult home, convalescent home, old-age home or other building or structure used for the inpatient care of or occupied by the sick, invalid, infirm, disabled or convalescent persons. Said firesafety drill shall be performed so as to continually educate said personnel on proper evacuation techniques and procedures and defend-in-place procedures. All such procedures shall be approved by the Fire Prevention Division.
[Amended 3-14-2000 by L.L. No. 4-2000]
C. 
A fire drill report, as supplied by the Fire Prevention Division, shall be filed with the Fire Prevention Division at least 72 hours after any fire drill.
[Amended 3-14-2000 by L.L. No. 4-2000]
D. 
In the event that an alarm system is tied into or connected to a central station or other place designed to dispatch a signal to a Fire Department or other emergency response unit, then it shall be the duty of the hospital, nursing home, adult home, convalescent home, old-age home or other building or structure used for the inpatient care of or occupied by the sick, invalid, infirmed, disabled or convalescent persons to notify the central station or other place designed to dispatch a signal to a Fire Department or other emergency response unit prior to the commencement of any firesafety drill and at the completion of each firesafety drill.
E. 
In the event of an alarm activation other than for a fire drill, an incident report, supplied by the Fire Prevention Division, shall be filed with the Fire Prevention Division within 72 hours of the incident.
[Amended 3-14-2000 by L.L. No. 4-2000]