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NH Rev Stat § 154:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards|Section 154:2 - Powers.

    154:2 Powers. –||I. Except as provided in RSA 227-L and this chapter, the firewards, fire engineers, and fire chiefs shall have the authority and the control of all firefighters and officers and all fire apparatus and other equipment designed or used for the extinguishment of fire or the control of other emergencies in the town or city, and of all persons whose duty it is to aid in extinguishing fires.||II. (a) The fire chief shall have the authority to enforce any local or state laws or rules pertaining to the control of combustible or hazardous materials, or both, the design of exits, and any other fire safety measures including the state fire code enacted pursuant to RSA 153:5.||(b) All local fire chiefs and duly authorized subordinates shall provide information on the local appeals process for local fire code ordinances and the variance process for the state fire code upon review of plans and notice of violations.||III. The fire chief and duly authorized subordinates shall have the authority to inspect all buildings, structures, or other places in the fire chief's fire district or under the fire chief's jurisdiction, including but not limited to any place where any combustible or hazardous material, including waste paper, rags, shavings, waste, leather, rubber, crates, boxes, barrels, rubbish or other combustible material that is or may become dangerous as a fire menace to such buildings, structures or other places has been allowed to accumulate or where such chief or designated representative has reason to believe that such material of a combustible or hazardous nature has accumulated or is liable to be accumulated. If consent for such inspection is denied or not reasonably obtainable, the fire chief may obtain an administrative inspection warrant under RSA 595-B.|||Source. RS 111:3. CS 114:8. GS 96:2. GL 106:2. PS 115:2. PL 146:2. RL 175:2. RSA 154:2. 1975, 443:2. 1977, 361:5. 1991, 231:6. 1992, 154:3. 1995, 299:8. 1998, 318:13. 2012, 225:2, eff. Aug. 14, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 154:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards|Section 154:3 - Repealed by 1993, 28:11, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.

    154:3 Repealed by 1993, 28:11, eff. Jan. 1, 1994. –|
NH Rev Stat § 154:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards|Section 154:4 - Organization of Firefighters.

    154:4 Organization of Firefighters. –||The firefighters shall be organized in such companies, under the supervision of duly selected officers, and shall be subject to such duties in relation to the care, preservation and use of the public property entrusted to them, and to meeting for drill in the management thereof, as the chief, firewards or engineers shall direct or approve; and shall, by night or day, under their direction, use their best endeavors to extinguish any fire that may happen in their town or the vicinity of their town. Firefighters may also mitigate other emergencies which may happen in their town or the vicinity of their town.|||Source. 1849, 863:2. CS 117:2. GS 96:14. GL 106:14. PS 115:4. PL 146:4. RL 175:4. RSA 154:4. 1992, 154:4. 2012, 242:4. 2013, 173:1, eff. July 2, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 154:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards|Section 154:5 - Chief Fireward, Engineer, or Fire Chief.

    154:5 Chief Fireward, Engineer, or Fire Chief. –||I. The chief fireward, engineer or fire chief who is appointed, rather than elected in any town, village district, precinct, city or area shall be appointed for an indefinite period of time or for a definite term, as determined by the legislative body, and the tenure of office shall depend upon good conduct and efficiency. The chief fireward, engineer or fire chief shall be technically qualified by training or experience and shall have ability to command firefighters and hold their respect and confidence.||II. Subject to such written formal policies as may be adopted by the appointing authority, each chief fireward, engineer, or fire chief of any city or town who is appointed rather than elected, shall have authority to direct and control all employees of his or her department in their normal course of duty and shall be responsible for the efficient and economical use of all department equipment. Such chief fireward, engineer, or fire chief shall be subject to suspension without pay or dismissal only for cause, and after he or she has been presented with a written specification of the reasons. Upon such suspension or dismissal, the chief fireward, engineer, or fire chief shall be entitled to a hearing, on the merits and reasonableness of the action, in superior court in the county in which the municipality is located, provided that the chief fireward, engineer, or fire chief petitions the clerk of the superior court for such a hearing within 45 days of suspension or dismissal. The court shall have the power to affirm, modify or negate such suspension or dismissal, based upon its findings.|||Source. 1945, 110:1. RSA 154:5. 1975, 443:4. 1993, 28:6. 1998, 130:1. 2007, 163:1, eff. June 18, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 154:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards|Section 154:6 - Duties as to Fire Apparatus and Water Supply.

    154:6 Duties as to Fire Apparatus and Water Supply. –||The chief fireward, engineer or fire chief shall keep, or cause to be kept, in order all apparatus provided by the town for the extinguishment of fires and the mitigation of other emergencies, and shall cause all cisterns and sources of water prepared for the fire department to be fully supplied and kept in order within the available funds. Such individual shall annually report to the town the condition of all apparatus under the individual's care belonging to the town, and the amount expended for repairs on such apparatus.|||Source. 1844, 143:2, 5. CS 15:2, 5. GS 96:11. GL 106:11. PS 115:5. PL 146:5. RL 175:5. RSA 154:6. 1975, 443:5. 1992, 154:5. 1998, 318:14, eff. Aug. 25, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 154:7-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards|Section 154:7-a - Fire Investigations.

    154:7-a Fire Investigations. –||I. In this section:||(a) "Cause and origin investigation" means the investigation necessary to determine the physical behavior of the fire, including the points or areas where the fire began, and the specific acts or conditions that caused the fire to occur.||(b) "Criminal investigation" means the investigation necessary to determine whether a violation of the criminal code, including the crime of arson, has occurred, and the identification and prosecution of any perpetrator.||II. The fire officer in charge or designee shall investigate the cause and origin of fires, including the taking of evidence relative to the cause and origin of fires, except as enumerated elsewhere by statute.||III. (a) Upon determination by the fire officer in charge or designee that a fire is of suspicious or incendiary origin, determination of which shall include information received from the police officer in charge, the police officer in charge may:||(1) Conduct a criminal investigation.||(2) Restrict access to the scene.||(3) Collect and secure criminal evidence.||(4) Gather investigative information.||(b) The powers enumerated under subparagraph III(a) shall only be subject to the authority of the fire officer in charge to extinguish fire, protect against immediate life hazard, and treat and stabilize the sick or injured.||IV. The police officer in charge may request whatever assistance the police officer deems necessary from the fire officer in charge, who may provide such assistance.||V. Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the admissibility of evidence at trial.|||Source. 1992, 154:8. 1998, 318:17, 18, eff. Aug. 25, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 154:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards|Section 154:8 - Duties at Scene of Fires or Other Emergencies.

    154:8 Duties at Scene of Fires or Other Emergencies. –||The fire chief, or in the fire chief's absence the engineer or fire officer in charge, shall have the direction of all apparatus and other equipment, and the government and direction of all persons and proceedings relating to any fire or other emergency, and the other firewards or engineers shall aid as assistants.|||Source. 1844, 143:3, 4. CS 115:3, 4. GS 96:4. GL 106:4. PS 115:7. PL 146:7. RL 175:7. RSA 154:8. 1975, 443:7. 1979, 344:10. 1992 154:9. 1998, 318:19, eff. Aug. 25, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 154:8-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards|Section 154:8-c - Firefighting Personal Protective Equipment.

    154:8-c Firefighting Personal Protective Equipment. –||I. In this section:||(a) "Department" means the department of safety.||(b) "Firefighting personal protective equipment" means any clothing designed, intended, or marketed to be worn by firefighting personnel in the performance of their duties, designed with the intent for use in fire and rescue activities, including jackets, pants, shoes, gloves, helmets, hoods, and respiratory equipment.||(c) "Manufacturer" includes any person, firm, association, partnership, corporation, governmental entity, organization, joint venture, importer, or domestic manufacturer or distributor of firefighting agents or firefighting equipment. For the purposes of this section, "importer" means the owner of the product.||(d) "Municipalities" means any county, city, town, fire district, regional fire district, or other special purpose district that provides firefighting services.||(e) "Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances" or "PFAS chemicals" means, for the purposes of firefighting agents and firefighting equipment, a class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom.||II. Beginning January 1, 2020, a manufacturer or other person that sells firefighting personal protective equipment to any person, municipality, or state agency shall provide written notice to the purchaser at the time of sale if the firefighting personal protective equipment contains PFAS chemicals. The written notice shall include a statement that the firefighting personnel protective equipment contains PFAS chemicals. All notices shall be included in all personnel files of all employees using the firefighting personal protective equipment which contain PFAS chemicals.||III. The manufacturer or person selling firefighting personal protective equipment and the purchaser of the equipment shall retain the notice in procurement files for at least 3 years from the date of the transaction. Upon the request of the department, a person, manufacturer, or purchaser shall furnish the notice, or written copies, and associated sales documentation to the department within 60 days.||IV. The department shall assist other state agencies, fire protection districts, and other municipalities to give priority and preference to the purchase of firefighting personal protective equipment that does not contain PFAS chemicals.|||Source. 2019, 337:1, eff. Sept. 3, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 154:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards|Section 154:9 - Penalty.

    154:9 Penalty. –||If any person present at a fire, emergency or service call, at or to which the fire department is responding shall refuse or neglect to obey the commands of any member who is recognized as, or should have been recognized as, a member of the fire department, or shall unlawfully assume the office or badge of office of a fire chief, fire officer or firefighter, such person shall be guilty of a violation.|||Source. RS 111:5. CS 114:6. GS 96:5. 1878, 31:1. GL 106:5. PS 115:8. PL 146:8. RL 175:8. RSA 154:9. 1973, 531:35. 1975, 443:8. 1992, 154:11. 1998, 318:21, eff. Aug. 25, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 154:9-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards|Section 154:9-a - Conscripted Assistance Limited.

    154:9-a Conscripted Assistance Limited. –||Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 154:7, 8, and 9, no person therein authorized to compel assistance by conscription shall order any person under the age of 18 years or over the age of 45 years (except where such person has voluntarily consented to accept direction and if under the age of 18, has furnished parental consent in writing); or any person having a physical or mental disability or who is otherwise disabled in capability to perform any act of firefighting which would subject such person to the possible risk of grievous bodily injury, harm or death, except in a dire emergency, and then only if such act or acts are deemed necessary to protect and preserve public property endangered by fire, or in the case of a national emergency. Notwithstanding this limitation, nothing in this section shall be construed to limit a person's ability, if over 18 years of age, to voluntarily consent to perform acts of firefighting so long as such person agrees to accept direction of qualified firefighters and the person accepting the consent is authorized by RSA 154:7, 8, and 9, to call for such assistance and reasonably believes that the person volunteering understands the personal risk.|||Source. 1973, 492:4. 1990, 140:2, X. 1998, 318:22, eff. Aug. 25, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 154:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards|Section 154:10 - Repealed by 1975, 443:16, eff. June 20, 1975.

    154:10 Repealed by 1975, 443:16, eff. June 20, 1975. –|
NH Rev Stat § 154:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards|Section 154:11 - Damages.

    154:11 Damages. –||The selectmen, aldermen or council, on application, shall appraise the damage done to any building or thing by order of the firewards, engineers, or fire officer-in-charge and may assess a tax for the payment therefor, and may make compensation to the owner, unless it shall appear that the fire began in such building, or that the same must have been burned if it had not been destroyed or removed.|||Source. RS 111:15. CS 114:16. GS 96:7. GL 106:7. PS 115:10. PL 146:10. RL 175:10. RSA 154:11. 1975, 443:9, eff. June 20, 1975.|
NH Rev Stat § 154:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards|Section 154:12 - Petition to Court.

    154:12 Petition to Court. –||Upon the refusal of the selectmen, aldermen or council, or upon their neglect for 3 months after the application to appraise the damage and assess such tax, the party injured may petition the superior court for redress; and the court, after due notice to the town, shall ascertain the damage and shall render judgment and issue execution therefor, and for costs, against the town.|||Source. RS 111:16. CS 114:17. GS 96:8. GL 106:8. PS 115:11. PL 146:11. RL 175:11. RSA 154:12. 1975, 443:10, eff. June 20, 1975.|
NH Rev Stat § 154:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards|Section 154:13 - Right of Way; Penalty.

    154:13 Right of Way;  Penalty. –||The officers and employees of the fire department of any city or town, with the engines and apparatus thereof, shall have the right of way while going to a fire or responding to an alarm through any street, lane, or alley in said city or town, subject to such rules and regulations as the city council or selectmen may prescribe. Whoever willfully and maliciously obstructs or retards the passage of an engine or other apparatus of a fire department, while so going to a fire, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 1905, 66:1. PL 146:12. RL 175:12. RSA 154:13. 1973, 528:72. 1998, 318:23, eff. Aug. 25, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 154:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards|Section 154:14 - Street Fires, Etc.

    154:14 Street Fires, Etc. –||Every fireward, engineer, fire chief or designated officer shall cause any fire deemed by such individual to be dangerous, in any street or elsewhere, to be extinguished or removed.|||Source. RS 111:4. CS 114:5. GS 96:10. GL 106:10. PS 115:13. PL 146:14. RL 175:14. RSA 154:14. 1975, 443:11. 1998, 318:24, eff. Aug. 25, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 154:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards|Section 154:15 - Compensation, Etc., of Chief; Expenses.

    154:15 Compensation, Etc., of Chief;  Expenses. –||The chief fireward or fire chief shall be paid for services such compensation as the council, aldermen or town meeting shall think reasonable; and the bills for the operation of the fire department, including but not limited to costs of apparatus and equipment, shall be approved or disapproved by the fire chief, fireward or engineer responsible and, if approved, shall be presented for payment to those town officials designated for this purpose by statute, local ordinance or town meeting within the limits of the funds appropriated.|||Source. 1844, 143:6, 7. CS 114:6, 7. GS 96:12. GL 106:12. PS 115:18. PL 146:15. RL 175:15. RSA 154:15. 1975, 443:12. 1998, 318:25, eff. Aug. 25, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 154:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards|Section 154:16 - Pay of Firefighters.

    154:16 Pay of Firefighters. –||The firefighter shall be paid for their services such compensation as the council, aldermen or town meeting shall think reasonable.|||Source. CS 114:26, 27. GS 96:15. 1875, 32:1. GL 106:15. PS 115:19. PL 146:16. RL 175:16. RSA 154:16. 1975, 443:15, eff. June 20, 1975.|
NH Rev Stat § 154:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards|Section 154:17 - Where Statute Applicable.

    154:17 Where Statute Applicable. –||If in any town, village district, precinct, city or area, apparatus for the extinguishment of fires is provided at the public expense, RSA 154:1 through 16 shall apply and firewards or fire engineers shall be duly elected or appointed. But the bylaws now in force in any town relating to the extinguishment of fires, election of firewards, fire engineers or fire chiefs, shall remain in force, subject to being repealed or superseded by vote of the town.|||Source. RS 111:24. CS 114:28; 115:9; 117:3. GS 96:23. GL 106:23. PS 115:20. PL 146:17. RL 175:17. RSA 154:17. 1975, 443:13, eff. May 1, 1976.|
NH Rev Stat § 154:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards|Section 154:18 - Establishment by the Firewards or Fire Chiefs.

    154:18 Establishment by the Firewards or Fire Chiefs. –||The fireward, engineer or fire chief may establish such regulations respecting the kindling, guarding, safe-keeping, prevention, and extinguishment of fires, and for the removal of combustibles from any building or place, as such individual shall think expedient, which shall be signed by such individual and recorded by the town clerk and posted in 2 or more public places in the town 30 days before they shall take effect. Each breach of such regulations shall constitute a violation. Such fireward, engineer or fire chief shall confer with recognized authorities and the state fire marshal, in the promulgation of such regulations. Where regulations have not been promulgated pertaining to electric wiring and equipment, all electric installations and safeguards shall be installed in a standard, modern, and approved manner. Compliance with the standards of the National Electrical Code or such code specified by local ordinance or state law shall be prima facie evidence of such approved manner.|||Source. RS 111:7, 8. CS 114:8, 9. GS 96:9. GL 106:9. PS 115:12. PL 146:13. RL 175:13. 1943, 104:1. RSA 154:18. 1973, 531:36. 1975, 443:14. 1992, 154:12. 1998, 318:26, eff. Aug. 25, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 154:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards|Section 154:19 - Establishment by Selectmen.

    154:19 Establishment by Selectmen. –||In any town which does not have firewards or engineers the selectmen shall have the authority to establish regulations relative to fire hazards, as is provided in RSA 154:18. Said regulations shall be recorded and posted as therein provided.|||Source. 1943, 104:2, eff. April 7, 1943.|
NH Rev Stat § 154:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards|Section 154:20 - Notice to Repair.

    154:20 Notice to Repair. –||If any building is deemed by the firewards or engineers to be dangerous to the property of others, by reason of decay, want of repair or otherwise, they may give written notice to the owner, the same to be served personally or by registered mail, to repair or alter the same, which shall contain a particular account of the repairs or alterations required to be made. If the owner does not reside in the town like notice may be served on the occupant, if any.|||Source. RS 111:17, 18. 1846, 341. CS 114:18, 19, 20. GS 96:19. GL 106:19. PS 115:14. PL 146:18. RL 175:18. 1943, 104:3, eff. April 7, 1943.|
NH Rev Stat § 154:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards|Section 154:21 - Neglect; Penalty.

    154:21 Neglect;  Penalty. –||If the repairs or alterations are not made within 5 days after notice as provided in RSA 154:20, unless upon application to the firewards or engineers an extension has been granted for reasonable cause, the owner or occupant so notified shall be guilty of a violation for each day's neglect, and shall be liable to the owner of any building or property consumed by fire, communicated from such dangerous building, for the damages suffered by the owner.|||Source. RS 111:19. CS 114:21. GS 96:20. GL 106:20. PS 115:15. 1921, 62:1. PL 146:19. RL 175:19. 1943, 104:4. RSA 154:21. 1973, 531:155. 1998, 318:27, eff. Aug. 25, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 154:21-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards|Section 154:21-a - Ordering Building Vacated.

    154:21-a Ordering Building Vacated. –||I. The fire chief or designee or state or local fire marshal or designee shall have the authority to order occupants to vacate a building, structure, or other premises if the chief or state or local fire marshal or designee determines, based on reasonable information and belief, that the condition of such premises constitutes a clear and imminent danger to the life or safety of occupants or other persons and that protection of life or safety requires vacating the premises. Such an order shall be subject to the procedures of RSA 147:16-a.||II. The provisions of paragraph I shall not apply to a residence which is occupied by the owner and his or her family, unless the condition of such premises constitutes a clear and imminent danger to the life and health of persons other then the occupant or occupants.||III. Nothing in this section shall be construed to diminish the authority of the fire officer in charge at the scene of a fire or other emergency under RSA 154:7.|||Source. 1998, 318:2, eff. Aug. 25, 1998.|