The Fire Marshal shall survey or cause to be
surveyed each commercial and industrial establishment, mercantile,
educational and institutional occupancy, place of assembly, hotel,
multifamily house and trailer camp and shall specify suitable fire-detecting
devices or fire-extinguishing appliances which shall be provided in
or near boiler rooms, kitchens of restaurants, clubs and like establishments,
storage rooms involving considerable combustible material, rooms in
which hazardous manufacturing processes are involved, repair garages
and other places of a generally hazardous nature. Such devices or
appliances may consist of automatic fire-alarm systems, automatic
sprinkler or water-spray systems, standpipe and hose, fixed or portable
fire extinguishers of a type suitable for the probable class of fire
or suitable asbestos blankets, manual or automatic covers or carbon
dioxide or other special fire-extinguishing systems. In special hazardous
processes or storage, appliances of more than one type or special
systems may be required.
Sprinkler systems, standpipe systems, fire-alarm
systems and other fire-protective or fire-extinguishing systems or
appliances which have been installed in compliance with any permit
or order or because of any law or ordinance shall be maintained in
operative condition at all times, and it shall be unlawful for any
owner or occupant to reduce the effectiveness of the protection so
required, except that this shall not prohibit the owner or occupant
from temporarily reducing or discontinuing the protection where necessary
to make tests, repairs, alterations or additions. The Bureau of Fire
Prevention shall be notified before such tests, repairs, alterations
or additions are started unless the work is to be continuous until
completion.
