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MS Code § 45-11-105 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 11 - Fire Protection Regulations, Fire Protection and Safety in Buildings|Mississippi Fire Prevention Code|§ 45-11-105. Enforcement of code by State Fire Marshal; Deputy Fire Marshals to have status of law enforcement officer; rules and regulations; cost of fire safety inspections; exceptions for state buildings

  The Mississippi Fire Prevention Code shall be enforced by the State Fire Marshal and such other persons as authorized thereby, including for this reason any county or municipal fire prevention personnel, pertaining to the prevention, inspection or investigation of fires. The State Chief Deputy Fire Marshal and deputy fire marshals shall have the status and powers of a law enforcement officer in performing their duties under the Mississippi Fire Prevention Code as authorized by standards set by Section 45-11-103, Mississippi Code of 1972. The State Chief Deputy Fire Marshal and deputy fire marshals serving under permanent appointment on January 1, 1992, shall not be required to meet any requirements of Section 45-6-11 of the Mississippi Code of 1972. The State Fire Marshal is authorized and empowered to promulgate rules and regulations for the enforcement of the Mississippi Fire Prevention Code.   Applications for fire safety inspections shall be filed with the Office of the State Fire Marshal. An inspection fee of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) and reasonable and necessary travel expenses as provided under Section 25-3-41, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall be assessed for each inspection conducted by the Office of the State Fire Marshal and shall be paid to the Office of the State Fire Marshal.   The inspection fee and expenses authorized under subsection (2) shall not be assessed for the inspection of buildings owned by the State of Mississippi or its political subdivisions or for inspections conducted by local fire departments or other local agencies with authority to conduct inspections or for the inspection of buildings used for religious assemblies.
MS Code § 45-11-107 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 11 - Fire Protection Regulations, Fire Protection and Safety in Buildings|Mississippi Fire Prevention Code|§ 45-11-107. Application of Sections 45-11-101 through 45-11-111

 Unless otherwise provided, Sections 45-11-101 through 45-11-111 shall apply to new or remodeled buildings, installations, equipment or conditions; however, Sections 45-11-101 through 45-11-111 shall also apply to existing buildings, installations, equipment, conditions and occupancies where safety to life requires compliance with Sections 45-11-101 through 45-11-111, as determined by the state fire marshal.
MS Code § 45-11-109 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 11 - Fire Protection Regulations, Fire Protection and Safety in Buildings|Mississippi Fire Prevention Code|§ 45-11-109. Actions or proceedings to remedy prohibited acts

 In case any building is constructed or reconstructed or any building is used in violation of the Mississippi Fire Prevention Code or of any ordinance or other regulation made under authority conferred hereby, the state fire marshal or the proper local authorities of any county or municipality, in addition to other remedies, may institute any appropriate action or proceedings to prevent such unlawful construction or reconstruction, to restrain, correct or abate such violation or to prevent the occupancy of said building.
MS Code § 45-11-111 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 11 - Fire Protection Regulations, Fire Protection and Safety in Buildings|Mississippi Fire Prevention Code|§ 45-11-111. Penalties

 Any person, firm or corporation who shall knowingly and willfully violate the terms or provisions of the Mississippi Fire Prevention Code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction therefor shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), and in case of continuing violations without reasonable effort on the part of the defendant to correct same, each day the violation continues thereafter shall be a separate offense.
MS Code § 45-11-201 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 11 - Fire Protection Regulations, Fire Protection and Safety in Buildings|Uniform Minimum Training Standards for Firefighters|§ 45-11-201. Legislative findings and intent; minimum standards for training

 The Legislature finds that the specialized and hazardous nature of fire fighting requires that fire fighters possess the requisite knowledge and demonstrate the ability to perform certain skills to carry out their responsibilities. The activities of fire fighters are important to the health, safety and welfare of the people of this state and are of such a nature to require education and training of a professional nature. It is the intent of the Legislature to require and provide minimum standards for training and to declare that the State Fire Academy is the principal facility for such purposes.
MS Code § 45-11-203 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 11 - Fire Protection Regulations, Fire Protection and Safety in Buildings|Uniform Minimum Training Standards for Firefighters|§ 45-11-203. Employment of persons not completing training standards prohibited; training standards

  After January 1, 1991, no person shall be employed as a full-time fire fighter by any local government fire fighting unit for a period exceeding one (1) year, nor for a cumulative time exceeding two thousand eight hundred (2,800) compensated hours, unless that person is certified as completing the mandatory training requirements in subsection (2). Any state agency or political subdivision that employs a person as a fire fighter who does not meet the requirements of subsection (2) of this section is prohibited from paying the salary of such person, and any person violating this subsection shall be personally liable for making such payment. The Mississippi Fire Personnel Minimum Standards and Certification Board may grant an extension to individuals employed within the guidelines as established by the board not to exceed an additional year. Fire fighters serving as full-time employees prior to January 1, 1991, in a local fire fighting unit shall not be required to meet the minimum requirements in subsection (2).   The uniform training standards for all paid fire fighters shall consist of satisfactory completion of a training program administered by the State Fire Academy or local governments that have the proper facilities and have been certified by the Mississippi Fire Personnel Minimum Standards and Certification Board which shall utilize National Fire Protection Association fire service professional qualification standards.
MS Code § 45-11-253 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 11 - Fire Protection Regulations, Fire Protection and Safety in Buildings|Mississippi Fire Personnel Minimum Standards and Certification Board|§ 45-11-253. Functions, powers, and duties of Board

 The board shall:   Establish minimum educational and training standards for fire personnel.   Certify persons as being qualified under Sections 45-11-251 and 45-11-253 to be fire personnel.   Revoke certifications for cause and in the manner provided in Sections 45-11-251 and 45-11-253.   Establish minimum curriculum requirements for basic and advanced courses and programs for schools operated by or for the state or any political subdivision thereof for the specific purpose of training fire personnel.   Make recommendations concerning any matter within its purview.   Make such inspection and evaluation as may be necessary to determine if governmental units are complying with Sections 45-11-251 and 45-11-253 at cost to those units.   Approve fire training schools for operation by or for the state or any political subdivision thereof for the specific purpose of training personnel.   Upon the request of agencies, conduct surveys or aid municipalities and counties to conduct surveys at cost to those agencies through qualified public or private agencies and assist in the implementation of any recommendations resulting from such surveys.   Upon request of training agencies, conduct general and specific management surveys and studies of the operations of the requesting agencies at cost to those agencies. The role of the board under this subsection shall be that of consultant.   Adopt and amend regulations consistent with law, for its internal management and control of board programs.   Enter into contracts or do such things as may be necessary and incidental to the administration of Sections 45-11-251 and 45-11-253.   Promulgate rules and regulations for the administration of Sections 45-11-251 and 45-11-253, including the authority to require the submission of reports and information by fire service agencies.
MS Code § 45-11-281 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 11 - Fire Protection Regulations, Fire Protection and Safety in Buildings|Burn Injury Notification|§ 45-11-281. Notification by hospital and certain licensed facilities; burn injury defined; notice contents; reporting requirement if investigation conducted after notification; report of burn injury-related death; confidentiality

  Any hospital, as defined in Section 41-9-3, or any licensed facility, as defined in Section 41-23-39, that is initially responsible for the treatment of an individual for a burn injury, shall notify the State Fire Marshal or his designee within twenty-four (24) hours by phone or facsimile.     For the purposes of this section, the term "burn injury" means a burn injury:   Which causes second- or third-degree burns to nine percent (9%) or more of the patient's body;   Which causes injury to the upper respiratory tract or laryngeal edema caused by inhaling super-heated air; or   Which causes death.     The term "burn injury" shall not include sunburns.     Notice under this section shall include:   The name and address of the patient;   A description of the burn injury;   The reported cause of the burn injury;   The patient's disposition; and   Any other fact concerning the burn injury which might assist in detecting arson.     If an investigation is conducted after notification is given under this section, the investigating agency shall report its findings on an incident reporting system report and send it to the State Fire Marshal for retention.   The Department of Health shall report to the State Fire Marshal any burn injury-related death.   Any information obtained by or disclosed to the State Fire Marshal pursuant to this section shall be held by the State Fire Marshal as confidential and shall not be disclosed without written consent from the burn victim, or in the case of death, or in the case of a minor, without the written consent of his or her parent or legal representative or by court order.Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the State Fire Marshal from publishing aggregate statistical data from such information without releasing any personally identifiable data.   The State Fire Marshal is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of this section.
MS Code § 45-11-301 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 11 - Fire Protection Regulations, Fire Protection and Safety in Buildings|Truss Construction Emblems|§ 45-11-301. Owners of certain buildings required to attach truss construction emblem to building; emblem requirements; exemptions; contractor performing work on certain buildings to be responsible for proper attachment of emblem

  The owner of any building located in the State of Mississippi with a floor or ceiling constructed with truss construction must attach to the building an emblem that identifies the building as having truss construction. The emblem shall:   Be permanently affixed to the left of the main entrance door at a height between four (4) feet and six (6) feet above the ground;   Be of a bright and reflective color or made of a reflective material;   Be in the shape of an isosceles triangle measuring six (6) inches horizontally and three (3) inches vertically;   Have conspicuously printed on it the following letters, as appropriate, based on the type of truss construction used in the building being identified by the emblem:   "F" to signify a floor with truss construction;   "R" to signify a roof with truss construction; or   "F/R" to signify both a floor and roof with truss construction.         This section shall not apply to any building with truss construction that is a detached one- or two-family residential structure.   This section shall not apply to any building constructed before July 1, 2010, unless such building undergoes expansion or remodeling on or after that date.     For purposes of this section, the term "truss" shall mean structural members, such as boards, timbers, beams or steel bars, joined together in a rigid framework.   The contractor who performs the construction, expansion or remodeling of any building on or after July 1, 2010, shall be responsible for the proper attachment of the truss construction emblem to the building.   The State Fire Marshal may promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of this section.
MS Code § 45-13-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 13 - Fireworks and Explosives|Article 1 - Fireworks|§ 45-13-1. Manufacture, sale, possession, etc., of dangerous items prohibited; common fireworks; paper caps

 Except as herein provided, the manufacture, sale, possession or use of fireworks in this state is prohibited, provided the manufacture, sale, possession and use of fireworks which are now or may hereafter be classified as "common fireworks" by the Interstate Commerce Commission, and are labeled by said commission with the Class C common fireworks label, and which were designed to produce an audible effect shall contain an explosive composition not exceeding two (2) grains in weight, such fireworks being referred to as safe and sane items, and including such items as cone fountains, small Chinese crackers, small non-explosive Roman candles and rockets, and similar nondangerous items, shall be permitted within this state, but only upon the conditions as hereinafter set forth in this article. Paper caps for use in toy guns and similar items and nonexplosive sparklers are not included within the term "fireworks" as herein used.
MS Code § 45-13-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 13 - Fireworks and Explosives|Article 1 - Fireworks|§ 45-13-3. Sale, display, possession regulated; labeling

 Except as hereinafter provided, no retailer, dealer or any other person shall sell, offer for sale, store, display, or have in their possession, or use or explode anywhere in this state any fireworks that have not been approved and labeled as Class C common fireworks by the Interstate Commerce Commission. No jobber, wholesaler, manufacturer or any other person shall sell to retail dealers or any other person in this state for the purpose of resale or use in this state any fireworks which do not have the Interstate Commerce Commission Class C label printed on the fireworks or on the smallest package in which the same are sold. The Interstate Commerce Commission Class C label must be visible on the fireworks or smallest container in which the same are sold and the label shall be on the fireworks or on the package or both which are received by the general public from the dealer, and such label shall be of such size and so positioned as to be readily seen and recognized by law enforcement officers and the public. Wherever practical such fireworks and container shall have imprinted thereon directions for the handling thereof.
MS Code § 45-13-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 13 - Fireworks and Explosives|Article 1 - Fireworks|§ 45-13-5. Additional items excepted from article

 Nothing in this article shall apply to the manufacture, storage, sale or use of signals necessary for the safe operation of railroads or other classes of public or private transportation, or to the military or naval forces of the United States or of this state, or to peace officers or to the use of blank cartridge for ceremonial, theatrical or athletic events.
MS Code § 45-13-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 13 - Fireworks and Explosives|Article 1 - Fireworks|§ 45-13-7. Storage; signs; fire extinguishing equipment; original packages

 Fireworks kept for sale at wholesale shall be stored in a room set aside for the storage of fireworks only. Over the entrance to this room shall be posted a sign reading "FIREWORKS-NO SMOKING-KEEP OPEN FLAMES AWAY." Two (2) approved fire extinguishers shall be provided and kept in close proximity to the stock of fireworks in all buildings where fireworks are sold. Small temporary stands used for storing and selling fireworks only, in lieu of the fire extinguishers, may have a barrel of water and two (2) buckets available for use as fire extinguishing equipment. All fireworks kept for sale on counters must remain in original packages unless an attendant is on duty at all times at the counter where the fireworks are on display. Signs reading "FIREWORKS FOR SALE-NO SMOKING ALLOWED" shall be displayed in the section of any store set aside for the sale of fireworks.
MS Code § 45-13-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 13 - Fireworks and Explosives|Article 1 - Fireworks|§ 45-13-9. Dates when sales prohibited; sales to children; unlawful to explode or ignite in certain places

 No fireworks shall be sold or offered for sale at retail before the fifteenth day of June and after the fifth day of July and before the fifth day of December and after the second day of January of each year. No fireworks shall be sold to any person under the age of twelve (12) years. It shall be unlawful to ignite or discharge fireworks of any type within six hundred (600) feet of any church, hospital or school, or within seventy-five (75) feet of where fireworks are stored or offered for sale. It shall also be unlawful to ignite or discharge the same within or throw the same from or into or at any motor vehicle.
MS Code § 45-13-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 13 - Fireworks and Explosives|Article 1 - Fireworks|§ 45-13-11. Permits for exhibitions; storage of items held for exhibitions

 The governing body of any municipality or the board of supervisors of any county outside a municipality may grant permits under which fireworks, the sale, possession or use of which is otherwise prohibited hereby, may be sold and used for exhibition purposes; however, such permit shall be issued in compliance with Section 1123 of the National Fire Protection Association, as revised, and the Mississippi Fire Prevention Code, as revised. Such permits shall require that the persons in charge of such exhibitions shall be experienced in the handling of fireworks and the members of the public attending the exhibitions shall be kept at a safe distance therefrom. Any fireworks held in storage for such exhibitions shall be kept in a closed box until removed therefrom for firing.
MS Code § 45-13-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 13 - Fireworks and Explosives|Article 1 - Fireworks|§ 45-13-13. Rights of municipal governing bodies and county boards of supervisors unaffected by this article

 The provisions of this article shall not in any manner limit or affect the right of the governing body of municipalities and the boards of supervisors of counties to regulate or hereafter prohibit the possession, sale and use of fireworks of any kind within the limits thereof.
MS Code § 45-13-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 13 - Fireworks and Explosives|Article 1 - Fireworks|§ 45-13-15. Violations

 Any person, firm, partnership or corporation violating any provision of this article shall be guilty of a felony, and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) and/or imprisonment in the county jail or state penitentiary not to exceed one (1) year. In addition to said criminal penalties, any person, firm, partnership or corporation violating any provision of this article shall be responsible for any and all injuries, deaths and property damage caused by or resulting from illegal fireworks sold by such person, firm, partnership or corporation which is prohibited by this article within the State of Mississippi, and any injured person or his legal representatives, shall have a right to bring a civil action against the dealer, distributor or manufacturer or person who sold said fireworks, whether said dealer, distributor or manufacturer or person be located in this state or not. Any dealer, distributor or manufacturer or person located outside of this state who shall sell fireworks in Mississippi shall make, constitute and appoint the Secretary of State as their lawful agent for service of process in any civil proceeding brought under the provisions of this article, to recover all damages caused or resulting from the sale of any fireworks prohibited by this article.
MS Code § 45-13-101 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 13 - Fireworks and Explosives|Article 3 - Explosives|§ 45-13-101. Seller to keep records; when sale of explosives unlawful

 Every person who sells or otherwise disposes of dynamite, nitroglycerine, explosives, gas bombs, dynamite caps, nitroglycerine caps, fuses, detonators or other similar explosives, shall keep an accurate record of the name of the purchaser, his address, quantity, and the general purpose of its intended use. It shall be unlawful to sell dynamite, nitroglycerine, explosives, gas bombs, dynamite caps, nitroglycerine caps, fuses, detonators or other similar explosives unless the person making the sale knows the purchaser and the general purpose for which such explosive or its counterpart will be used.
MS Code § 45-13-103 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 13 - Fireworks and Explosives|Article 3 - Explosives|§ 45-13-103. Sales of explosives to be reported; regulation by municipalities

 Every seller of dynamite, nitroglycerine, explosives, gas bombs, dynamite caps, nitroglycerine caps, fuses, detonators or other similar explosives shall report any sale, transfer of title, or removal to the sheriff of the county where such transfer or removal took place within twenty-four (24) hours on forms to be provided. Should the sale, transfer of title of removal of explosives be within a municipality, then a report shall also be made within twenty-four (24) hours to the chief of police on forms to be provided. The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to adopt ordinances for the further regulation and control of dynamite, nitroglycerine and similar explosives.
MS Code § 45-13-105 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 13 - Fireworks and Explosives|Article 3 - Explosives|§ 45-13-105. Penalties for failure to report sale of explosives

 Any seller of dynamite, nitroglycerine, explosives, gas bombs, dynamite caps, nitroglycerine caps, fuses, detonators, or other similar explosives who does not report to proper authorities as required by this article shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding five (5) years, or in the county jail not exceeding one (1) year.