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20 V.S.A. § 2601
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 171 - Fire Districts|§ 2601. Generally

§ 2601. Generally|A fire district may vote to adopt the town manager system in compliance with 24 V.S.A. chapter 37. It may vote a tax upon the taxable estate for the protection of property in the district from damage by fire; for the acquisition, construction, and maintenance of sewers and sewage treatment works; sidewalks; public parks; water works, water companies, and equipment and real estate used in connection therewith, including reservoirs and dams; for lighting; and for other lawful purposes. The prudential committee and collector shall have the same power in assessing, levying, and collecting the tax, as town officers have in assessing and collecting town taxes, including the collection of interest on overdue taxes. The prudential committee may expend such sums for acquiring, constructing, and maintaining sewers and sewage treatment works; sidewalks; public parks; water works, water companies, and all equipment and real estate used in connection therewith, including reservoirs and dams; and for lighting purposes as the fire district may vote. The committee may use and occupy such portions of the highways within the district as may be necessary for constructing and maintaining sewers and sewage treatment works; sidewalks; public parks; water works and mains, and for lighting purposes. (Amended 1969, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 31, 1970; 1981, No. 133 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 2, 1982.)
20 V.S.A. § 2602
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 171 - Fire Districts|§ 2602. Matters subject to regulation by bylaws

§ 2602. Matters subject to regulation by bylaws|A fire district at its meetings may regulate by bylaws the manufacture and safekeeping of ashes, gunpowder and combustibles, and the preservation of buildings from fire by precautionary measures and by inspection.
20 V.S.A. § 2603
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 171 - Fire Districts|§ 2603. Sprinkling and oiling streets

§ 2603. Sprinkling and oiling streets|If it so votes at its annual meeting, a fire district may empower its prudential committee to cause the streets of such district to be sprinkled or oiled to the extent deemed necessary by the committee.
20 V.S.A. § 2604
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 171 - Fire Districts|§ 2604. Preservation of property

§ 2604. Preservation of property|In the name of the district, the prudential committee may make contracts and expenditures for the preservation of property in the district from damage by fire as they deem necessary and draw orders on the treasury for that purpose. However, the committee shall not bind the district for a greater sum than has been voted. (Amended 2021, No. 20, § 166.)
20 V.S.A. § 2605
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 171 - Fire Districts|§ 2605. Purchase of property

§ 2605. Purchase of property|A fire district, through its prudential committee, may purchase and hold, in addition to the apparatus for extinguishing fires, such real and personal estate as is necessary for the preservation of the fire apparatus. (Amended 1967, No. 17.)
20 V.S.A. § 2606
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 171 - Fire Districts|§ 2606. Eminent domain

§ 2606. Eminent domain|When a fire district decides to erect a building for the preservation of its fire apparatus and the location of land for the building is determined, if the owner of the land refuses to convey the land to the district at a price that the district deems reasonable, the district may take the land in the same manner as a town may take land for town purposes as provided in 24 V.S.A. §§ 2805-2812. The duties imposed by 24 V.S.A. §§ 2805-2812 upon the selectboard shall be performed by the prudential committee of the district. All petitions and notices shall be served on the clerk of the district in lieu of on the town clerk as provided pursuant to 24 V.S.A. §§ 2805-2812. (Amended 2021, No. 20, § 167.)
20 V.S.A. § 2607
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 171 - Fire Districts|§ 2607. Actions and claims

§ 2607. Actions and claims|The committee may commence and prosecute actions in the name of the district, defend and adjust actions commenced against it and settle claims in favor of and against the district.
20 V.S.A. § 2671
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 171 - Fire Districts|§ 2671. Duties generally

§ 2671. Duties generally|The chief engineer, or, in his or her absence, the assistants in the order of their rank, under the supervision of the prudential committee, shall have charge of the apparatus for the prevention and extinguishment of fires, and shall keep the same in serviceable order. When on duty, an engineer shall wear conspicuously a badge of office with his or her rank inscribed thereon.
20 V.S.A. § 2672
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 171 - Fire Districts|§ 2672. Enforcement of bylaws; alteration and repair of fireplaces, furnaces, and stoves

§ 2672. Enforcement of bylaws; alteration and repair of fireplaces, furnaces, and stoves|The chief engineer may carry into effect any bylaw or rule of the district and may direct alterations in the position and repairs of fireplaces, furnaces, stoves, and other things from which damage from fire is apprehended. If the directions are not complied with promptly, he or she may cause the change or repairs to be made and recover the expense of the change or repairs, with costs, from the owner or possessor in a civil action in the name of the district. (Amended 2021, No. 20, § 168.)
20 V.S.A. § 2673
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 171 - Fire Districts|§ 2673. Powers and duties during hazardous chemical or substance incident, fires; threat of fires or explosions

§ 2673. Powers and duties during hazardous chemical or substance incident, fires; threat of fires or explosions|(a) The chief engineer, or in the chief's absence, the assistant highest in rank present at a hazardous chemical or substance incident or fire, shall have charge of the fire apparatus and of the companies and persons attending the hazardous chemical or substance incident or fire for the purpose of containing, controlling or extinguishing the same, and may remove goods and effects out of a building or place endangered by the hazardous chemical or substance incident or fire. The chief engineer may cause to be pulled down or removed, such buildings as the chief deems necessary to prevent the spread of hazardous material or fire, and for such purposes, may require the assistance of inhabitants of the district. During the hazardous chemical or substance incident or fire, the chief engineer may suppress tumults or disorders and direct the labor of inhabitants present in such fire district.(b) Where an emergency situation exists in a municipality and there is no fire, but there is an imminent threat of a hazardous chemical or substance incident, fire or explosion, the ranking member of the fire company responding will be in charge as long as the imminent threat continues. Where there is a threat of bombing, the fire department shall surrender responsibility to the police department having jurisdiction in the area.(c) The ranking member of a fire department shall have authority to direct, control and supervise traffic at the scene of a fire or other emergency to which a fire department has responded.(d) [Repealed.]  (Amended 1961, No. 52, § 1; 1975, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 7, 1976; 1991, No. 29, § 1; 1993, No. 194 (Adj. Sess.), § 10, eff. June 14, 1994; 2009, No. 135 (Adj. Sess.), § 26(8)(A).)
20 V.S.A. § 2674
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 171 - Fire Districts|§ 2674. Assistance outside district

§ 2674. Assistance outside district|When a fire occurs in a fire district or town, and application for assistance is made to an officer or inhabitant of another organized fire district by an officer or inhabitant of such district or town, if in his judgment assistance should be granted, the chief engineer may designate the engine and company to render such assistance.
20 V.S.A. § 2675
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 171 - Fire Districts|§ 2675. Penalties for disobedience of order or bylaw

§ 2675. Penalties for disobedience of order or bylaw|A person who refuses to obey a lawful order or direction of an engineer or the official highest in rank present at a fire or other emergency, or disobeys a bylaw of the district, shall be fined not more than $250.00. (Amended 1961, No. 52, § 2; 1991, No. 29, § 2.)
20 V.S.A. § 2681
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 173 - Prevention and Investigation of Fires|§ 2681. Commissioner of public safety as fire marshal; deputy and assistants; HAZMAT emergency operation team

§ 2681. Commissioner of public safety as fire marshal; deputy and assistants; HAZMAT emergency operation team|(a) The commissioner of public safety shall be ex officio fire marshal. The commissioner shall annually by March 15 submit to the governor a detailed report. A copy of this report shall be mailed to each fire department, paid or volunteer, in the state of Vermont. Subject to the approval of the governor, the commissioner may appoint a deputy fire marshal and other necessary assistants who shall assist him or her as state fire marshal.(b), (c) [Repealed.]  (Amended 1971, No. 75, § 1, eff. April 16, 1971; 1973, No. 137 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1993, No. 194 (Adj. Sess.), § 11, eff. June 14, 1994; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2003, No. 122 (Adj. Sess.), § 294p; 2003, No. 122 (Adj. Sess.), § 294y, eff. April 1, 2005; 2005, No. 8, § 1, eff. April 25, 2005; 2009, No. 135 (Adj. Sess.), § 26(8)(B), eff. May 29, 2010.)
20 V.S.A. § 2685
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 173 - Prevention and Investigation of Fires|§ 2685. Record of fires

§ 2685. Record of fires|The fire marshal shall keep in his or her office a record of every fire occurring in this state which causes serious injury to any person or loss or damage to property in excess of $200.00. He or she shall record all the facts concerning these fires, including statistics as to their extent and the damage caused thereby, and whether the losses were covered by insurance and, if so, in what amount. The record shall be made daily from the reports made to him or her under the provisions of this chapter. All such records shall be public, except information and testimony taken where arson is suspected. (Amended 1973, No. 137 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
20 V.S.A. § 2688
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 173 - Prevention and Investigation of Fires|§ 2688. Report of fire insurance company

§ 2688. Report of fire insurance company|When required by the commissioner, a fire insurance company or association transacting business in this state shall report to such commissioner, after the adjustment of a loss, the amount of all policies issued by such company or association on the property destroyed or damaged, the amount paid or payable on account of such loss, and such other information relating to the matter as the commissioner may require.
20 V.S.A. § 2689
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 173 - Prevention and Investigation of Fires|§ 2689. Failure of officer to preform duty

§ 2689. Failure of officer to preform duty|An officer referred to in section 2831 of this title who intentionally neglects to comply with any of the requirements of this chapter shall be fined not more than $100.00 nor less than $10.00. (Amended 2021, No. 20, § 169.)
20 V.S.A. § 2728
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 173 - Prevention and Investigation of Fires|§ 2728. Director of fire safety

§ 2728. Director of fire safety|There shall be a director of fire safety, who shall be responsible for the operation and supervision of the fire safety division of the department of public safety. The director shall report directly to the commissioner and shall serve as a member of the fire service training council. The director shall be an exempt state employee and shall be appointed by the commissioner, with the approval of the governor. (Added 2003, No. 141 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 1, 2005.)
20 V.S.A. § 2729
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 173 - Prevention and Investigation of Fires|§ 2729. General provisions

§ 2729. General provisions|(a) A person shall not build or cause to be built any structure that is unsafe or likely to be unsafe to other persons or property in case of fire or generation and leakage of carbon monoxide.(b) A person shall not maintain, keep or operate any premises or any part thereof, or cause or permit to be maintained, kept, or operated, any premises or part thereof, under his or her control or ownership in a manner that causes or is likely to cause harm to other persons or property in case of fire or generation and leakage of carbon monoxide.(c) On premises under a person's control, excluding single family owner-occupied houses and premises, that person shall observe rules adopted under this subchapter for the prevention of fires and carbon monoxide leakage that may cause harm to other persons or property.(d) Any condominium or multiple unit dwelling using a common roof, or row houses so-called, or other residential buildings in which people sleep, including hotels, motels, and tourist homes, excluding single family owner-occupied houses and premises, whether the units are owned or leased or rented, shall be subject to the rules adopted under this subchapter and shall be provided with one or more carbon monoxide detectors, as defined in 9 V.S.A. § 2881(3), properly installed according to the manufacturer's requirements. (Added 2003, No. 141 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 1, 2005; amended 2005, No. 19, § 2, eff. July 1, 2005.)
20 V.S.A. § 2733
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 173 - Prevention and Investigation of Fires|§ 2733. Orders to repair, rehabilitate, or remove structure

§ 2733. Orders to repair, rehabilitate, or remove structure|(a) Whenever the commissioner finds that premises or any part of them does not meet the standards adopted under this subchapter, the commissioner may order it repaired or rehabilitated. If it is not repaired or rehabilitated within a reasonable time as specified by the commissioner in his or her order, the commissioner may order the premises or part of them closed, if by doing so the public safety will not be imperiled; otherwise he or she shall order demolition and removal of the structure, or fencing of the premises. Whenever a violation of the rules is deemed to be imminently hazardous to persons or property, the commissioner shall order the violation corrected immediately. If the violation is not corrected, the commissioner may then order the premises or part of them immediately closed and to remain closed until the violation is corrected.(b) Whenever a structure, by reason of age, neglect, want of repair, action of the elements, destruction, either partial or total by fire or other casualty or other cause, is so dilapidated, ruinous, decayed, filthy, unstable, or dangerous as to constitute a material menace or damage in any way to adjacent property, or to the public, and has so remained for a period of not less than one week, the commissioner may order such structure demolished and removed.(c) Orders issued under this section shall be served by certified mail with return receipt requested or in the discretion of the commissioner, shall be served in the same manner as summonses are served under the Vermont Rules of Civil Procedure promulgated by the supreme court, to all persons who have a recorded interest in the property recorded in the place where land records for the property are recorded, including owners, tenants, mortgagees, attaching creditors, lien holders, and public utilities or water companies serving the premises. (Added 2003, No. 141 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 1, 2005.)
20 V.S.A. § 2734
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 173 - Prevention and Investigation of Fires|§ 2734. Penalties

§ 2734. Penalties|(a) A person who violates any provision of this subchapter or any order or rule issued pursuant to this subchapter shall be fined not more than $10,000.00. The State's Attorney of the county in which the violation occurs shall prosecute the violation and may commence a proceeding in the Superior Court to compel compliance with the order or rule, and the court may make orders and decrees in relation to the proceeding by way of writ of injunction or otherwise.(b) A person who fails to comply with a lawful order issued under authority of this subchapter in case of sudden emergency shall be fined not more than $20,000.00. A person who fails to comply with an order requiring notice shall be fined $200.00 for each day's neglect commencing with the effective date of the order or the date the order is finally determined if an appeal has been filed.(c) The Commissioner may, after notice and opportunity for hearing, assess an administrative penalty of not more than $1,000.00 for each violation of this subchapter or any rule adopted under this subchapter. Penalties assessed pursuant to this subsection shall be based on the severity of the violation. An election by the Commissioner to proceed under this subsection shall not limit or restrict the Commissioner's authority under subsection (a) of this section.(d) Violation of any rule adopted under this subchapter shall be prima facie evidence of negligence in any civil action for damage or injury that is the result of the violation. (Added 2003, No. 141 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 1, 2005; amended 2021, No. 20, § 171.)
20 V.S.A. § 2735
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 173 - Prevention and Investigation of Fires|§ 2735. State buildings

§ 2735. State buildings|The Commissioner shall establish a risk classification system for all State buildings. State buildings classified as high or medium risk shall be inspected at least every five years. (Added 2003, No. 141 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 1, 2005; amended 2011, No. 139 (Adj. Sess.), § 17, eff. May 14, 2012.)
20 V.S.A. § 2736
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 173 - Prevention and Investigation of Fires|§ 2736. Municipal enforcement

§ 2736. Municipal enforcement|(a) The legislative body of a municipality may appoint one or more trained and qualified officials and may establish procedures to enforce rules and standards adopted under subsection 2731(a) of this title. After considering the type of buildings within the municipality, if the commissioner determines that the training, qualifications and procedures are sufficient, he or she may assign responsibility to the municipality for enforcement of some or all of these rules and standards. The commissioner may also assign responsibility for enforcement of the rules of the access board adopted under section 2902 of this title. The commissioner shall provide continuing review, consultation, and assistance as may be necessary. The assignment of responsibility may be revoked by the commissioner after notice and an opportunity for hearing if the commissioner determines that the training, qualifications, or procedures are insufficient. The assignment of responsibility shall not affect the commissioner's authority under this subchapter.(b) If a municipality assumes responsibility under subsection (a) of this section for performing any functions that would be subject to a fee established under subsection 2731(a) of this title, the municipality may establish and collect reasonable fees for its own use, and no fee shall be charged for the benefit of the state.(c) Subject to rules adopted under section 2731 of this title, municipal officials appointed under this section may enter any premises in order to carry out the responsibilities of this section. The officials may order the repair, rehabilitation, closing, demolition, or removal of any premises to the same extent as the commissioner may under section 2732 of this title.(d) Upon a determination by the commissioner that a municipality has established sufficient procedures for granting variances and exemptions, such variances and exemptions may be granted to the same extent authorized under subsection 2731(b) of this title.(e) The results of all activities conducted by municipal officials under this section shall be reported to the commissioner periodically upon request.(f) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to decrease the authority of municipal officials under other laws, including laws concerning building codes and laws concerning housing codes. (Added 2003, No. 141 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 1, 2005.)
20 V.S.A. § 2737
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 173 - Prevention and Investigation of Fires|§ 2737. Building permits

§ 2737. Building permits|Each municipality shall provide to the commissioner upon request information regarding building permits issued by the municipality. (Added 2003, No. 141 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 1, 2005.)
20 V.S.A. § 2738
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 173 - Prevention and Investigation of Fires|§ 2738. Fire prevention and building inspection special fund

§ 2738. Fire prevention and building inspection special fund|(a) The fire prevention and building inspection special fund revenues shall be from the following sources:  (1) fees relating to construction and inspection of public building and fire prevention inspections under section 2731 of this title; (2) fees relating to boilers and pressure vessels under section 2883 of this title; (3) fees relating to electrical installations and inspections and the licensing of electricians under 26 V.S.A. §§ 891-915; (4) fees relating to cigarette certification under section 2757 of this title; and (5) fees relating to plumbing installations and inspections and the licensing of plumbers under 26 V.S.A. §§ 2171-2199.   (b) Fees collected under subsection (a) of this section shall be available to the department of public safety to offset the costs of the division of fire safety.(c) The commissioner of finance and management may anticipate receipts to this fund and issue warrants based thereon. (Added 2003, No. 141 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 1, 2005; amended 2005, No. 6, § 85, eff. March 26, 2005; 2009, No. 134 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
20 V.S.A. § 2752
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 173 - Prevention and Investigation of Fires|§ 2752. Smoking

§ 2752. Smoking|(a) A person who smokes a pipe, cigar or cigarette in a mill, factory, barn, stable or other outbuilding belonging to or occupied by another person, or in a public building in which a notice containing this section, prohibiting such smoking, signed by the owner, agent, occupant or custodian of the same is posted conspicuously near the main entrance thereof, shall be fined not more than $5.00.(b) All prosecutions under this section shall be commenced within thirty days from the date of the offense.
20 V.S.A. § 2756
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 173 - Prevention and Investigation of Fires|§ 2756. Purpose

§ 2756. Purpose|It is the intent of this subchapter to require that only reduced ignition propensity cigarettes be sold in Vermont. Although these cigarettes are not guaranteed to self-extinguish, they are expected to reduce fires and related personal injury and property damage caused by cigarette smoking. (Added 2005, No. 68, § 1, eff. May 1, 2006; amended 2021, No. 20, § 172.)