A safe, continuous and unobstructed means of egress shall be provided from the interior of the structure to the exterior at a street, or to a yard, court or passageway leading to a public open area at grade.
Every dwelling unit or guest room shall have access directly to the outside or to a public corridor.
All doors in the required means of egress shall be readily openable from the inner side. Exits from dwelling units, hotel units, lodging units and dormitory units shall not lead through other such units or through toilet rooms or bathrooms.
All required fire escapes shall be maintained in working condition and be structurally sound.
All required exit signs shall be maintained, illuminated and visible.
Waste, refuse or other materials shall not be allowed to accumulate in stairways, passageways, doors, windows, fire escapes or other means of egress.
Highly flammable explosive matter, such as paints, volatile oils and cleaning fluids, or combustible refuse, such as wastepaper, boxes and rags, shall not be accumulated or stored on residential premises except in reasonable quantities consistent with normal usage.
A dwelling unit or rooming unit shall not be located within a structure containing any establishment handling, dispensing or storing flammable liquids with a flashpoint of less than 110° F.
A. 
Fire alarms and detecting systems shall be maintained and be suitable for their respective purposes.
B. 
Single station or multiple-station smoke detectors shall be installed within every dwelling and every dwelling unit within an apartment house, condominium, or townhouse, and every guest or sleeping room in a dwelling, dwelling unit within an apartment, motel, hotel, bed-and breakfast, inn or dormitory shall be provided with an approved listed smoke detector, installed in accordance with NFPA 74. Where more than one detector is required to be installed within an individual dwelling unit or sleeping room, the detectors shall be wired in such a manner that the actuation of one alarm will actuate all of the alarms in the individual unit.
C. 
In dwellings and dwelling units, a smoke detector shall be mounted on the ceiling or wall in each and every room used for sleeping purposes. Where the dwelling or dwelling unit contains more than one story, detectors are required on each story, including basements but not including uninhabitable attics, and shall be located in close proximity to the stairway leading to the floor above.
D. 
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.
E. 
Smoke detectors connected to a fire protective signaling alarm system shall be installed in accordance with NFPA 72 and 72E.
F. 
Within every dwelling and every dwelling unit within an apartment house, condominium, or townhouse, and every guest or sleeping room in a dwelling unit, smoke detectors shall be hardwired into an AC electrical power source and shall be equipped with a monitored battery backup in all new construction. A monitored battery power source shall be permitted in existing construction and located in all areas indicated. When existing buildings are repaired, altered, or reconstructed and costing in excess of 50% of the then physical value of the building, such building will conform to the provisions of this chapter.
Fire suppression systems shall be maintained in good condition, free from mechanical injury. Sprinkler heads shall be maintained clean, free of corrosion and paint and not bent or damaged.
All portable fire extinguishers shall be visible and accessible and maintained in a safe and efficient operating condition.