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MA Gen L ch 148 § 20a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 148 - Fire Prevention|Section 20a - Bond for Blasting Operations in More Than One Place

Section 20A. If the applicant for a permit to use an explosive in the blasting of rock or any other substance desires to conduct blasting operations in more than one city or town in the commonwealth he may, instead of filing a bond with the clerk of each city or town in which such operations are to be conducted, file a bond with the state treasurer in the penal sum of twenty thousand dollars, running to the commonwealth, with sureties approved by the state treasurer, and for such additional penal sum as the marshal shall determine to be necessary to cover the losses, damages or injuries that might ensue to persons or property by reason thereof. The provisions of sections nineteen and twenty shall apply to said bond and actions thereon so far as applicable.
MA Gen L ch 148 § 20b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 148 - Fire Prevention|Section 20b - Certificate of Competency to Conduct Blasting Operations; Application; Fee; Examination; Issuance; Duration; Expiration; Renewal; Duplicate; Restrictions Regarding Persons Subject to Restraining Order Issued Pursuant to Chapter 209a

Section 20B. No person shall conduct blasting operations unless he holds a certificate of competency issued by the department. Any person desiring to obtain a certificate of competency to conduct blasting operations shall make application to the department. A fee, the amount of which shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven for the filing thereof, shall accompany each application, half of which shall be for the examination and half of which shall be for the certificate if issued. The application shall be in such form and contain such information as the state fire marshal may require. Within three months after the date of receipt of his application, the applicant shall be examined as to his experience and ability to conduct blasting operations, and if found by the examiner to be qualified, he shall forthwith be issued a certificate of competency. Said certificate shall be valid throughout the commonwealth until the date of birth of the licensee occurring more than twelve months but not more than twenty-four months after the effective date of such license and may be renewed after its expiration without examination upon the payment of a fee, as determined pursuant to the aforementioned chapter seven. If any such license or the renewal thereof expires in an even year, any subsequent renewal shall expire on the next anniversary of the licensee's date of birth occurring in an even year. If any such license or renewal thereof expires in an odd year, any subsequent renewal shall expire on the next anniversary of the licensee's date of birth occurring in an odd year. A license issued to a person born on February twenty-ninth shall, for the purposes of this section, expire on March first. Licenses not renewed at the expiration date shall become void, and shall after one year be reinstated only by reexamination of the licensee. A notice of the date of expiration of a license shall, at least thirty days prior to such date, be sent to the licensee. If the applicant fails to qualify, five dollars of the fee paid with his application shall be refunded to him. A holder of a certificate of competency to conduct blasting operations whose certificate is lost, misplaced or stolen may obtain a duplicate certificate from the state fire marshal upon the payment of a fee as determined under the aforementioned provision.  The marshal shall not issue or renew a certificate of competency and shall suspend a certificate of competency of any person who is the subject of a restraining order issued pursuant to chapter 209A while that order is in effect.
MA Gen L ch 148 § 20c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 148 - Fire Prevention|Section 20c - Liability for Damages Caused by Blasting

Section 20C. Any person engaged in a blasting operation shall be liable for direct damages to the person or property of another without proof of negligence.
MA Gen L ch 148 § 21 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 148 - Fire Prevention|Section 21 - Enforcement of Laws and Regulations Relative to Blasting

Section 21. The superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity, upon the petition of the commonwealth or of a city or town, to enforce the laws of the commonwealth and the regulations of the board relative to the blasting of rock, stone or other substance with any explosive.
MA Gen L ch 148 § 22 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 148 - Fire Prevention|Section 22 - Injuries From Explosives Kept or Transported Contrary to Statutes or Regulations

Section 22. Whoever suffers injury by the explosion of an explosive which is being kept or transported contrary to the provisions of this chapter or of the regulations of the board may recover damages therefor in tort against the persons who so violate said provisions or regulations.
MA Gen L ch 148 § 23 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 148 - Fire Prevention|Section 23 - Keeping and Use of Inflammable Fluids; Permit; Fee

Section 23. Except as otherwise provided by rules and regulations of the board of fire prevention regulations, no volatile inflammable fluid except an amount not exceeding one quart contained in an approved safety can and no non-volatile inflammable fluid except an amount not exceeding ten gallons for domestic use shall be kept, used or stored in any part of any building used for habitation, and no volatile inflammable fluid in quantity exceeding one gallon contained in an approved safety can, and no non-volatile inflammable fluid in quantity exceeding thirty gallons, shall be kept, used or stored, except in the tank of an automobile, motor boat or stationary engine, within fifty feet of any building used for habitation, unless a permit has first been obtained therefor from the head of the fire department under such terms and conditions as he may prescribe. A fee of not more than fifty cents may be charged for any permit granted under the authority of this section.
MA Gen L ch 148 § 23a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 148 - Fire Prevention|Section 23a - Inflammable Anti-Freeze in Hydrants

Section 23A. No inflammable fluid shall be used as an anti-freeze mixture in hydrants used to convey water for extinguishing fires.
MA Gen L ch 148 § 24 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 148 - Fire Prevention|Section 24 - Keeping and Handling of Fire Menace Material; Carpenter or Paint Shop in Habitation

Section 24. No part of any building used for habitation nor that part of any lot within fifty feet of any building so used shall, except as permitted by section twenty-three, be used for the storage, keeping or handling of any article or material that is or may become dangerous to the public safety as a fire menace, and no part of any such building shall be used as a carpenter shop or paint shop, nor for the storage, keeping or handling of excelsior, shavings, sawdust, cotton, paper stock, feathers or rags, except under such terms and conditions as the head of the fire department may prescribe in writing.
MA Gen L ch 148 § 25 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 148 - Fire Prevention|Section 25 - Use of Salamanders or Stoves for Drying Materials

Section 25. No salamander or stove for drying any construction material shall be used in any building except under such conditions as may be prescribed by the board; and no such salamander or stove shall be set upon a wooden floor unless it is raised above the floor at least four inches and set upon brick or other incombustible material in a bed of sand at least two inches thick, spread upon the floor and covering an area of at least two feet in all directions larger than the area of the salamander or stove.
MA Gen L ch 148 § 25a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 148 - Fire Prevention|Section 25a - Second Hand Space Heaters; Unvented Space Heaters

Section 25A. No person shall sell, offer for sale or install a secondhand space heater, or a secondhand portable stove which uses kerosene, range oil or number 1 fuel oil for fuel. No person shall install or use in a building which is used in whole or in part for human habitation an unvented space heater which uses oil as a fuel. No person shall sell or offer for sale, or install, use or maintain in a building which is used in whole or in part for human habitation, an unvented space heater using natural or propane gas fuel unless the appliance meets the standards for use and installation as promulgated by regulations of the board of fire prevention regulations. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100.
MA Gen L ch 148 § 25b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 148 - Fire Prevention|Section 25b - Unvented Liquid Fired Space Heaters; Use or Sale Prohibited

Section 25B. No person shall use, allow to be used, sell or offer for sale any unvented liquid fired space heater. As used in this section, ''space heater'' includes portable space heater, parlor heater, cabinet heater, room heater and any similar heater having a barometric fed fuel control and its fuel supply tank located less than forty-two inches from the center of the burner and means the type of heating appliance adapted for burning kerosene, range oil or number one fuel oil and used principally for the heating of the space in and adjacent to that in which such appliance is located. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 148 § 25c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 148 - Fire Prevention|Section 25c - Sale of Decorating Candles; Rules and Regulations

Section 25C. The board shall make rules and regulations relating to the sale of decorating candles which are designed to reignite after they are apparently extinguished, which rules may specifically prohibit the sale of any such candles which it deems to be a fire hazard.
MA Gen L ch 148 § 25d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 148 - Fire Prevention|Section 25d - Manufacture and Sale of Children's Clothing and Sleepwear; Rules and Regulations

Section 25D. The board shall make rules and regulations relating to the manufacture and sale of sleepwear and clothing for children up to and including size fourteen, which rules and regulations may specifically prohibit the sale or manufacture of any such clothing or sleepwear which it deems to be a fire hazard.
MA Gen L ch 148 § 25e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 148 - Fire Prevention|Section 25e - Residential Gas Appliances; Sale or Installation

Section 25E. As used in this section, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:—  ''Gas appliance'', any furnace, air conditioner, heater, refrigerator, stove, range, dishwasher, clothes dryer, clothes washer, or other such device, which uses a gaseous fuel other than propane for the operation thereof, and which is manufactured after June first, nineteen hundred and eighty-eight and is automatically ignited by a means other than an intermittent ignition device, but not including a water heater which heats water for domestic use, a kitchen heating range or a space heater.  ''Automatic gas appliance'', any furnace, air conditioner, heater, refrigerator, stove, range, dishwasher, clothes dryer, clothes washer, or other such device, which uses a gaseous fuel other than propane for the operation thereof, and which is manufactured after the effective date of this section, and is automatically ignited by an intermittent ignition device, but not including a water heater which heats water for domestic use, a kitchen heating range or a space heater.  ''Residence'', any building or structure in this state used principally for dwelling purposes, including, but not limited to single and multiple family dwellings or residences of any nature, including apartments, apartment buildings, apartment projects, condominiums and manufactured homes, but not including hotels or motels.  ''Intermittent ignition device'', a device which ignites an automatic gas appliance to begin normal operation thereof, and which is activated only at the time such automatic gas appliance is to be so ignited.  It shall be unlawful to:—  (a) Sell or offer for sale by advertisement or otherwise or display for sale of gas appliances for use in, or in connection with, a residence.  (b) Install or cause to be installed a gas appliance in a residence.  (c) Import into the commonwealth a gas appliance for use in, or in connection with, a residence.  (d) Deliver in the commonwealth after sale or pursuant to a contract for a sale of a gas appliance for use in, or in connection with, a residence.  (e) Sell or display for sale an automatic gas appliance, for use in, or in connection with a residence, unless such automatic gas appliance is labeled in a manner visible to the purchaser or prospective purchaser with the words ''intermittent ignition''.  Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars for each such violation; provided, however, that each day of a continuing violation shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
MA Gen L ch 148 § 26 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 148 - Fire Prevention|Section 26 - Installation of Automatic Equipment on Order of Marshal

Section 26. Any basement of a mercantile establishment, any building used in whole or in part for the business of woodworking, or for the business of manufacturing or working upon wooden, basket, rattan or cane goods or articles, or tow, shavings, excelsior, oakum, rope, twine, string, thread, bagging, paper, paper stock, cardboard, rags, cotton or linen, or cotton or linen garments or goods, or rubber, feathers, paint, grease, soap, oil, varnish, petroleum, gasoline, kerosene, benzine, naphtha or other inflammable fluids or compounds, and any building used in whole or in part for the business of keeping or storing any such goods or articles except in such small quantities as are usual for domestic use or for use in connection with and as incident to some business other than such keeping or storing, shall, upon the order of the marshal, be equipped with automatic sprinklers; provided, that no such order shall apply to any building unless four or more persons live or are usually employed therein above the second floor.
MA Gen L ch 148 § 26a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 148 - Fire Prevention|Section 26a - Automatic Sprinklers in High Rise Buildings; Enforcement; Appeals

Section 26A. Every building or structure of more than seventy feet in height above the mean grade shall be protected with an adequate system of automatic sprinklers in accordance with the provisions of the state building code, except that sprinklers shall not be required to be installed in patient rooms in hospitals.  The head of the fire department shall enforce the provisions of this section.  Whoever is aggrieved by the head of the fire department's interpretation, order, requirement, direction or failure to act under the provisions of this section, may, within forty-five days after the service of notice thereof, appeal from such interpretation, order, requirement, direction, or failure to act, to the board of appeals as provided in the state building code and section twenty-three of chapter twenty-three B.
MA Gen L ch 148 § 26b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 148 - Fire Prevention|Section 26b - Automatic Fire Warning and Smoke Detection Systems in Certain Buildings; Enforcement; Appeals

Section 26B. Every building or structure not exceeding seventy feet in height above the mean grade erected or substantially altered to be occupied for residential purposes shall be protected with an approved automatic fire warning system in accordance with the provisions of the state building code. Such system shall include the features of automatic smoke detection in conjunction with the approved fire detection devices.  The head of the fire department as defined in section one shall enforce the provisions of this section.  Whoever is aggrieved by the head of the fire department's interpretation, order, requirement, direction or failure to act under the provisions of this section, may, within forty-five days after the service of notice thereof, appeal from such interpretation, order, requirement, direction, or failure to act, to the board of appeals as provided in the state building code and section twenty-three of chapter twenty-three B.
MA Gen L ch 148 § 26c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 148 - Fire Prevention|Section 26c - Certain Public Accommodations; Automatic Smoke or Heat Detectors

Section 26C. Apartment houses containing six or more dwelling units, hotels, boarding or lodging houses, or family hotels which are not regulated by section twenty-six A or twenty-six B shall be equipped with automatic smoke or heat detectors as provided by the rules and regulations of the board of fire prevention regulations.  The head of the fire department as defined in section one shall enforce the provisions of this section.
MA Gen L ch 148 § 26d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 148 - Fire Prevention|Section 26d - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 26d to 26f

Section 26D. As used in this section and sections twenty-six E and twenty-six F the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:—  ''Approved monitored battery power smoke detector'', shall be a smoke detector which is activated by a battery power source provided that the battery is monitored to assure that the following conditions are met:  (a) a distinctive audible trouble signal is given before the battery is incapable of operating the device for alarm purposes, and that such audible trouble signal is produced at least once every minute for seven consecutive days, and  (b) the unit is capable of producing an alarm signal for at least four continuous minutes at the battery voltage at which a trouble signal is normally obtained followed by seven days of trouble signal operation, and  (c) the monitored batteries meeting these specifications are clearly identified on the unit near the battery compartment.  ''Approved primary power smoke detector'', shall be a smoke detector which is activated by being permanently wired to a source of alternating current electric power or connected to a source of alternating current electric power by an underwriter's laboratory approved cord with a strain relief and plug retainer; provided, that:  (a) all power supplies shall be sufficient to operate the alarm signal for at least four continuous minutes, and  (b) all such detector systems shall be installed in accordance with the Massachusetts Electrical Code.  ''Common hallway'', a common corridor or space separately enclosed which provides common access to the required exitways of the residential building or structure.  ''Separate sleeping area'', shall mean the area or areas of the dwelling unit in which the bedrooms, or sleeping rooms, are located. Bedrooms, or sleeping rooms, separated by other use areas such as kitchens or living rooms, but not bathrooms, shall be considered as separate sleeping areas.
MA Gen L ch 148 § 26e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 148 - Fire Prevention|Section 26e - Residential Buildings or Structures; Installation of Smoke Detectors

Section 26E. (a) All one and two family dwellings occupied in whole or in part for residential purposes and not regulated by section twenty-six A or twenty-six B shall be equipped with approved smoke detectors. Owners of such buildings or structures shall install either an approved monitored battery powered smoke detector or an approved primary power smoke detector on each level of habitation and on the basement level; provided, however, that the head of the fire department shall allow the installation of approved monitored battery powered smoke detectors. Such approved smoke detectors shall be installed in the following manner; an approved smoke detector shall be installed on the ceiling of each stairway leading to the floor above, near the base of, but not within each stairway and an approved smoke detector shall be installed outside each separate sleeping area.  (b) Buildings or structures occupied in whole or in part for residential purposes and containing not less than three nor more than five units and not regulated by section twenty-six A, twenty-six B or twenty-six C shall be equipped with approved smoke detectors. Owners of such buildings or structures shall install either an approved monitored battery powered smoke detector or an approved primary power smoke detector outside each separate sleeping area; provided, however, that the head of the fire department shall allow the installation of approved monitored battery powered smoke detectors; and provided, further, that in all common hallways and basements of said residential buildings or structures a series of interconnected approved primary power smoke detectors shall be installed.  (c) For the purposes of this section, approved primary power shall mean an alternating current primary source of electric power furnished by an electric power or light company municipally operated or operating under the authority of the department of telecommunications and energy which is the primary source of electricity or is a secondary source but is permanently wired thereto and will become operational upon the failure of the primary source of power.  (d) The head of the fire department shall enforce the provisions of this section. The provisions of section thirty shall not apply to this section.
MA Gen L ch 148 § 26f (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 148 - Fire Prevention|Section 26f - Residential Buildings or Structures; Equipping With Smoke Detectors Upon Sale or Transfer

Section 26F. All buildings or structures occupied in whole or in part for residential purposes and not regulated by sections twenty-six A, twenty-six B or twenty-six C shall, upon the sale or transfer of such building or structure, be equipped by the seller with approved smoke detectors as provided in section twenty-six E.  The head of the fire department shall enforce the provisions of this section. The provisions of section thirty shall not apply to this section.