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AR Code § 20-22-1006 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 22 - Fire Prevention, Protection, and Safety|Subchapter 10 - Arkansas Comprehensive Fire Protection Act of 1993|§ 20-22-1006. Arkansas Fire Protection Services Resources Plan

 (a) The Office of Fire Protection Services shall facilitate and coordinate, with the cooperation and assistance of the fire services agencies listed in § 20-22-1004(c), the development and formulation of a comprehensive program for the orderly coordination, cooperation, and development of resources of the State of Arkansas and its local governments, to be referred to as the “Arkansas Fire Protection Services Resources Plan”. The plan shall include plans:  (1) For providing fire services in the various rural areas of this state which do not have available the benefits or services of an organized or voluntary firefighting program;  (2) For updating and improving fire services in urban, suburban, and rural areas which have fire services but which need improvements and for assisting existing organized or volunteer firefighting services in making those improvements;  (3) On the type, needs, and means to procure firefighting vehicles and equipment for fire services agencies of local governments;  (4) On developing training programs designed to instruct and train firefighters at the Arkansas Fire Training Academy to be employed or used by both urban and rural organized and volunteer fire services agencies;  (5) To coordinate the efforts of all state and local government fire services agencies for the purpose of making maximum use of the services and resources for the prevention and mitigation of injury and damage caused by fire and other hazards;  (6) To measure the prompt and effective response to fires and other hazards and disasters;  (7) To identify areas particularly vulnerable to fire and hazards and other disasters; and  (8) To make recommendations for improvements in the firefighting, prevention, training, mitigation, and adjunct services for state and local fire services agencies.    (b) In coordinating the preparation and revision of the plan, the office shall seek the advice and assistance of and cooperate with state agencies, including the State Fire Marshal, the Arkansas Fire Training Academy, and the Rural Fire Protection Service, with all fire services agencies of local governments, with business, labor, industry, agriculture, civic and volunteer organizations, and with community leaders.  (c) The plan or any part thereof may be incorporated into rules of the office, the Division of Emergency Management, or executive orders which have the force and effect of law.
AR Code § 20-22-1007 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 22 - Fire Prevention, Protection, and Safety|Subchapter 10 - Arkansas Comprehensive Fire Protection Act of 1993|§ 20-22-1007. State and local government agencies — Liaison officers

 (a) It is directed by this subchapter that the head of each state agency with fire services, including the State Fire Marshal, the Arkansas Fire Training Academy, and the Rural Fire Protection Service, and all fire services agencies of local governments shall appoint a member or members of its staff as fire services liaison officer or officers to act on its behalf in coordinating and ensuring the agency's capability to fulfill its role in fire services activities.  (b) It shall be the responsibility of this officer or these officers to:  (1) Maintain close and continuous liaison with the Office of Fire Protection Services, as applicable;  (2) Prepare agency operations plans in cooperation with this subchapter and with the office;  (3) Submit a list of the various firefighting, prevention, training, mitigation, and adjunct services the agency is trained and equipped to perform;  (4) Maintain files of agency resources to include personnel, facilities, and equipment available for fire services and adjunct services operations;  (5) Submit a semiannual report to the office of the various firefighting, prevention, training, mitigation, and adjunct services the agency is trained and equipped to perform;  (6) Ensure that the agency can respond promptly and cooperatively with other agencies in any firefighting situations or major emergency situations under the procedures cooperatively agreed to in the Arkansas Fire Protection Services Resources Plan and coordinated by the office; and  (7) Perform other related functions necessary to carry out the purpose of this subchapter.    (c) Nothing in subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be interpreted as relieving or otherwise abridging the responsibility and authority of any state or local agency directors in carrying out the fire services and adjunct services operations for which their agencies are solely responsible.
AR Code § 20-22-1008 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 22 - Fire Prevention, Protection, and Safety|Subchapter 10 - Arkansas Comprehensive Fire Protection Act of 1993|§ 20-22-1008. Utilization of existing services and facilities

 All fire services agencies of the state, including the State Fire Marshal, the Arkansas Fire Training Academy, and the Rural Fire Protection Service, and all fire services agencies of local governments, to the maximum extent practicable, shall utilize services, facilities, equipment, and personnel of their existing departments, offices, and agencies to carry out the provisions of this subchapter.
AR Code § 20-23-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23 - Boiler Safety|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-23-101. Definitions

 As used in this chapter:   (1) “Boiler” or “boilers” means any boiler or like vessel or container in which water is heated or steam is generated by the application of heat and includes:  (A) Steam boilers that generate steam under pressure and include:  (i) High pressure steam boilers that generate steam under pressure more than fifteen pounds per square inch gauge (15 psig); and  (ii) Low pressure steam heating boilers that generate steam at fifteen pounds per square inch gauge (15 psig) or less for heating purposes;    (B) Hot water heating boilers that heat water for the external use of heating any area or building; and  (C) Hot water heaters that are used for heating water for external use;    (2) “Horsepower” means the evaporation of thirty-four and five-tenths pounds (34.5 lbs.) of water from a temperature of two hundred twelve degrees Fahrenheit (212° F) into steam at two hundred twelve degrees Fahrenheit (212° F) at fourteen and seven-tenths pounds per square inch absolute (14.7 psia);  (3) “Internal” and “external” inspection means a thorough and proper inspection as provided for in the rules by the Boiler Inspection Division;  (4)  (A) “Pressure piping” means power piping systems and their component parts within or forming a part of the pressure piping system connected to any boiler or unfired pressure vessel covered by the provisions of this chapter.  (B) This includes only boiler external piping for power boilers and high-temperature, high pressure water boilers in which:  (i) Steam or vapor is generated at a pressure of more than fifteen pounds per square inch gauge (15 psig); and  (ii) High-temperature water is generated at pressures exceeding one hundred sixty pounds per square inch gauge (160 psig) and temperatures exceeding two hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit (250° F) or one hundred twenty degrees Centigrade (120° C), or both.    (C) Boiler external piping shall be considered as that piping which begins where the boiler proper terminates at:  (i) The first circumferential joint for welding end connections;  (ii) The face of the first flange in bolted flanged connections; or  (iii) The first threaded joint in that type of connection and which extends up to and includes the valve or valves required by rule;      (5) “Pressure vessel” means any unfired pressure vessel constructed for the accumulation, storage, or transportation of air, liquids, or gases that are under induced pressure; and  (6) “PSIG” means pounds per square inch gauge pressure.
AR Code § 20-23-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23 - Boiler Safety|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-23-102. Exceptions

 (a) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to:  (1) Inspection and installation permit requirements on air storage vessels located in service stations and garages;  (2) Air tanks of twelve gallons (12 gals.) or less containing one hundred fifty pounds per square inch (150 psi) or less;  (3) Boilers and unfired pressure vessels which are under the inspection regulations of the United States Surface Transportation Board;  (4) Boilers and unfired pressure vessels used for domestic purposes in private residences and apartment houses of eight (8) or fewer apartments;  (5) Unfired pressure vessels, other than air tanks or vessels listed in subdivisions (a)(1)-(4) of this section, where the maximum allowable working pressure is fifteen pounds per square inch (15 psi) or less or a volume of five cubic feet (5 cu. ft.) or less, coil-type steam generators without accumulative drum, or vessels used in connection with or the storage of liquefied petroleum gases. However, all such unfired pressure vessels shall be constructed in compliance with the appropriate regulations, or rules applicable thereto;  (6) Hot water heaters under two hundred thousand British thermal units (200,000 Btu), except those heaters located in hospitals, schools, day care centers, and nursing homes;  (7) Hot water supply storage tanks which are heated by steam or any other direct or indirect means when heat input is less than two hundred thousand British thermal units per hour (200,000 Btu/hr.), when water temperature is less than two hundred ten degrees Fahrenheit (210° F), and when the vessel has a nominal water-containing capacity of less than one hundred twenty gallons (120 gals.);  (8) Pressure vessels which are an integral part of:  (A) Components of rotating or reciprocating mechanical devices and hydraulic or pneumatic cylinders where the primary design considerations and stress are derived from the functional requirements of the device; or  (B) The structure and have a primary function of transporting fluids from one (1) location to another within a system; and    (9) Vessels with a nominal water-containing capacity of one hundred twenty gallons (120 gals.) or less for containing water under pressure, including those containing air, the compression of which serves only as a cushion.    (b) This chapter shall not apply to inspection, installation permit requirements, or regulation of boilers and unfired pressure vessels used in connection with the production, distribution, storage, or transmission of oil, natural gas, or casinghead gas.
AR Code § 20-23-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23 - Boiler Safety|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-23-103. Enforcement

 (a) The criminal penalties provided by this chapter shall be enforced by the prosecuting attorney of each judicial district. The administrative penalties provided by this chapter shall be imposed pursuant to rules of the Director of the Division of Labor.  (b) The director may collect an administrative penalty imposed pursuant to this chapter in a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction, and he or she shall not be required to pay costs or to enter a bond for payment of costs.
AR Code § 20-23-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23 - Boiler Safety|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-23-104. Periodic or regular attendance

 (a) All boilers subject to the provisions of this chapter shall be continuously monitored by mechanical and electronic devices approved by the Director of the Division of Labor. When a plant is in operation or when any public building is occupied, the boilers shall be under regular attendance by a boiler operator unless otherwise exempt.  (b) Boilers that are manually operated shall be under constant attendance whenever they are in use for any purpose.  (c) All steam boilers fifty horsepower (50 hp) and over, as rated by the manufacturer in any location, and steam boilers used in hospitals, hotels, schools, theatres, and office buildings, but not limited to these places, shall be under regular attendance by a licensed operator who holds a certificate of competency issued by the Boiler Inspection Division.
AR Code § 20-23-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23 - Boiler Safety|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-23-105. Disposition of funds

 (a) All money received under this chapter shall be paid to the Treasurer of State, who shall place this money to the credit of the Department of Labor and Licensing Special Fund, there to be used by the Department of Labor and Licensing in carrying out the functions, powers, and duties as set out in this chapter and to defray the costs of the maintenance, operation, and improvements required by the department in carrying out the functions, powers, and duties otherwise imposed by law on the department or the Director of the Division of Labor.  (b) The director may issue vouchers for salaries and expenses of the Boiler Inspection Division when proper appropriation has been made for the expenditures.
AR Code § 20-23-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23 - Boiler Safety|Subchapter 2 - Administration|§ 20-23-202. Chief inspector, deputy inspector, etc

 (a)  (1) When the office of Chief Inspector of the Boiler Inspection Division becomes vacant, the Director of the Division of Labor shall employ a citizen of the State of Arkansas to be chief inspector.  (2) The chief inspector shall have at the time of employment not less than ten (10) years' experience in the construction, maintenance, installation, and repair or inspection of high pressure boilers and unfired pressure vessels.    (b)  (1)  (A) The director is authorized and empowered to employ a technical assistant and deputy inspectors of boilers.  (B) Inspectors of steam boilers and unfired pressure vessels shall have had at the time of employment not less than five (5) years' experience in the construction, maintenance, installation, and repair of high pressure boilers and unfired pressure vessels or possess a currently valid commission from the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors.  (C)  (i) Inspectors of steam boilers and unfired pressure vessels also shall have passed a written examination.  (ii) The examination shall conform to standards not exceeding those prescribed by the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.  (iii) The examination shall test the inspector's knowledge of the construction, installation, maintenance, and repair of boilers and their appurtenances.      (2) The director is also empowered to employ clerical and administrative employees, as well as other inspectors, as necessary to perform the work of the Boiler Inspection Division.  (3) The salaries are to be approved by the General Assembly.    (c) The salaries of the employees of the Boiler Inspection Division, together with the necessary expenses of the Boiler Inspection Division, shall be paid out of the fees for which provision is made in this chapter.
AR Code § 20-23-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23 - Boiler Safety|Subchapter 2 - Administration|§ 20-23-203. Chief inspector's duty to inspect and enforce

 (a) The Chief Inspector of the Boiler Inspection Division, either personally or by a deputy inspector, shall carefully:  (1)  (A) Unless the chief inspector grants an extension of time for good cause, inspect internally and externally one (1) time annually every high pressure steam boiler and steam generating apparatus.  (B) An extension of time under subdivision (a)(1)(A) of this section:  (i) Shall not exceed six (6) months; and  (ii) Shall cause the time period for the next annual inspection to begin on the day following the date of the inspection that was extended;      (2) Inspect externally one (1) time annually and internally one (1) time every three (3) years every low pressure steam heating boiler to the extent permitted by the design and construction of the boiler;  (3) Inspect one (1) time biennially every unfired pressure vessel located in this state that is not excepted from the inspections by this chapter; and  (4) Give the owner or operator of the boiler notice of the time when an internal inspection will be made.    (b) The chief inspector shall have free access at all reasonable times for himself or herself and his or her deputies to any premises in this state where a boiler or pressure piping is being built or where a boiler or pressure piping or power plant apparatus is being installed or operated, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the boiler or piping or apparatus is built, installed, and fitted with the necessary appliances and operated in accordance with this chapter and the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.  (c)  (1) The chief inspector shall enforce the laws of the state governing the use of boilers and unfired pressure vessels. He or she shall examine into and report to the Director of the Division of Labor the causes of boiler explosions which occur within the state.  (2) He or she shall keep in his or her office a complete and accurate record of the names of all owners or operators of boilers inspected by the Boiler Inspection Division, together with the location, make, type, dimensions, age, condition, pressure allowed upon, and date of the last inspection of all boilers and shall make an annual report thereon to the director.
AR Code § 20-23-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23 - Boiler Safety|Subchapter 3 - Certification of Boilers|§ 20-23-301. Certificate of inspection required — Application of rules and standards — Penalties

 (a)  (1) No owner or user of a boiler or pressure vessel or engineer or fireman in charge of a boiler or pressure vessel shall operate or allow the boiler or pressure vessel to be operated without a certificate of inspection issued by the Director of the Division of Labor or shall allow a greater pressure in the boiler or pressure vessel than is allowed by the certificate of inspection.  (2)  (A) All boilers and pressure vessels installed or in operation in this state shall conform to those rules and standards that shall from time to time be adopted by the Boiler Inspection Division with the approval of the director.  (B) The rules and standards shall not exceed those set out in the several sections of the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and shall have the force of law immediately upon their approval by the director.    (3) No person shall operate or cause to be operated any boiler or unfired pressure vessel on which the certificate of inspection has been suspended or the operation of which has been forbidden by an inspector as provided in §§ 20-23-203, 20-23-306, 20-23-310, 20-23-401, and 20-23-402.  (4) All pressure piping installed in this state shall conform to those rules and standards that shall from time to time be adopted by the Boiler Inspection Division with the approval of the director. The rules and standards shall not exceed those set out in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Code for Pressure Piping, Power Piping Code, B31.1.    (b) Any person violating this section shall be subject to an administrative fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
AR Code § 20-23-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23 - Boiler Safety|Subchapter 3 - Certification of Boilers|§ 20-23-302. Report by manufacturer, owner, and user

 (a) Every manufacturer, owner, or user of a boiler or unfired pressure vessel in use or to be used in any part of the state and subject to inspection by the Boiler Inspection Division, as provided by this chapter, shall report to the division the location of the boiler or unfired pressure vessel at such times and in such manner and form as may be determined by the rules of the division.  (b) Any owner, user, or agent of the owner of any boiler or unfired pressure vessel subject to inspection by the division, as provided in this chapter, who shall fail to report its location to the division shall be subject to an administrative fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100).
AR Code § 20-23-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23 - Boiler Safety|Subchapter 3 - Certification of Boilers|§ 20-23-303. Hydrostatic pressure testing

 (a) Boilers and pressure vessels may be tested by hydrostatic pressure one-quarter (¼) greater than the maximum allowable working pressure when in the judgment of the inspector such a test is necessary to ascertain the true condition of the boiler.  (b) All boilers to be tested by hydrostatic pressure shall be filled with water at no less than ambient temperature but in no case less than seventy degrees Fahrenheit (70° F). The metal temperature shall not exceed one hundred twenty degrees Fahrenheit (120° F) during the final examination.  (c) The responsibility for hydrostatic testing shall be that of the owner.
AR Code § 20-23-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23 - Boiler Safety|Subchapter 3 - Certification of Boilers|§ 20-23-304. Failure to make ready for inspection

 Any owner, user, or agent of the owner of any boiler subject to inspection by the Boiler Inspection Division who shall fail to have a boiler ready for inspection after due notice as provided in this chapter shall pay to the division the inspection fee provided by this subchapter and shall be subject to an administrative fine of any sum not less than ten dollars ($10.00).
AR Code § 20-23-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23 - Boiler Safety|Subchapter 3 - Certification of Boilers|§ 20-23-305. Special inspection

 If at any time the owner, user, or agent of the owner of any boiler within the state shall desire a special inspection of any boiler, it shall be made by the Boiler Inspection Division after due request thereof. The inspector making the inspection shall collect a fee of one hundred dollars ($100) for each boiler together with his or her expenses from Little Rock to the place of inspection and return.