[Ord. 2003-5, 12/29/2003, § 101.0]
The Williams Township Fire Department.
Any substance that, by reason of being explosive, flammable,
poisonous, corrosive, oxidizing, irritating or otherwise harmful,
is likely to cause injury or death.
A cabinet styled vault utilized as a locked container located
either on the interior or exterior of a building containing materials
and information.
Material safety data sheet (MSDS) and an emergency and hazardous
chemical inventory form as required under SARA.
A locked container mounted on the exterior of a building
containing keys for entry to the building and such other items.
Subtitle B, §§ 311 and 312 of Title III of
the Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act of 1968.
A master key which gives access to multiple rapid entry system
containers.
[Ord. 2003-5, 12/29/2003, § 102.0]
1.
If the cabinet style vault is located on the exterior of the building, it may also serve as the rapid entry system. The type and location shall be approved by the fire department and consistent with the standards set forth in § 7-104 below. Such rapid entry system and cabinet style vault shall be installed prior to occupancy and or final inspection.
A.
Use Group R-1 and R-2 shall provide a rapid entry system.
B.
Buildings required to file MSDS with the county of Northampton by
SARA are required to locate a cabinet style vault on the exterior
of the building.
C.
Buildings with a twenty-four hour fire department on premises are
exempt from this requirement.
[Ord. 2003-5, 12/29/2003, § 103.0]
1.
The rapid entry system shall contain keys and an emergency contact
list for entry to the building, elevator return and door opening,
elevator rooms fire alarm box, fire alarm box room, electric rooms
and any other key necessary for access to occupied floors within the
structure. All keys shall be clearly labeled.
2.
The cabinet style vault shall contain the following information for
emergency response personnel:
A.
A current list of key facility personnel knowledgeable about safety
procedures of materials on site, complete with telephone numbers for
such personnel in the event of an incident after normal hours of facility
operation.
B.
A current emergency and hazardous chemical inventory form and a binder
containing the material safety data (MSD) sheets or, in the event
that the volume of MSD sheets is too great to keep practically in
the cabinet style vault, the information in the container shall give
the location of the onsite MSD sheets and the MSD sheets shall be
readily available for use by emergency response personnel.
C.
Facility site plan to include the following:
D.
Required MSDS information.
[Ord. 2003-5, 12/29/2003, § 104.0]
1.
Each unit shall meet UL 437 standards, for safety key locks and UL
1610 — Std. for control station — alarm units for use
with UL listed alarm systems and 1037 standard for anti-theft alarms
and device.
2.
All cabinet style vaults shall have a minimum interior size of 14
inches high by 12 inches wide by two inches deep. Exceptions, where
a smaller cabinet style vault container is deemed adequate by the
fire department.
3.
Units serving as the rapid entry system shall be manufactured by
the Knox Company, Irvine, California.
[Ord. 2003-5, 12/29/2003, § 105.0]
The owner or operator of the facility shall update the appropriate
documents within the cabinet style vault on an annual basis on or
before January 1 of each year or more frequently when deemed necessary
by the fire department and shall send the fire department a copy of
all the updated material, including an updated copy of the emergency
and hazardous chemical inventory form.
[Ord. 2003-5, 12/29/2003, § 106.0]
Within six months after this issuance of an occupancy permit
for a new structure, the structure shall be inspected by the fire
department to facilitate emergency response.
[Ord. 2003-5, 12/29/2003, § 107.0]
1.
Each vault key shall be numbered.
2.
All vault keys shall be kept only: in fire department vehicles in
a locked mechanism which can be opened only by signal of the Emergency
Dispatch Office of Northampton County.
3.
The fire department shall provide the Township Manager with a schedule
of the location of each vault key in the possession of the fire department.
The fire department shall maintain a record of the date and time of
any request to the Emergency' Dispatch Office of Northampton County
for release of vault keys and the location of any cabinet style vault
or rapid entry system opened with such key.
4.
At least annually the fire department and Township Manager shall
conduct an inventory confirming the location of all vault keys.
[Ord. 2003-5, 12/29/2003, § 108.0; as amended by
A.O.]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before
a magisterial district judge in the manner provided for the enforcement
of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs
and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment
not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues
or each section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated
shall constitute a separate offense.
