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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-NEW-NEW — 45-51-NEW-006) › Chapter 11 - FIRE PROTECTION REGULATIONS, FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY IN BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-1 — 45-11-301) › HOTELS, SCHOOLS AND OTHER PUBLIC BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-21 — 45-11-55) › Section 45-11-25 - Certain hotels and lodging houses to be provided with iron balconies and stairs

Every hotel or lodging house over two (2) stories in height shall be provided with permanent iron balconies, with iron stairs leading from one balcony to the other, to be placed at the end of each hall in and above the second story in case the hotel or lodging house be over one hundred and fifty feet (150') in length, and in other cases such number of balconies with stairs as may be directed by the fire department or authority having control of the fire regulations of the city or town where the hotel or lodging house is located. The balconies and iron stairs shall be constructed at the expense of the owner of the hotel or lodging house.
Codes, 1892, § 2082; 1906, § 2266; Hemingway's 1917, § 4633; 1930, § 4690; 1942, § 7001.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-NEW-NEW — 45-51-NEW-006) › Chapter 11 - FIRE PROTECTION REGULATIONS, FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY IN BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-1 — 45-11-301) › HOTELS, SCHOOLS AND OTHER PUBLIC BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-21 — 45-11-55) › Section 45-11-27 - Public halls, hotels shall provide stair rail

Every public hall, opera house, hotel, lodging house, or other public building of two (2) or more stories, shall have provided to each stairway used by and for the public, a hand or side rail to protect persons in ascending or descending such stairway.
Codes, 1892, § 2083; 1906, § 2267; Hemingway's 1917, § 4634; 1930, § 4691; 1942, § 7002.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-NEW-NEW — 45-51-NEW-006) › Chapter 11 - FIRE PROTECTION REGULATIONS, FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY IN BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-1 — 45-11-301) › HOTELS, SCHOOLS AND OTHER PUBLIC BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-21 — 45-11-55) › Section 45-11-29 - Fire detectors required for hotels and lodging houses

All hotels or lodging houses shall be provided with a Mississippi Fire Prevention Code-approved electric fire detector with a detector on each floor.
Codes, 1892, § 2084; 1906, § 2268; Hemingway's 1917, § 4635; 1930, § 4692; 1942, § 7003; Laws, 2004, ch. 379, § 1, eff. 7/1/2004.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-NEW-NEW — 45-51-NEW-006) › Chapter 11 - FIRE PROTECTION REGULATIONS, FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY IN BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-1 — 45-11-301) › HOTELS, SCHOOLS AND OTHER PUBLIC BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-21 — 45-11-55) › Section 45-11-31 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 2004 ch. 379, § 3 eff. 7/1/2004.
Codes, 1892, § 2085; 1906, § 2269; Hemingway's 1917, § 4636; 1930, § 4693; 1942, § 7004.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-NEW-NEW — 45-51-NEW-006) › Chapter 11 - FIRE PROTECTION REGULATIONS, FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY IN BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-1 — 45-11-301) › HOTELS, SCHOOLS AND OTHER PUBLIC BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-21 — 45-11-55) › Section 45-11-33 - Hotel and lodging house keepers to give alarm

Every proprietor or keeper of a hotel or lodging house shall, in case of fire therein, give notice of the same to all guests and inmates thereof at once, and do all in his power to rescue them.
Codes, 1892, § 2086; 1906, § 2270; Hemingway's 1917, § 4637; 1930, § 4694; 1942, § 7005.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-NEW-NEW — 45-51-NEW-006) › Chapter 11 - FIRE PROTECTION REGULATIONS, FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY IN BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-1 — 45-11-301) › HOTELS, SCHOOLS AND OTHER PUBLIC BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-21 — 45-11-55) › Section 45-11-35 - Construction requirements for hotels and lodging houses

All hotels or lodging houses hereafter constructed over two (2) stories in height and over one hundred feet (100') in length or breadth, shall be so constructed as to have at least two (2) flights of stairs for use of guests leading from the ground floor to the uppermost story, one (1) to be located at each end or side.
Codes, 1892, § 2087; 1906, § 2271; Hemingway's 1917, § 4638; 1930, § 4695; 1942, § 7006.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-NEW-NEW — 45-51-NEW-006) › Chapter 11 - FIRE PROTECTION REGULATIONS, FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY IN BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-1 — 45-11-301) › HOTELS, SCHOOLS AND OTHER PUBLIC BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-21 — 45-11-55) › Section 45-11-37 - Doors to open outwardly

All the doors for ingress and egress to public schoolhouses, theaters, assembly rooms, halls, courthouses, churches, factories with more than twenty (20) employees, and all other buildings and places of public resort whatever, where people are wont to assemble, excepting schoolhouses, courthouses, and churches of one (1) audience room, and that on the ground floor, shall be so swung as to open outwardly from the audience rooms, halls, or workshops; but such doors may be hung on double-jointed hinges, so as to open with equal ease outwardly or inwardly.
Codes, 1930, § 4696; 1942, § 7007; Laws, 1924, ch. 283.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-NEW-NEW — 45-51-NEW-006) › Chapter 11 - FIRE PROTECTION REGULATIONS, FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY IN BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-1 — 45-11-301) › HOTELS, SCHOOLS AND OTHER PUBLIC BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-21 — 45-11-55) › Section 45-11-39 - Egress in case of fire

All school buildings, public or private, now under construction in this state or that may hereafter be constructed, shall be so constructed or so equipped as to afford ample and easy egress in case of fire.
Codes, 1930, § 4697; 1942, § 7008; Laws, 1924, ch. 290.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-NEW-NEW — 45-51-NEW-006) › Chapter 11 - FIRE PROTECTION REGULATIONS, FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY IN BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-1 — 45-11-301) › HOTELS, SCHOOLS AND OTHER PUBLIC BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-21 — 45-11-55) › Section 45-11-41 - School buildings to have certain fire escapes

In the construction of school buildings all outside doors shall be made to open outwardly. All buildings of two (2) or more stories in height shall be constructed so as to give easy escape in case of fire, by providing modern fire escapes, or by providing iron ladders, slides or stairways on the outside of such buildings. In case of ladders, slides or stairways on the outside, sufficient platform room at the top of such ladder, slide or stairway and sufficient banisters or railings shall be provided to guarantee the safety of the children in getting out of the building. Provided, however, that in any fireproof school buildings with each floor on the ground level and constructed for more than ten (10) years, the board of trustees of the school or attendance center, in their discretion, may not be required to add fire escapes provided within sixty (60) days immediately following the passage of this section they spread upon their minutes a resolution to that effect.
Codes, 1930, § 4698; 1942, § 7009; Laws, 1924, ch. 290; Laws, 1964, ch. 417, eff. 6/11/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-NEW-NEW — 45-51-NEW-006) › Chapter 11 - FIRE PROTECTION REGULATIONS, FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY IN BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-1 — 45-11-301) › HOTELS, SCHOOLS AND OTHER PUBLIC BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-21 — 45-11-55) › Section 45-11-43 - County superintendent to furnish plans and approve construction

The county superintendent of education in each county shall furnish plans and specifications for the fire escape facilities for each school building constructed, a copy of which shall be furnished the trustees of the district in which the new building is being constructed and a copy shall be placed on file in the office of the county superintendent of education. When the building is completed the trustees shall notify the county superintendent, who shall make a personal inspection of the new building and if the plans and specifications have been complied with he shall so report to the trustees and such notification and approval shall be made of record in his office. The school building shall not be opened for the reception of pupils until the county superintendent has approved the fire escape facilities.
Codes, 1930, § 4699; 1942, § 7010; Laws, 1924, ch. 290.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-NEW-NEW — 45-51-NEW-006) › Chapter 11 - FIRE PROTECTION REGULATIONS, FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY IN BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-1 — 45-11-301) › HOTELS, SCHOOLS AND OTHER PUBLIC BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-21 — 45-11-55) › Section 45-11-45 - Places of public amusement; how constructed

Every place for public amusement shall have at least the following arrangements for the safety of those attending there: The seats shall be located in rows with spaces between the seats adequate for easy ingress and egress, and an aisle of at least four (4) feet in width shall run between the rows on the lowest floor, if there be more than one (1) floor, from the commencement of the seats toward the place of performance, exhibition, or speaking, as far as the seats are located, and, if there be only one (1) floor, then between the rows on that floor, and also an aisle of at least three (3) feet in width shall be made to run along the outward ends of the rows of seats and next to the walls, and also around or along the ends of all rows of seats wherever located; and all aisles shall be kept unobstructed towards places of egress. All seats shall be located in rows, to which the aisles shall conform. There shall be as many doors for egress for those in attendance, not less than two (2) at either end or side of the building, as can be made consistently with the proper strength of the structure. All scenery shall be made as secure against becoming inflamed as reasonably practicable, and all reasonably practicable arrangements shall be made for the supply of water or other means for extinguishment of fires, and they shall be kept constantly effective during the presence of the audience. In cities of over ten thousand (10,000) inhabitants a fireproof drop curtain of sufficient dimensions to cover the entire front of the stage shall be so hung that, upon an alarm of fire originating upon, or in rear of stage, it may be promptly dropped so as to prevent the fire from communicating with the auditorium.
Codes, 1892, § 2089; 1906, § 2273; Hemingway's 1917, § 4640; 1930, § 4700; 1942, § 7011.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-NEW-NEW — 45-51-NEW-006) › Chapter 11 - FIRE PROTECTION REGULATIONS, FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY IN BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-1 — 45-11-301) › HOTELS, SCHOOLS AND OTHER PUBLIC BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-21 — 45-11-55) › Section 45-11-47 - Public eating places or places of public amusement to provide exits; penalties for violation

(1)
It shall be the duty of the owner and operator of any public restaurant, cafe, night club, or eating place or place of public amusement to provide proper exits for the use of patrons in the event of fire in same. Doors to all restaurants, cafes, night clubs, or other public eating places or places of public amusement shall open to the outside of the building, where the seating capacity is over fifty (50) seats. Every room, gallery, tier or other space having a capacity of one hundred (100) or more shall have not less than two (2) exit doorways. In every establishment that accommodates three hundred (300) or more persons, each room, gallery, tier or other space where such assembly occurs, shall have exit ways to the outside as follows:
Not less than two (2) exit ways when six hundred (600) persons or less are accommodated in such room, gallery, tier or other space; and
Not less than three (3) exit ways when more than six hundred (600), but not more than one thousand (1,000) persons, are accommodated; and
Not less than four (4) exit ways when more than one thousand (1,000) persons are accommodated.
(2)
Any restaurant, cafe, night club or other public eating place or place of public amusement, consisting of two (2) or more stories or floors, or any restaurant, cafe, night club, or public eating place or place of public amusement, being situated above or higher than the ground floor of any building, when such upper or higher floor has a seating capacity for fifty (50) or more persons, shall provide at least two (2) stairways located as far apart as practical for the use of patrons in the event of fire in said building. At least one (1) of the two (2) stairways shall lead directly to the outside of such building or assembly room, and shall not lead into or through the lobby or any other place through which persons come from other parts of the building or will have to pass in making emergency exits.
(3)
Any owner of any restaurant, cafe, night club, or public eating place failing or refusing to comply with the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not more than ninety (90) days, or by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Codes, 1942, § 7011-01; Laws, 1946, ch. 347, §§ 1-3.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-NEW-NEW — 45-51-NEW-006) › Chapter 11 - FIRE PROTECTION REGULATIONS, FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY IN BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-1 — 45-11-301) › HOTELS, SCHOOLS AND OTHER PUBLIC BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-21 — 45-11-55) › Section 45-11-49 - Penalties on hotel and lodging house keepers

Every owner, lessee, keeper, or proprietor of a hotel or a lodging house who shall, when the same is prescribed by law to be done, fail, neglect or refuse:
(a)
To provide for each room a rope or rope ladder, or other like appliance; or
(b)
To give notice calling attention to such rope or rope ladder or appliance, and giving directions for its use; or
(c)
To provide iron balconies with iron stairs; or
(d)
To provide a hand or side rail to each stairway; or
(e)
To provide a Mississippi Fire Prevention Code-approved electric fire detector; or
(f)
To give alarm and awaken all guests and inmates of his house in case of fire therein or in close proximity thereto; or
(g)
To do everything in case of fire in his power to rescue the guests or inmates of his house; or
(h)
To do anything required by law to be done under the provisions of Sections
45-11-21
through
45-11-55
;
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not less than ninety (90) days nor more than six (6) months, or fined not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both such fine and imprisonment.
Codes, 1892, § 2091; 1906, § 2275; Hemingway's 1917, § 4642; 1930, § 4701; 1942, § 7012; Laws, 2004, ch. 379, § 2, eff. 7/1/2004.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-NEW-NEW — 45-51-NEW-006) › Chapter 11 - FIRE PROTECTION REGULATIONS, FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY IN BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-1 — 45-11-301) › HOTELS, SCHOOLS AND OTHER PUBLIC BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-21 — 45-11-55) › Section 45-11-51 - Penalty for giving public amusements in house not properly constructed

Every person who shall give any public amusement, entertainment or exhibition in any house or place for public amusement not constructed and arranged as required by Sections
45-11-21
through
45-11-55
, or shall violate or permit the violation of any of their requirements, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be fined not less than Twenty Dollars ($20.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or imprisoned in the county jail not less than one (1) week nor more than six (6) months, or both.
Codes, 1892, § 2092; 1906, § 2276; Hemingway's 1917, § 4643; 1930, § 4702; 1942, § 7013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-NEW-NEW — 45-51-NEW-006) › Chapter 11 - FIRE PROTECTION REGULATIONS, FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY IN BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-1 — 45-11-301) › HOTELS, SCHOOLS AND OTHER PUBLIC BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-21 — 45-11-55) › Section 45-11-53 - Penalty for erection of building in disregard of requirements

Any architect, carpenter, or builder, or the owner or other person, who may hereafter erect or cause to be erected, or aid in erecting, any hotel or other house or structure for the construction of which provisions are made in Sections
45-11-21
through
45-11-55
, who shall refuse or fail to comply, in the erection or construction thereof, with such provisions, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
Codes, 1892, § 2093; 1906, § 2277; Hemingway's 1917, § 4644; 1930, § 4703; 1942, § 7014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-NEW-NEW — 45-51-NEW-006) › Chapter 11 - FIRE PROTECTION REGULATIONS, FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY IN BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-1 — 45-11-301) › HOTELS, SCHOOLS AND OTHER PUBLIC BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-21 — 45-11-55) › Section 45-11-55 - Every day's omission a separate offense

Every day's omission or failure by any person to do whatever under the provisions of Sections
45-11-21
through
45-11-55
is required to be done or provided, shall be considered and treated as a separate offense.
Codes, 1892, § 2094; 1906, § 2278; Hemingway's 1917, § 4645; 1930, § 4704; 1942, § 7015.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-NEW-NEW — 45-51-NEW-006) › Chapter 11 - FIRE PROTECTION REGULATIONS, FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY IN BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-1 — 45-11-301) › SALE OF BURGLAR BARS (§§ 45-11-71 — 45-11-75) › Section 45-11-71 - Sellers of burglar bars to public to comply with standard building code

In the interest of public safety, any person who engages in the sale of burglar bars to the public shall comply with 1105.7 of the Standard Building Code of the Southern Building Code Congress International, as revised.
Laws, 1993, ch. 579, § 1, eff. 7/1/1993.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-NEW-NEW — 45-51-NEW-006) › Chapter 11 - FIRE PROTECTION REGULATIONS, FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY IN BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-1 — 45-11-301) › SALE OF BURGLAR BARS (§§ 45-11-71 — 45-11-75) › Section 45-11-73 - State fire marshal to promulgate rules and regulations; exceptions

The State Fire Marshal shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of Sections
45-11-71
through
45-11-75
. These rules and regulations shall apply except in any county or municipality which has adopted the Standard Building Code of the Southern Building Code Congress International, with standards not less stringent than the Mississippi Fire Prevention Code.
Laws, 1993, ch. 579, § 2, eff. 7/1/1993.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-NEW-NEW — 45-51-NEW-006) › Chapter 11 - FIRE PROTECTION REGULATIONS, FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY IN BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-1 — 45-11-301) › SALE OF BURGLAR BARS (§§ 45-11-71 — 45-11-75) › Section 45-11-75 - Penalty for violation

Any person violating the provisions of Section
45-11-71
, upon conviction, shall be fined in an amount not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), and in the case of continuing violations without reasonable effort on the part of the defendant to correct such violations, each day of violation thereafter shall be a separate offense.
Laws, 1993, ch. 579, § 3, eff. 7/1/1993.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-NEW-NEW — 45-51-NEW-006) › Chapter 11 - FIRE PROTECTION REGULATIONS, FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY IN BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-1 — 45-11-301) › USE OF SAFETY GLAZING MATERIAL IN HAZARDOUS LOCATIONS (§§ 45-11-81 — 45-11-89) › Section 45-11-81 - Definitions

The following terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(a)
"Safety glazing material" shall mean any glazing material such as tempered glass, laminated glass, wire glass or rigid plastic, which meets the test requirements of ANSI standard Z-97.1-1972.
(b)
"Hazardous locations" shall mean those installations, glazed or to be glazed, in commercial and public buildings, known as framed or unframed glass entrance doors, and those fixed glazed panels immediately adjacent to entrance or exit doors and which may be mistaken for doors, and those installations, glazed or to be glazed, in residential buildings and other structures used as dwellings, commercial buildings and public buildings, known as sliding glass doors, storm doors, shower doors and bathtub enclosures. Any entrance or exit door, or fixed glazed panel immediately adjacent to entrance or exit doors which may be mistaken for doors, which is fifty percent (50%) or more exposed glass without division frames, or contains a single glass panel with glass of more than sixty (60) inches in height or twenty-four (24) inches in width, will be a hazardous location.
Laws, 1974, ch. 571, § 1, eff. 1/1/1975.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-NEW-NEW — 45-51-NEW-006) › Chapter 11 - FIRE PROTECTION REGULATIONS, FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY IN BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-1 — 45-11-301) › USE OF SAFETY GLAZING MATERIAL IN HAZARDOUS LOCATIONS (§§ 45-11-81 — 45-11-89) › Section 45-11-83 - Labeling required

(1)
Each light of safety glazing material manufactured, distributed, imported or sold for use in hazardous locations or installed in such a location within the State of Mississippi shall be permanently labeled by such means as etching, sandblasting, firing of ceramic material on the safety glazing material, or by other suitable means. The label shall identify the labeler, whether manufacturer, fabricator or installer, and the nominal thickness and the type of safety glazing material and the fact that said material meets the test requirements of ANSI standard Z-97.1-1972. The label must be legible and visible after installation.
(2)
Such safety glazing labeling shall not be used on other than safety glazing materials.
Laws, 1974, ch. 571, § 2, eff. 1/1/1975.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-NEW-NEW — 45-51-NEW-006) › Chapter 11 - FIRE PROTECTION REGULATIONS, FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY IN BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-1 — 45-11-301) › USE OF SAFETY GLAZING MATERIAL IN HAZARDOUS LOCATIONS (§§ 45-11-81 — 45-11-89) › Section 45-11-85 - Offenses; construction of section

It shall be unlawful within the State of Mississippi to knowingly sell, fabricate, assemble, glaze, or install glazing materials other than safety glazing materials in, or for use in, any hazardous location, whether in a new installation or replacement in an existing location, as defined hereinabove after January 1, 1975. This section shall not be construed as being retroactive.
Laws, 1974, ch. 571, § 3, eff. 1/1/1975.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-NEW-NEW — 45-51-NEW-006) › Chapter 11 - FIRE PROTECTION REGULATIONS, FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY IN BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-1 — 45-11-301) › USE OF SAFETY GLAZING MATERIAL IN HAZARDOUS LOCATIONS (§§ 45-11-81 — 45-11-89) › Section 45-11-87 - Workmen not liable

No liability under Sections
45-11-81
through
45-11-89
shall be created as to workmen who are employees of a contractor, subcontractor, or other employer responsible for compliance with Sections
45-11-81
through
45-11-89
.
Laws, 1974, ch. 571, § 4, eff. 1/1/1975.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-NEW-NEW — 45-51-NEW-006) › Chapter 11 - FIRE PROTECTION REGULATIONS, FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY IN BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-1 — 45-11-301) › USE OF SAFETY GLAZING MATERIAL IN HAZARDOUS LOCATIONS (§§ 45-11-81 — 45-11-89) › Section 45-11-89 - Penalties

Whoever violates the provisions of Sections
45-11-81
through
45-11-89
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or to imprisonment of not more than six (6) months, or both.
Laws, 1974, ch. 571, § 5, eff. 1/1/1975.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-NEW-NEW — 45-51-NEW-006) › Chapter 11 - FIRE PROTECTION REGULATIONS, FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY IN BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-1 — 45-11-301) › MISSISSIPPI FIRE PREVENTION CODE (§§ 45-11-101 — 45-11-111) › Section 45-11-103 - Standards; deviation from standards; automatic sprinkler systems

The standards embodied in said code shall be based upon and shall be not less stringent than the standards established by the standard fire prevention code as promulgated by the Southern Building Code Congress International, Inc., and as the same may be revised or amended; however, the state fire marshal shall have the authority to deviate from the minimum requirements of such standard fire prevention code when the imposition and enforcement of a specific requirement of the standard fire prevention code would cause unnecessary hardship or when such deviation would enable builders to take advantage of new methods, materials or equipment which is of recognized adequacy.
The Mississippi Fire Prevention Code shall include provisions that every new building over seventy-five (75) feet in height in the State of Mississippi for which a permit is issued after July 1, 1978, shall be equipped throughout the building with a totally automatic sprinkler system designed for life safety and fire prevention and protection. This provision shall include every building over seventy-five (75) feet in height constructed after July 1, 1978, or to any existing building in which twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the floor space is being reconstructed or added thereto. However, public utility company buildings in which water would cause severe damage to equipment such as telephone equipment, computers or electric services, and silos, grain elevators and other structures utilized solely for the storage of agricultural products are exempt from the automatic sprinkler system provisions of the code.
Laws, 1978, ch. 502, § 2, eff. 7/1/1978.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-NEW-NEW — 45-51-NEW-006) › Chapter 11 - FIRE PROTECTION REGULATIONS, FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY IN BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-1 — 45-11-301) › MISSISSIPPI FIRE PREVENTION CODE (§§ 45-11-101 — 45-11-111) › Section 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

(1)
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.
(2)
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.
(3)
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.
Laws, 1978, ch. 502, § 3; Laws, 1992, ch. 328, § 3, eff. 7/1/1992.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-NEW-NEW — 45-51-NEW-006) › Chapter 11 - FIRE PROTECTION REGULATIONS, FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY IN BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-1 — 45-11-301) › MISSISSIPPI FIRE PREVENTION CODE (§§ 45-11-101 — 45-11-111) › Section 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.
Laws, 1978, ch. 502, § 4, eff. 7/1/1978.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-NEW-NEW — 45-51-NEW-006) › Chapter 11 - FIRE PROTECTION REGULATIONS, FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY IN BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-1 — 45-11-301) › MISSISSIPPI FIRE PREVENTION CODE (§§ 45-11-101 — 45-11-111) › Section 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.
Laws, 1978, ch. 502, § 5, eff. 7/1/1978.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-NEW-NEW — 45-51-NEW-006) › Chapter 11 - FIRE PROTECTION REGULATIONS, FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY IN BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-1 — 45-11-301) › MISSISSIPPI FIRE PREVENTION CODE (§§ 45-11-101 — 45-11-111) › Section 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.
Laws, 1978, ch. 502, § 6; Laws, 1992, ch. 328, § 4, eff. 7/1/1992.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-NEW-NEW — 45-51-NEW-006) › Chapter 11 - FIRE PROTECTION REGULATIONS, FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY IN BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-1 — 45-11-301) › UNIFORM MINIMUM TRAINING STANDARDS FOR FIREFIGHTERS (§§ 45-11-201 — 45-11-203) › Section 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.
Laws, 1990, ch. 558, § 1, eff. 1/1/1991.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-NEW-NEW — 45-51-NEW-006) › Chapter 11 - FIRE PROTECTION REGULATIONS, FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY IN BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-1 — 45-11-301) › UNIFORM MINIMUM TRAINING STANDARDS FOR FIREFIGHTERS (§§ 45-11-201 — 45-11-203) › Section 45-11-203 - Employment of persons not completing training standards prohibited; training standards

(1)
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).
(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.
Laws, 1990, ch. 558, § 2; Laws, 1992, ch. 529, § 4; Laws, 1994, ch. 349, § 1, eff. 7/1/1994.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-NEW-NEW — 45-51-NEW-006) › Chapter 11 - FIRE PROTECTION REGULATIONS, FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY IN BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-1 — 45-11-301) › MISSISSIPPI FIRE PERSONNEL MINIMUM STANDARDS AND CERTIFICATION BOARD (§§ 45-11-251 — 45-11-253) › Section 45-11-253 - Functions, powers, and duties of Board

The board shall:
(a)
Establish minimum educational and training standards for fire personnel.
(b)
Certify persons as being qualified under Sections
45-11-251
and
45-11-253
to be fire personnel.
(c)
Revoke certifications for cause and in the manner provided in Sections
45-11-251
and
45-11-253
.
(d)
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.
(e)
Make recommendations concerning any matter within its purview.
(f)
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.
(g)
Approve fire training schools for operation by or for the state or any political subdivision thereof for the specific purpose of training personnel.
(h)
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.
(i)
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.
(j)
Adopt and amend regulations consistent with law, for its internal management and control of board programs.
(k)
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
.
(l)
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.
Laws, 1992, ch. 529, § 2, eff. 7/1/1992.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-NEW-NEW — 45-51-NEW-006) › Chapter 11 - FIRE PROTECTION REGULATIONS, FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY IN BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-1 — 45-11-301) › BURN INJURY NOTIFICATION (§ 45-11-281) › Section 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

(1)
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.
(2)
(a)
For the purposes of this section, the term "burn injury" means a burn injury:
(i)
Which causes second- or third-degree burns to nine percent (9%) or more of the patient's body;
(ii)
Which causes injury to the upper respiratory tract or laryngeal edema caused by inhaling super-heated air; or
(iii)
Which causes death.
(b)
The term "burn injury" shall not include sunburns.
(3)
Notice under this section shall include:
(a)
The name and address of the patient;
(b)
A description of the burn injury;
(c)
The reported cause of the burn injury;
(d)
The patient's disposition; and
(e)
Any other fact concerning the burn injury which might assist in detecting arson.
(4)
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.
(5)
The Department of Health shall report to the State Fire Marshal any burn injury-related death.
(6)
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.
(7)
The State Fire Marshal is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of this section.
Laws, 2009, ch. 519, § 1, eff. 7/1/2009.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-NEW-NEW — 45-51-NEW-006) › Chapter 11 - FIRE PROTECTION REGULATIONS, FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY IN BUILDINGS (§§ 45-11-1 — 45-11-301) › TRUSS CONSTRUCTION EMBLEMS (§ 45-11-301) › Section 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

(1)
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:
(a)
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;
(b)
Be of a bright and reflective color or made of a reflective material;
(c)
Be in the shape of an isosceles triangle measuring six (6) inches horizontally and three (3) inches vertically;
(d)
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:
(i)
"F" to signify a floor with truss construction;
(ii)
"R" to signify a roof with truss construction; or
(iii)
"F/R" to signify both a floor and roof with truss construction.
(2)
(a)
This section shall not apply to any building with truss construction that is a detached one- or two-family residential structure.
(b)
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.
(3)
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.
(4)
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.
(5)
The State Fire Marshal may promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of this section.
Laws, 2009, ch. 522, § 1; Laws, 2010, ch. 426, § 1, eff. 7/1/2010.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-NEW-NEW — 45-51-NEW-006) › Chapter 12 - MISSISSIPPI FIRE SAFETY STANDARD AND FIREFIGHTER PROTECTION ACT (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-23) › Section 45-12-1 - Short title [For contingent repeal of this section, see 45-12-21]

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Mississippi Fire Safety Standard and Firefighter Protection Act."
Laws, 2009, ch. 473, § 1, eff. 7/1/2010.
See §
45-12-21
, which states, "This chapter shall be repealed if a federal reduced cigarette ignition propensity standard is adopted and becomes effective."
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-NEW-NEW — 45-51-NEW-006) › Chapter 12 - MISSISSIPPI FIRE SAFETY STANDARD AND FIREFIGHTER PROTECTION ACT (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-23) › Section 45-12-7 - Certification and product change [For contingent repeal of this section, see 45-12-21]

(1)
Each manufacturer shall submit to the State Fire Marshal a written certification attesting that:
(a)
Each cigarette listed in the certification has been tested in accordance with Section
45-12-5
; and
(b)
Each cigarette listed in the certification meets the performance standard set forth in Section
45-12-5
.
(2)
Each cigarette listed in the certification shall be described with the following information:
(a)
Brand, or trade name on the package;
(b)
Style, such as light or ultra light;
(c)
Length in millimeters;
(d)
Circumference in millimeters;
(e)
Flavor, such as menthol or chocolate, if applicable;
(f)
Filter or nonfilter;
(g)
Package description, such as soft pack or box;
(h)
Marking pursuant to Section
45-12-9
;
(i)
The name, address and telephone number of the laboratory, if different than the manufacturer that conducted the test; and
(j)
The date that the testing occurred.
(3)
The State Fire Marshal shall make certifications available to the Attorney General for purposes consistent with this chapter and the commissioner for the purposes of ensuring compliance with this section.
(4)
Each cigarette certified under this section shall be recertified every three (3) years.
(5)
For each brand family of cigarettes listed for certification, a manufacturer shall pay a fee of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) to the State Fire Marshal. The fee paid shall apply to all cigarettes within the brand family certified and shall include any new cigarette certified within the brand family during the three-year certification period.
(6)
If a manufacturer has certified a cigarette pursuant to this section, and thereafter makes any change to such cigarette that is likely to alter its compliance with the reduced cigarette ignition propensity standards required by this section, that cigarette shall not be sold or offered for sale in this state until the manufacturer retests the cigarette in accordance with the testing standards set forth in Section
45-12-5
and maintains records of that retesting as required by Section
45-12-5
. Any altered cigarette which does not meet the performance standard set forth in Section
45-12-5
may not be sold in this state.
Laws, 2009, ch. 473, § 4, eff. 7/1/2010.
See §
45-12-21
, which states, "This chapter shall be repealed if a federal reduced cigarette ignition propensity standard is adopted and becomes effective."
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-NEW-NEW — 45-51-NEW-006) › Chapter 12 - MISSISSIPPI FIRE SAFETY STANDARD AND FIREFIGHTER PROTECTION ACT (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-23) › Section 45-12-9 - Marking of cigarette packaging [For contingent repeal of this section, see 45-12-21]

(1)
Cigarettes that are certified by a manufacturer in accordance with Section
45-12-7
shall be marked to indicate compliance with the requirements of Section
45-12-5
. The marking shall be in eight-point type or larger and consist of the letters "FSC," which signifies Fire Standard Compliant, permanently printed, stamped, engraved or embossed on the package at or near the UPC Code.
(2)
A manufacturer shall use only one (1) marking, and shall apply this marking uniformly for all packages, including, but not limited to, packs, cartons, and cases, and brands marketed by that manufacturer.
(3)
Manufacturers certifying cigarettes in accordance with Section
45-12-7
shall provide a copy of the certifications to all wholesale dealers and agents to which they sell cigarettes. Wholesale dealers, agents and retail dealers shall permit the State Fire Marshal, the commissioner, the Attorney General and their employees to inspect markings of cigarette packaging marked in accordance with this section.
Laws, 2009, ch. 473, § 5, eff. 7/1/2010.
See §
45-12-21
, which states, "This chapter shall be repealed if a federal reduced cigarette ignition propensity standard is adopted and becomes effective."
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-NEW-NEW — 45-51-NEW-006) › Chapter 12 - MISSISSIPPI FIRE SAFETY STANDARD AND FIREFIGHTER PROTECTION ACT (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-23) › Section 45-12-13 - Implementation [For effective date, see Editor's note; for contingent repeal of this section, see 45-12-21]

(1)
The State Fire Marshal may promulgate rules and regulations, pursuant to Section
25-43-1
et seq., necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.
(2)
The commissioner in the regular course of conducting inspections of wholesale dealers, agents and retail dealers, as authorized under Section
27-69-1
et seq., may inspect such cigarettes to determine if the cigarettes are marked as required by Section
45-12-9
. If the cigarettes are not marked as required, the commissioner shall notify the State Fire Marshal.
Laws, 2009, ch. 473, § 7, eff. 7/1/2010, except for subsection (1), eff. 3/30/2009.
Contingent Repeal:
See §
45-12-21
, which states, "This chapter shall be repealed if a federal reduced cigarette ignition propensity standard is adopted and becomes effective."
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-NEW-NEW — 45-51-NEW-006) › Chapter 12 - MISSISSIPPI FIRE SAFETY STANDARD AND FIREFIGHTER PROTECTION ACT (§§ 45-12-1 — 45-12-23) › Section 45-12-15 - Inspection [For contingent repeal of this section, see 45-12-21]

To enforce the provisions of this chapter, the Attorney General, the commissioner and the State Fire Marshal, their duly authorized representatives and other law enforcement personnel, are hereby authorized to examine the books, papers, invoices and other records of any person in possession, control or occupancy of any premises where cigarettes are placed, stored, sold or offered for sale, as well as the stock of cigarettes on the premises. Every person in the possession, control or occupancy of any premises where cigarettes are placed, sold or offered for sale, is hereby directed and required to give the Attorney General, the commissioner and the State Fire Marshal, their duly authorized representatives and other law enforcement personnel, the means, facilities and opportunity for the examinations authorized by this section.
Laws, 2009, ch. 473, § 8, eff. 7/1/2010.
See §
45-12-21
, which states, "This chapter shall be repealed if a federal reduced cigarette ignition propensity standard is adopted and becomes effective."