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CT Gen Stat § 29-291d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police|Chapter 541 - Building, Fire and Demolition Codes. Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards. Safety of Public and Other Structures|Section 29-291d - State Fire Marshal review of local fire marshal decision re State Fire Prevention Code. Appeal.

 The State Fire Marshal shall review a decision by a local fire marshal upon the request of any person determined to have the right to appeal or when the State Fire Marshal has reason to believe that such official has misconstrued or misinterpreted any provision of the State Fire Prevention Code adopted pursuant to section 29-291a. If upon review and after consultation with such official the State Fire Marshal determines that a provision of the code has been misconstrued or misinterpreted, the State Fire Marshal shall issue an interpretation of such code and may issue any order the State Fire Marshal deems appropriate. Any such determination or order shall be in writing and sent to such local fire marshal by registered mail, return receipt requested. Any person aggrieved by a decision made by the State Fire Marshal in accordance with this section or a decision of the State Fire Marshal relating to the enforcement of the State Fire Prevention Code may appeal such decision to the superior court for the judicial district where the premises concerned are located.(P.A. 08-65, S. 6.)
CT Gen Stat § 29-293. (Formerly Sec. 29-41) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police|Chapter 541 - Building, Fire and Demolition Codes. Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards. Safety of Public and Other Structures|Section 29-293. (Formerly Sec. 29-41) - Codes to specify minimum fire safety requirements. Establishment of fire zones.

 (a) The Fire Safety Code and the State Fire Prevention Code shall specify reasonable minimum requirements for fire safety in new and existing buildings and facilities.(b) The State Fire Prevention Code shall, and any municipality may, by ordinance, require the establishment of one or more fire zones for the orderly access of fire and other emergency equipment to buildings or facilities open to the public. Any such ordinance may be in accordance with the (1) size, type of construction and nature of use or occupancy of such buildings or facilities, and (2) the fire suppression equipment and method of attack utilized by the fire department.(1949 Rev., S. 3666; 1971, P.A. 802, S. 10; P.A. 73-95, S. 2; P.A. 85-34, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 63, 121; P.A. 99-163, S. 4; P.A. 09-177, S. 3.)History: 1971 act deleted references to municipalities' right to enact ordinances as provided in Sec. 19-378 and required that orders made by municipalities be “consistent with” rather than “equal to, additional to or more stringent than” regulations issued under authority of Secs. 29-40 to 29-42; P.A. 73-95 authorized inclusion in code of requirement that fire safety zones be established; Sec. 29-41 transferred to Sec. 29-293 in 1983; P.A. 85-34 deleted provision re municipalities' rights to make orders with respect to buildings as provided in Sec. 29-383, that section being repealed in the same act; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1 made a technical change, effective June 24, 1998; P.A. 99-163 divided the section into Subsecs. and deleted provision re discretionary inclusion in fire code of requirement to establish fire zones in premises open to public from Subsec. (a) and, in Subsec. (b), clarified that municipalities may establish fire zones; P.A. 09-177 added references to State Fire Prevention Code.Cited. 204 C. 410.
CT Gen Stat § 29-294. (Formerly Sec. 29-42) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police|Chapter 541 - Building, Fire and Demolition Codes. Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards. Safety of Public and Other Structures|Section 29-294. (Formerly Sec. 29-42) - Publication of code.

 The Fire Safety Code and all amendments to said code shall be posted on the Internet web site of the Department of Administrative Services in accordance with section 29-292a and, in addition, a copy shall be provided to each local fire marshal, fire chief and building inspector, and other governmental officials who request said code.(1949 Rev., S. 3667; P.A. 73-616, S. 24; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 64, 121; P.A. 16-215, S. 13.)History: P.A. 73-616 substituted Sec. 4-173 for Sec. 4-46; Sec. 29-42 transferred to Sec. 29-294 in 1983; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1 made technical changes, effective June 24, 1998; P.A. 16-215 replaced “registered with the Secretary of the State and published in accordance with section 4-173,” with “posted on the Internet web site of the Department of Administrative Services in accordance with section 29-292a” and made technical changes, effective May 31, 2016.
CT Gen Stat § 29-295. (Formerly Sec. 29-43) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police|Chapter 541 - Building, Fire and Demolition Codes. Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards. Safety of Public and Other Structures|Section 29-295. (Formerly Sec. 29-43) - Penalty for violation of code.

 Any person who violates any provision of the Fire Safety Code shall be fined not less than two hundred dollars or more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.(1949 Rev., S. 3668; P.A. 81-220; P.A. 07-217, S. 138.)History: P.A. 81-220 imposed minimum fine of $200, raised maximum fine from $200 to $1,000 and increased maximum period of imprisonment from three months to six months; Sec. 29-43 transferred to Sec. 29-295 in 1983; P.A. 07-217 made technical changes, effective July 12, 2007.Cited. 204 C. 410; Id., 429.
CT Gen Stat § 29-296. (Formerly Sec. 29-44) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police|Chapter 541 - Building, Fire and Demolition Codes. Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards. Safety of Public and Other Structures|Section 29-296. (Formerly Sec. 29-44) - Variations or exemptions from code.

 The State Fire Marshal may grant variations or exemptions from, or approve equivalent or alternate compliance with, particular provisions of any regulation issued under the provisions of section 29-292 where strict compliance with such provisions would entail practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship, or is otherwise adjudged unwarranted, provided any such variation or exemption or approved equivalent or alternate compliance shall, in the opinion of the State Fire Marshal, secure the public safety. Any application for a variation or exemption or equivalent or alternate compliance received by a local fire marshal shall be forwarded to the State Fire Marshal by first class mail within fifteen business days of receipt by such local fire marshal and shall be accompanied by a letter from such local fire marshal that shall include comments on the merits of the application.(1957, P.A. 516, S. 1; P.A. 02-72, S. 4.)History: Sec. 29-44 transferred to Sec. 29-296 in 1983; P.A. 02-72 specified procedures for the forwarding of application for variation or exemption or equivalent or alternate compliance received by local fire marshals to the State Fire Marshal.Cited. 204 C. 410; Id., 429.
CT Gen Stat § 29-296a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police|Chapter 541 - Building, Fire and Demolition Codes. Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards. Safety of Public and Other Structures|Section 29-296a - Fire Safety Code: Variations, exemptions, equivalent or alternate compliance.

 Not later than January 1, 2003, the State Fire Marshal and the Codes and Standards Committee shall create a list of variations or exemptions from, or equivalent or alternate compliance with, the Fire Safety Code granted relative to existing buildings in the last two calendar years and shall update such list biennially. Not later than April 1, 2003, the State Fire Marshal shall, within available appropriations, (1) send such list to all local fire marshals, (2) take appropriate actions to publicize such list, and (3) educate local fire marshals and the public on how to use the list.(P.A. 02-72, S. 2; P.A. 11-8, S. 9.)History: P.A. 11-8 made a technical change, effective May 24, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 29-298a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police|Chapter 541 - Building, Fire and Demolition Codes. Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards. Safety of Public and Other Structures|Section 29-298a - Fire Marshal Training Council established. Duties. Members.

 There shall be established within the Department of Administrative Services a Fire Marshal Training Council which shall advise the State Fire Marshal and the Codes and Standards Committee on all matters pertaining to (1) certification training programs, (2) decertification hearings, (3) in-service training for fire marshals in the state, and (4) programs for all other persons eligible to receive training pursuant to subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of section 29-251c. The council shall be composed of twelve members as follows: The State Fire Marshal or his designee; a member of the Codes and Standards Committee to be elected by such committee; three members appointed by the Connecticut Fire Marshals Association, one of whom shall be a volunteer, one of whom shall be a part-time paid, and one of whom shall be a full-time, local fire marshal, deputy fire marshal or fire inspector; one member appointed by the Board of Regents for Higher Education; two members appointed by the Board of Trustees for the Community-Technical Colleges; the chief elected official of a municipality having a population in excess of seventy thousand persons, appointed by the Governor; the chief elected official of a municipality having a population of less than seventy thousand persons, appointed by the Governor; and two public members, appointed by the Governor. Members shall be residents of this state and shall not be compensated for their services but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The council may elect such officers as it deems necessary.(P.A. 86-327, S. 4; P.A. 89-260, S. 38, 41; P.A. 98-233, S. 7, 8; P.A. 07-84, S. 6; P.A. 11-51, S. 90; P.A. 13-247, S. 200; P.A. 16-193, S. 11.)History: P.A. 89-260 substituted two members appointed by the board of trustees for the community-technical colleges for one member appointed by the board of trustees for state technical colleges and one member appointed by the board of trustees for regional community colleges; P.A. 98-233 included certain other eligible persons in training programs, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 07-84 added Subdiv. designators (1) to (4) and added advisement re decertification hearings to list of council's duties, effective June 1, 2007; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Department of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Construction Services”, effective July 1, 2011 (Revisor's note: “Board of Governors of Higher Education” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Board of Regents for Higher Education” to conform with changes made by P.A. 11-48); pursuant to P.A. 13-247, “Department of Construction Services” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Administrative Services”, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 16-193 made a technical change.
CT Gen Stat § 29-298b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police|Chapter 541 - Building, Fire and Demolition Codes. Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards. Safety of Public and Other Structures|Section 29-298b - Complaints re negligence of local fire marshals, deputies or inspectors. Hearing prior to revocation of certificate. Appeal.

 Upon receipt of a written complaint from any person alleging that a local fire marshal, deputy fire marshal or fire inspector has performed the duties of his office in an incompetent or negligent manner, the State Fire Marshal shall investigate such complaint and if he determines that probable cause exists, shall hold a hearing on the complaint. The State Fire Marshal shall provide such local fire official with written notice of the date, time and place of a public hearing on the complaint to be held before the State Fire Marshal or the deputy fire marshal not less than ten nor more than twenty days after such notice, the specific grounds for revocation of such local fire official's certificate and a copy of the written complaint or complaints concerning him. Such local fire official shall have the opportunity to be heard in his own defense, personally or by counsel, at such public hearing. Following such hearing, the State Fire Marshal shall make a finding as to whether or not the certificate of such local fire official should be revoked. If the State Fire Marshal finds that such local official's certificate should be revoked, he shall revoke the certification and immediately notify the appointing authority of the municipality in which the local fire official serves that such certification has been revoked. Any local fire official whose certification is revoked may appeal in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183.(P.A. 86-327, S. 5; P.A. 87-59; P.A. 88-317, S. 37, 107.)History: P.A. 87-59 required state fire marshal to investigate complaints and hold hearings thereon if he determines probable cause exists, and made several technical amendments to section; P.A. 88-317 repealed provision requiring that an appeal by a local fire official whose certification is revoked be made within 30 days following such revocation, effective July 1, 1989, and applicable to all agency proceedings commencing on or after that date.
CT Gen Stat § 29-299. (Formerly Sec. 29-46) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police|Chapter 541 - Building, Fire and Demolition Codes. Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards. Safety of Public and Other Structures|Section 29-299. (Formerly Sec. 29-46) - Dismissal of local fire marshal.

 If a local fire marshal fails to faithfully perform the duties of his office, the appointing authority of the municipality in which he is serving shall, after proper inquiry, dismiss him and appoint another in his place. The State Fire Marshal shall be promptly notified of the removal from office of any local fire marshal and of the appointment of his successor.(1949 Rev., S. 3670.)History: Sec. 29-46 transferred to Sec. 29-299 in 1983.Cited. 209 C. 352.Cited. 42 CA 13.
CT Gen Stat § 29-300. (Formerly Sec. 29-47) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police|Chapter 541 - Building, Fire and Demolition Codes. Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards. Safety of Public and Other Structures|Section 29-300. (Formerly Sec. 29-47) - Hearing prior to dismissal. Appeal.

 No local fire marshal shall be dismissed unless he has been given notice in writing of the specific grounds for such dismissal and an opportunity to be heard in his own defense, personally or by counsel, at a public hearing before the authority having the power of dismissal. Such public hearing, unless otherwise specified by charter, shall be held not less than five nor more than ten days after such notice. Any person so dismissed may appeal within thirty days following such dismissal to the superior court for the judicial district in which such town, city or borough is located. Service shall be made as in civil process. Said court shall review the record of such hearing and, if it appears upon the hearing upon the appeal that testimony is necessary for an equitable disposition of the appeal, it may take evidence or appoint a referee or a committee to take such evidence as it may direct and report the same to the court with his or its findings of fact, which report shall constitute a part of the proceedings upon which the determination of the court shall be made. The court, upon such appeal, and after a hearing thereon, may affirm the action of such authority, or may set the same aside if it finds that such authority acted illegally or arbitrarily or in the abuse of its discretion or with bad faith or malice.(1949, 1951, 1955, S. 425d; P.A. 76-436, S. 610, 681; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 127.)History: P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior court and added reference to judicial districts; P.A. 78-280 deleted obsolete reference to counties; Sec. 29-47 transferred to Sec. 29-300 in 1983.Cited. 209 C. 352.Cited. 42 CA 13.
CT Gen Stat § 29-301. (Formerly Sec. 29-48) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police|Chapter 541 - Building, Fire and Demolition Codes. Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards. Safety of Public and Other Structures|Section 29-301. (Formerly Sec. 29-48) - One fire marshal for several municipalities.

 Cities, towns and boroughs may, with the approval of the State Fire Marshal, unite in appointing one person to be local fire marshal for all of the jurisdictions so united, but no local fire marshal shall have any authority in any jurisdiction for which he has not been specifically appointed.(1949 Rev., S. 3671; P.A. 87-120, S. 2, 3.)History: Sec. 29-48 transferred to Sec. 29-301 in 1983; P.A. 87-120 permitted municipalities, with approval of the state fire marshal, to unite in appointing one local fire marshal for such jurisdictions, and deleted requirement that such municipalities be adjoining.
CT Gen Stat § 29-302. (Formerly Sec. 29-49) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police|Chapter 541 - Building, Fire and Demolition Codes. Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards. Safety of Public and Other Structures|Section 29-302. (Formerly Sec. 29-49) - Investigations.

 The local fire marshal shall, in accordance with the provisions of section 29-311, investigate the cause, origin and circumstances of any fire or explosion within his jurisdiction, by reason of which property has been destroyed or damaged, or any person injured or killed, or any incidents which threatened any property with destruction or damage or any person with injury or death by reason of fire or explosion, and shall especially investigate whether such fire was the result of an incendiary device or the result of carelessness, design or any criminal act; and the State Fire Marshal, or the deputy fire marshal under his direction, may supervise and direct such investigation.(1949 Rev., S. 3672; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 81-429, S. 1; 81-472, S. 154, 159; P.A. 11-51, S. 107.)History: P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 81-429 required that fire marshal investigate specifically listed types of fires and explosions rather than “any fire by reason of which property has been destroyed or damaged” and deleted two-day limit for initiation of investigation following fire; P.A. 81-472 made technical corrections; Sec. 29-49 transferred to Sec. 29-302 in 1983; P.A. 11-51 deleted provision re Commissioner of Public Safety serving as State Fire Marshal, effective July 1, 2011.Annotation to former section 29-49:Cited. 189 C. 228.Annotations to present section:Once charred wood flooring samples were lawfully seized pursuant to the cause and origin investigation statutes, defendant no longer possessed a reasonable expectation of privacy in them. 246 C. 63.Cited. 18 CA 254; 46 CA 350.
CT Gen Stat § 29-303. (Formerly Sec. 29-50) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police|Chapter 541 - Building, Fire and Demolition Codes. Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards. Safety of Public and Other Structures|Section 29-303. (Formerly Sec. 29-50) - Reporting of fire emergencies.

 The fire chief or local fire marshal with jurisdiction over a town, city, borough or fire district where a fire, explosion or other fire emergency occurs shall furnish the State Fire Marshal a report that shall include (1) all the facts relating to its cause, its origin, the kind, the estimated value and ownership of the property damaged or destroyed, (2) the name of each firefighter who was (A) present at such fire, explosion or other fire emergency, and (B) exposed to heat, radiation or a known or suspected carcinogen as a result of such fire, explosion or other fire emergency, including the duration of each such firefighter's exposure, and (3) such other information as called for by the State Fire Marshal on forms furnished by the State Fire Marshal, or in an electronic format prescribed by the State Fire Marshal. The fire chief or fire marshal may also submit reports regarding other significant fire department response to such fire or explosion, and such reports may be filed monthly but commencing January 1, 2008, such reports shall be filed not less than quarterly.(1949 Rev., S. 3673; P.A. 85-10; 85-70; P.A. 07-84, S. 3; P.A. 08-9, S. 6; P.A. 16-10, S. 7.)History: Sec. 29-50 transferred to Sec. 29-303 in 1983; P.A. 85-10 permitted local fire marshals to furnish fire data to the state fire marshal on magnetic tape; P.A. 85-70 required local fire chief to submit fire incident reports to local fire marshal within five days of the fire or explosion; P.A. 07-84 permitted either local fire marshal or fire chief to send a report to State Fire Marshal rather than having both write a report, deleted former Subdivs. (1) and (2), deleted requirement that report be made within 5 days, substituted electronic format for magnetic tape as an acceptable reporting method, and added provision re quarterly reports; P.A. 08-9 made technical changes, effective April 29, 2008; P.A. 16-10 designated existing provisions re report to include facts as Subdiv. (1), designated existing provisions re such other information called for as Subdiv. (3), added Subdiv. (2) re name of each firefighter and made a technical change, effective February 1, 2017.
CT Gen Stat § 29-304. (Formerly Sec. 29-51) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police|Chapter 541 - Building, Fire and Demolition Codes. Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards. Safety of Public and Other Structures|Section 29-304. (Formerly Sec. 29-51) - Fee for investigations.

 Section 29-304 is repealed, effective July 1,2017.(1949 Rev., S. 3674; P.A. 79-36; P.A. 17-80, S. 6.)
CT Gen Stat § 29-307. (Formerly Sec. 29-54a) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police|Chapter 541 - Building, Fire and Demolition Codes. Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards. Safety of Public and Other Structures|Section 29-307. (Formerly Sec. 29-54a) - Fire hazards in manufacturing establishments.

 When any local fire marshal ascertains that there exist, in any building, structure or premises used in the carrying on of manufacturing, dangerous accumulations of rubbish or flammable materials especially liable to fire which are so situated as to endanger life or property, or obstructions that interfere with the egress of the occupants in case of fire, or any condition in violation of the statutes relating to fire prevention or safety in manufacturing establishments, such fire marshal shall order such materials to be removed or the conditions to be remedied by the owner or occupants of such building or premises and shall promptly notify and report in writing such matters to the appropriate state or federal agency having jurisdiction over occupational health and safety.(1959, P.A. 233, S. 2; P.A. 83-168, S. 1; P.A. 84-546, S. 78, 173; P.A. 09-177, S. 5.)History: Sec. 29-54a transferred to Sec. 29-307 in 1983; P.A. 83-168 specified applicability of section to buildings for which labor commissioner enforces fire prevention laws; P.A. 84-546 made technical changes; P.A. 09-177 deleted reference to buildings over which Labor Commissioner has enforcement authority re prevention of fires pursuant to Sec. 29-390, made a technical change and replaced reference to Labor Commissioner with reference to the appropriate state or federal agency having jurisdiction over occupational health and safety.See Sec. 29-244 re requirement that valid operating certificate be displayed.