The owner, agent, occupant, or person charged with the custody of any public building, auditorium, hotel, theater, lodge hall, or church, and in the case of schools, the President of the Board of Education, shall be held liable for the equipment and maintenance of such equipment as required in §§
92-20 through
92-26 for the maintenance and safety of all exits, stairs, doors, windows, or passageways.
It shall be the duty of the Chief of the Fire Protection District
or his or her duly appointed assistants to approve and inspect all
apparatus to be installed and its location. It shall be the duty of
the Chief of the Fire Protection District to cause periodic inspection
to be made concerning the operation and accessibility to all main
and emergency exits in all public auditoriums, schools, lodge halls,
and theaters.
The location and number of fire appliances shall be as determined
by fire officials. All extinguishers are to be filled with pressurized
water.
No person shall remove any fire apparatus or appliances from
their proper place except for inspection or in case of emergency.
In all theaters and public meeting halls, a red light illuminating
the word "exit" shall be kept burning over each regular and emergency
exit while the theater or hall is occupied by an audience or by patrons.