No person, firm or corporation shall place or cause to be placed any
refuse container, trash compactor, receptacle or dumpster (hereafter "container"),
which is enclosed in such a way as to impede the free and easy access to its
contents by fire fighters for the purpose of extinguishing its contents, except
as may hereafter be provided.
A person, firm or corporation placing or causing to be placed a refuse
container shall be responsible for meeting the following requirements:
A. Any container which has a bulk capacity equal to or in
excess of ten (10) cubic yards, which is enclosed in such a way as to impede
the free and easy access to its contents by fire fighters, shall have permanently
affixed and mounted thereon two (2) two-and-one-half-inch female hose couplings
welded to the side of the container and shall include matching male firemanic
plug connections with New York Corporation threads, 3.000 x 8 per inch (hereafter
"water injection ports"), to provide an injection port or entry port for water
by the fire service for the purpose of extinguishing a fire within a refuse
container.
B. Water injection ports shall be placed by the manufacturer
of the refuse container, or may be fabricated by the person, firm or corporation
placing or causing to be placed any such refuse container, and installed thereon
in a workmanlike manner, as follows:
(1) One (1) at the loading end on the side of the container,
not more than nor less than two (2) feet from the top of the container and
not more than two (2) feet nor less than three and one-half (3 1/2) feet
from the end of the container.
(2) One (1) at the packed end of the container, on the side
of the container, not more than nor less than two (2) feet from the bottom
of the container and not more than two (2) feet nor less than three and one-half
(3 1/2) feet from the end of the container.
C. Each such injection port or entry point shall be clearly
marked with a fluorescent color, of either yellow or orange. It shall be the
duty of the person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations,
which place or cause to be placed any such refuse container, to maintain and
ensure the continued visibility of each water injection port.