A. 
Scope. The provisions of this chapter shall govern the minimum conditions and standards for fire safety relating to one- and two-family dwellings and their exterior premises, including fire safety facilities and equipment to be provided.
B. 
Responsibility. The owner of the premises shall provide and maintain such fire safety facilities and equipment in compliance with these requirements. A person shall not occupy as owner-occupant or permit another person to occupy any premises that do not comply with the requirements of this chapter.
A. 
General. A safe, continuous and unobstructed means of egress shall be provided from the interior of a structure to a public way.
B. 
Arrangement. Exits from dwelling units shall not lead through other such units, or through toilet rooms or bathrooms.
C. 
Stairways, handrails and guards. Every exterior and interior flight of stairs having four or more risers, and every open portion of a stair, landing, balcony, porch, deck, ramp or other walking surface which is more than 30 inches (762 mm) above the floor or grade below shall have guards. Handrails shall not be less than 30 inches (762 mm) nor more than 42 inches (1,067 mm) high, measured vertically above the nosing of the tread or above the finished floor of the landing or walking surfaces. Guards shall not be less than 30 inches (762 mm) high above the floor of the landing, balcony, porch, deck, ramp or other walking surface.
D. 
Locked doors. All means of egress doors shall be readily openable from the side from which egress is to be made without the need for keys, special knowledge or effort, except as provided for in § 242-41D(1).
(1) 
Locks permitted. Locks or fasteners shall not be installed on egress doors except in accordance with the building code listed in Article VIII.
E. 
Emergency escape.
(1) 
Every sleeping room located in basements of occupancies in Use Group R shall have at least one openable window or exterior door approved for emergency escape or rescue; or shall have access to not less than two approved independent exits and in accordance with the Fire Code listed in Article VIII.
(2) 
Exception: Buildings equipped throughout with an automatic fire suppression system.
(3) 
Security. Bars, grilles or screens placed over emergency escape windows shall be releasable or removable from the inside without the use of a key, tool or force greater than that which is required for normal operation of the window.
A. 
Accumulations. Rubbish, garbage or other materials shall not be stored or allowed to accumulate in stairways, passageways, doors, windows, fire escapes or other means of egress.
B. 
Hazardous material. Combustible, flammable, explosive or other hazardous materials, such as paints, volatile oils and cleaning fluids, or combustible rubbish, such as wastepaper, boxes and rags, shall not be accumulated or stored unless such storage complies with the applicable requirements of the building code and in accordance with Connecticut General Statutes.
A. 
General. All systems, devices and equipment to detect a fire, actuate an alarm, or suppress or control a fire or any combination thereof shall be properly maintained.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 103, Alarm Systems.
B. 
Smoke detectors. A minimum of one approved single-station or multiple-station smoke detector shall be installed in each sleeping area in Use Group R dwelling units and in the immediate area of the bedrooms. In all residential occupancies, smoke detectors shall be required on every story of the dwelling unit, including basements. In dwelling units with split levels and without an intervening door between the adjacent levels, a smoke detector installed on the upper level shall suffice for the adjacent lower level, provided that the lower level is less than one full story below the upper level and in accordance with Connecticut General Statutes.