This Part 1 shall be known as the "Fire Prevention
Ordinance" and is intended to provide for fire prevention in the Town
of Mamaroneck outside of incorporated villages.
As used in this Part 1, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Include any chemical compound or mechanical mixture that
contains any oxidizing and combustible units or other ingredients
in such proportion, quantities or packing that an ignition by fire,
by friction, by concussion, by percussion or by detonator, of any
part of the compound or mixture, may cause such a sudden generation
of highly heated gases that the resultant gaseous pressures are capable
of producing destructive effects on contiguous objects or of destroying
life or limb but shall not include the articles classed as "fireworks"
in this section.
Any sparkler, squib, fire balloon, firecracker, rocket, torpedo,
roman candle, toy pistol, toy cannon, detonating cane, blank cartridge
and any other device used to obtain or intended to obtain visible
or audible pyrotechnic display.
The written authority of the Chief of the Fire Department,
issued pursuant to this Part 1, to have, keep, store, use, manufacture,
sell, handle and transport explosives, inflammable materials and rubbish,
as hereinafter defined, and to operate or maintain establishments
hereinafter specified.
Any shotgun, rifle, pistol or revolver cartridges.
The Chief of the Fire Department may, at all
reasonable hours, enter any building or premises within the unincorporated
part of the Town of Mamaroneck for the purpose of making any inspection
or investigation which, under the provisions of this Part 1, they
or either of them may deem necessary to be made.
[Amended 10-16-2002 by L.L. No. 10-2002; 1-20-2016 by L.L. No. 1-2016]
A.
Whenever the Chief of the Fire Department shall find
in any building or upon any premises combustible or explosive matter
or dangerous accumulations of rubbish or unnecessary accumulation
of wastepaper, boxes, shavings or any highly inflammable materials
and which is so situated as to endanger property or shall find obstructions
to or on fire escapes, stairs, hallways, passageways, doors or windows
liable to interfere with the operations of the Fire Department or
egress of occupants in case of fire, he shall report the same to the
Building Inspector or the Director of Building Code Enforcement and
Land Use Administration.
B.
Whenever the Chief of the Fire Department or the Inspector
shall find any building or other structure which, for want of repairs,
lack of sufficient fire escapes, automatic or other fire alarm apparatus
or fire extinguishing equipment or by reason of age or dilapidated
condition or from any other cause is especially liable to fire or
is dangerous to the safety of such building or other structure or
to the occupants thereof or which is so situated as to endanger other
property or the occupants of other property, he or they shall report
such dangerous conditions to the Building Inspector or the Director
of Building Code Enforcement and Land Use Administration.
The Chief of the Fire Department or designee
or a representative of the Westchester County Arson Squad shall investigate
the cause, origin and circumstance of every fire occurring in the
Town of Mamaroneck outside of incorporated villages by which property
has been destroyed or damaged and, so far as possible, shall determine
whether the fire was the result of carelessness or design. Such investigations
shall be begun by the Chief of the Fire Department or designee immediately
upon the occurrence of such fire, and, if it appears to him that such
fire was of suspicious origin, the Police Chief shall be notified
immediately of the facts; the Chief of the Fire Department or designee
shall take charge immediately of the physical evidence, shall notify
the Council of the Fire Department to pursue the investigation of
such matters and shall further cooperate with the Council of the Fire
Department in the collection of evidence and in the prosecution of
the case. Every fire shall be reported by the Chief of the Fire Department
or designee within two days after the occurrence of the same. Such
report shall be in such form as shall be prescribed by the Chief of
the Fire Department or designee and shall contain a statement of all
facts relating to the cause, origin and circumstances of such fire,
the extent of the damage thereof, the insurance upon such property
and such other information as may be required by the Chief of the
Fire Department or designee.
The Counsel to the Town, upon request of the
Chief of the Fire Department, shall assist the Chief of the Fire Department
in the investigation of any fire which, in the Chief of the Fire Department's
opinion, is of suspicious origin.
The Chief of the Fire Department shall require
teachers of public, private and parochial schools and educational
institutions to have one fire drill each month.
The Chief of the Fire Department shall give
instructions that all doors and exits in public, private and parochial
schools and other educational institutions be kept unlocked during
school hours and to require the janitor in charge of any such public,
private or parochial school or educational institution, while the
same is being used for assemblages of any kind, to keep all doors
and exits unlocked.
The Chief of the Fire Department shall keep
in his office a record of all fires and of all the facts concerning
the same, including statistics as to the extent of such fires and
the damage caused thereby and whether such losses were covered by
insurance and, if so, in what amount. Such record shall be made at
least once each week from the reports made by the Chief of the Fire
Department under the provisions of this Part 1. All such records shall
be public.
The annual report of the Chief of the Fire Department
shall be made on or before the first day of February and transmitted
to the Supervisor; it shall contain all proceedings under this Part
1, with such statistics as the Chief of the Fire Department may desire
to include therein; the Chief of the Fire Department shall also recommend
any amendments to this Part 1 which, in his judgment, shall be desirable.
