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MO Rev Stat § 320.010 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 320 - Fire Protection|Section 320.010 - Proprietors of public buildings required to erect fire escapes — how constructed.

Effective - 28 Aug 2006   320.010. Proprietors of public buildings required to erect fire escapes — how constructed. — It shall be the duty of the owner, proprietor, lessee, trustee, or keeper of every hotel, boarding and lodging house, tenement house, schoolhouse, opera house, theater, music hall, factory, office building, except fireproof office buildings in which all structural parts are wholly of brick, stone, tile, concrete, reinforced concrete, iron, steel, or incombustible material, and which are not used for lodging purposes in the state of Missouri, and every building therein where people congregate or which is used for a business place or for public or private assemblages, which has a height of three or more stories, to provide said structure with iron or steel stair or tubular fire escapes attached to the exterior of said building and by staircases located in the interior of said building. The fire escapes shall extend from the upper story to the ground, pavement or sidewalk with iron or steel ladder from the upper story to the roof; provided, however, that such fire escapes, if not continued to the ground, pavement or sidewalk, shall be equipped with a counter-balance device attachment, appliance or apparatus which shall extend from the floor level of the second story to the ground, pavement or sidewalk. School buildings, opera houses, theaters and church buildings, also hospitals, blind and mental health facilities and seminaries, shall each have a stair or tubular fire escape built solid to the ground. In no case shall a fire escape run past a window where it is practicable to avoid it. All fire escapes required by this chapter, except as herein provided, must be of the kind known as stationary fire escapes. All buildings heretofore erected shall be made to conform to the provisions of this chapter. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14950, A.L. 1961 p. 548, A.L. 2006 S.B. 648)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 13757; 1919 § 10961; 1909 § 10666  CROSS REFERENCES:  Fire escapes in buildings where twenty persons are employed above first floor, 292.060  Places of amusement, how constructed, 316.060  (1955) Where tenant of third floor apartment was injured when he jumped from window to escape from intentionally set fire, landlord's failure to provide fire escape was negligence per se and rendered him liable. Gaines v. Property Servicing Co. (Mo.), 276 S.W.2d 169. (1955) Burns v. Property Servicing Co. (Mo.), 276 S.W.2d 177.
MO Rev Stat § 320.020 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 320 - Fire Protection|Section 320.020 - How erected and enclosed.

Effective - 28 Aug 1961   320.020. How erected and enclosed. — When fire escapes are to be attached to buildings within a city, they shall be constructed under the supervision of and subject to the approval of the commissioner or superintendent of public buildings within such city, and if there be no such office within such city, they shall be subject to the approval of the chief of the fire department of such city. Whenever a fire escape attached to any building located within a city shall, upon inspection by the commissioner or superintendent of public buildings, or chief of the fire department of such city, be found in an unsafe and dangerous condition, the owner, lessee, proprietor or keeper of said building shall forthwith rebuild or repair same or replace same in safe condition, upon written notice of such commissioner or superintendent. When fire escapes are to be attached to buildings not within the limits of any city, they shall be subject to the approval of the sheriff of the county in which such building is located. And should such fire escape, through age or otherwise, be or become unsafe or dangerous, the same shall be repaired and placed in safe condition, upon written notice by said sheriff to the person in charge of such building. All stair fire escapes shall have proper and safe balconies for each story thereof, surrounded on the sides with wire bank and pipe rail not less than three feet in height, with openings from the building to said balconies. Whenever a stair fire escape is to be constructed, the stairway shall, where practicable, be of an angle of not more than fifty-five degrees and constructed so as to be placed on a blank wall. The stair fire escape shall be provided with one or more landings in each story, and enclosed on the sides with wire bank and pipe rail not less than three feet in height and running on the same angle as the stairs. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14951, A.L. 1961 p. 548)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 13758; 1919 § 10962; 1909 § 10667
MO Rev Stat § 320.030 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 320 - Fire Protection|Section 320.030 - Number to each building.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   320.030. Number to each building. — The number of fire escapes to be attached to any one building, as required in this chapter, shall, when the building is located within a city, be determined by the commissioner or superintendent of public buildings within such city, and if there be no such officer in such city, then by the chief of the fire department of such city; provided, however, that all buildings of nonfireproof construction three or more stories in height, used for manufacturing purposes, hotels, dormitories, schools, seminaries, hospitals or asylums, shall have not less than one fire escape for every fifty persons or fraction thereof, for whom working, sleeping or living accommodations are provided above the second story, and all public halls which provide seating room above the first or ground story, shall have such number of fire escapes as shall not be less than one fire escape for every one hundred persons, calculated on the seating capacity of the hall, unless a different number is authorized in writing by the commissioner, or superintendent of buildings, or the chief of the fire department, or the sheriff of the county, as the case may be. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14952)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 13759; 1919 § 10963; 1909 § 10668
MO Rev Stat § 320.040 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 320 - Fire Protection|Section 320.040 - Buildings to be equipped with fire escapes.

Effective - 28 Aug 1961   320.040. Buildings to be equipped with fire escapes. — All buildings of three and not exceeding four stories in height hereafter erected or altered, in this state, which are used, or intended to be used for any of the purposes mentioned in sections 320.010 to 320.060, shall be provided with exterior stationary stair or tubular fire escapes, or at the option of the owner may be provided with interior fireproof fire escapes, and all such buildings, exceeding four stories in height shall be provided with interior fireproof fire escapes. All interior fire escapes shall be installed in fireproof shafts constructed of brick or concrete, and shall extend from the ground to the top of the building, with an exterior entrance thereto at each story and shall have no openings of any kind leading to or from the interior of the building. The doors on the ground floor of every such shaft shall open directly into a street, alley, yard, or outer court or directly into an enclosed fireproof corridor or passageway, constructed of brick or concrete, and leading directly to and opening into a street, alley, yard or outer court. All buildings coming within the provisions of this section, and not exceeding four stories in height, shall be provided with such a number of exterior stationary stair or tubular fire escapes as are required by section 320.030; provided, that number are so located that no part of the floor area of any floor above the first story will be more than one hundred feet distant from a fire escape, or if such building be provided with interior fire escapes, there shall be one for every two hundred persons or fractional part thereof for whom working, sleeping or living accommodations are provided for above the second story. There shall be a sufficient number of fire escapes so located that no part of any floor space above the first story will be more than one hundred feet from a fire escape, whether they are interior or exterior fire escapes. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14953, A.L. 1961 p. 548)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 13760; 1919 § 10964; 1909 § 10669
MO Rev Stat § 320.050 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 320 - Fire Protection|Section 320.050 - Penalties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   320.050. Penalties. — The owner, proprietor, lessee or manager of a building which, under the terms of sections 320.010 to 320.060, is required to have one or more fire escapes, who shall neglect or refuse for the period of sixty days after sections 320.010 to 320.060 take effect to comply with its provisions, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county or city jail not more than three months, or by both fine and imprisonment, and each day shall be deemed a separate offense. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14954)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 13761; 1919 § 10965; 1909 § 10670
MO Rev Stat § 320.060 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 320 - Fire Protection|Section 320.060 - Duty of officers.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   320.060. Duty of officers. — It is made the duty of all prosecuting attorneys in this state to institute and prosecute infractions of sections 320.010 to 320.060. Whenever it shall come to the knowledge of the chief of the fire department or commissioner of public buildings in any city, or the sheriff in any county, that any violation of sections 320.010 to 320.060 has occurred, it shall be his duty to report the fact to the prosecuting attorney. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14955)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 13762; 1919 § 10966; 1909 § 10671
MO Rev Stat § 320.070 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 320 - Fire Protection|Section 320.070 - Doors to certain buildings to be hung, how.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   320.070. Doors to certain buildings to be hung, how. — All the doors for ingress and egress to and from all public schoolhouses and all other public buildings, and also of all theaters, assembly rooms, halls, churches, factories with more than twenty employees, and of all other buildings or places of public resort whatever, where people are wont to assemble, excepting schoolhouses and churches of one room and on the ground floor, which shall hereafter be erected, together with all those heretofore erected and which are still in use as such public buildings or places of resort, shall be so hung as to open outwardly from the audience rooms, halls or workshops of such buildings or places; provided, that said doors may be hung on double-jointed hinges so as to open with equal ease outwardly and inwardly. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14962)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 13769; 1919 § 10973; 1909 § 10678
MO Rev Stat § 320.080 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 320 - Fire Protection|Section 320.080 - Penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   320.080. Penalty. — Any architect, superintendent or other person or persons or body corporate, who may have charge of the erection, or may have the control or custody of any of the said buildings or places of resort mentioned in section 320.070 who shall refuse or fail to comply with the provisions of said section within six months from the passage of this law, in case of said buildings or places aforesaid which have been heretofore erected, and before the completion or occupation for said purposes of any of said buildings or places now in process of erection, shall, on proof of such refusal or failure before any court of competent jurisdiction, be adjudged to be guilty of a misdemeanor, and be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, which said fine shall be collected as is now provided by law for the collection of fines in such cases, and when collected shall be paid into and become a part of the public school fund of the county, city or incorporated town in which said misdemeanor was committed. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14963)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 13770; 1919 § 10974; 1909 § 10679
MO Rev Stat § 320.081 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 320 - Fire Protection|Section 320.081 - Fire insurance company records to be furnished law enforcement officials, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1983   320.081. Fire insurance company records to be furnished law enforcement officials, when. — The state fire marshal, prosecuting or circuit attorney, police chief, sheriff, fire chief, or other law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the act and having probable cause to believe the crime of arson may have been committed, may, in writing, request of an officer, attorney or claims management personnel of any insurance company doing the business of fire insurance in this state the production of any records of the insurance company concerning any fire loss reported to the insurance company. Upon receipt of such a written request such insurance company shall immediately produce and turn over such records to the person requesting same. Such insurance company shall disclose all facts and information in possession or knowledge of such officer, attorney, or claims management personnel of the company concerning any fire loss which the company is investigating or has investigated or has become knowledgeable of through any agency with, or employment for, such insurance company. ­­-------- (L. 1983 H.B. 337)
MO Rev Stat § 320.082 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 320 - Fire Protection|Section 320.082 - Fire insurance companies to report suspected arson to prosecuting or circuit attorney — prosecutor to report to other authorized persons.

Effective - 28 Aug 2008   320.082. Fire insurance companies to report suspected arson to prosecuting or circuit attorney — prosecutor to report to other authorized persons. — Every insurance company doing the business of fire insurance within this state which shall have reason to believe that any fire loss reported to it is the result of arson or incendiarism shall forthwith report the same along with all relevant facts thereof to the prosecuting or circuit attorney of the city or county in which said fire loss occurred and the prosecuting or circuit attorney shall acknowledge receipt. The prosecuting or circuit attorney shall give notification of receipt and shall provide such report, upon request, to the state fire marshal, the department of commerce and insurance registration and the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the fire loss. ­­-------- (L. 1983 H.B. 337, A.L. 2008 S.B. 788)
MO Rev Stat § 320.083 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 320 - Fire Protection|Section 320.083 - Law enforcement officials to furnish fire insurance companies with information regarding fire losses, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1983   320.083. Law enforcement officials to furnish fire insurance companies with information regarding fire losses, when. — The state fire marshal, prosecuting or circuit attorney, police chief, sheriff, fire chief, or other law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the act, upon receipt of a written request from an officer, attorney or claims management personnel of any insurance company shall disclose to the insurance company and its officer, attorney or claims management personnel, all facts, documents and information in possession or knowledge of that agency or its employees concerning any fire loss reported under sections 320.081 to 320.086 which at the time of the request is the subject of a pending claim against said company; unless such disclosure would jeopardize a pending prosecution. No police chief, sheriff, fire chief, or other law enforcement agency shall disclose any facts, documents, or information under this section unless the request for such facts, documents, or information has been approved by the prosecuting or circuit attorney having jurisdiction over the act. ­­-------- (L. 1983 H.B. 337)
MO Rev Stat § 320.085 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 320 - Fire Protection|Section 320.085 - Immunity from civil or criminal actions for furnishing fire loss information in good faith — presumption — closed records.

Effective - 28 Aug 1983   320.085. Immunity from civil or criminal actions for furnishing fire loss information in good faith — presumption — closed records. — 1. No civil or criminal action shall lie against any agency or company identified herein and the officer, attorney, agent or employee of either, which shall act in good faith under the provisions of sections 320.081 to 320.086. Any information or records produced in compliance with sections 320.081 to 320.086 shall be a closed meeting or a closed record as these terms are used in subdivision (1) of section 610.010 and shall remain same until necessary for the prosecution or defense of a civil or criminal action.  2. Good faith shall be presumed on the part of any agency or company identified herein and the officer, attorney, agent or employee of either, which shall act in the absence of fraud or malice pursuant to sections 320.081 to 320.086. Nothing in sections 320.081 to 320.086 shall relieve any person, official, or insurance company from the provisions of sections 375.420 and 375.930 to 375.948. ­­-------- (L. 1983 H.B. 337)
MO Rev Stat § 320.086 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 320 - Fire Protection|Section 320.086 - Access to closed arrest records not authorized — attorney-client privilege not restricted or waived — health information, closed record.

Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories   320.086. Access to closed arrest records not authorized — attorney-client privilege not restricted or waived — health information, closed record. — 1. Nothing contained in sections 320.081 to 320.086 shall allow access to records otherwise closed under sections 610.100 to 610.105.  2. Nothing contained in sections 320.081 to 320.086 shall restrict or waive the attorney-client privilege.  3. The portion of a record that is individually identifiable health information, as defined by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), P.L. 104-191, as amended, may be closed records, as provided under sections 610.100 to 610.105, if maintained by fire departments and fire protection districts. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all fire departments and fire protection districts shall produce for every call to the department or district an "incident report", as defined in section 610.100, that shall include the date, time, specific location, and name of the owner of the specific location or any vehicle involved in the incident, if known. All incident reports shall be open records under section 610.100. ­­-------- (L. 1983 H.B. 337 §§ 320.086, 320.087, A.L. 2018 S.B. 870)
MO Rev Stat § 320.088 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 320 - Fire Protection|Section 320.088 - Personal protective equipment, standards for purchasing.

Effective - 28 Aug 1987   320.088. Personal protective equipment, standards for purchasing. — 1. No fire protection district, volunteer fire protection association or any fire department of any political subdivision shall purchase any new personal protection equipment for structural firefighters unless such equipment meets the standards established in this section. The state fire marshal shall not purchase any equipment covered under this section unless such standards are met.  2. The mandatory minimum standards for all new purchases of personal protective equipment for structural firefighters shall meet those standards adopted by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). Where no standards exist, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) fire brigades standards, 29 CFR 1910.156, shall apply until an NFPA standard is adopted.  3. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to require any fire protection district, volunteer fire protection association or any fire department of any political subdivision to purchase new equipment of any kind or type. ­­-------- (L. 1987 H.B. 57 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 320.089 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 320 - Fire Protection|Section 320.089 - Labeling requirement for personal protective equipment, violation, penalty.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories   320.089. Labeling requirement for personal protective equipment, violation, penalty. — 1. No person or other legal entity shall label personal protective equipment as meeting the standards set forth in subsection 2 of section 320.088 unless such equipment does in fact meet such standards.  2. Any person who violates the provisions of subsection 1 of this section is guilty of a class E felony. ­­-------- (L. 1987 H.B. 57 § 2, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)  Effective 1-01-17
MO Rev Stat § 320.090 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 320 - Fire Protection|Section 320.090 - Emergency services, contracts for mutual aid operative in disasters — requirements.

Effective - 28 Aug 1996   320.090. Emergency services, contracts for mutual aid operative in disasters — requirements. — 1. Any municipal fire department, fire protection district or volunteer fire protection association, as defined by section 320.300, may enter into contracts providing for mutual aid regarding emergency services provided by such fire department, fire protection district or volunteer fire protection association. The contracts that are agreed upon may provide for compensation from the parties and other terms that are agreeable to the parties and may be for an indefinite period as long as they include a sixty-day cancellation notice by either party. The contracts agreed upon may not be entered into for the purpose of reduction of manpower by either party.  2. Any municipal fire department, fire protection district or volunteer fire protection association may provide assistance to any other municipal fire department, fire protection district or volunteer fire protection association in the state, or any bordering state, at the time of a significant emergency such as a fire, earthquake, flood, tornado, hazardous material incident or other such disaster. The chief or highest ranking fire officer may render aid to any requesting fire department, fire protection district or volunteer fire protection association as long as he is acting in accordance with the policies and procedures set forth by the governing board of that governmental entity or association.  3. When responding on mutual aid or emergency aid requests, the fire department, fire protection district, or volunteer fire association shall be subject to all provisions of law as if it were providing service within its own jurisdiction. ­­-------- (L. 1990 H.B. 1395 & 1448 § 1 subsecs. 1, 2, 3, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1668, A.L. 1996 S.B. 740)