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2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards › Section 154:15 - Compensation, Etc., of Chief; Expenses.

154:15 Compensation, Etc., of Chief;  Expenses. –
The chief fireward or fire chief shall be paid for services such compensation as the council, aldermen or town meeting shall think reasonable; and the bills for the operation of the fire department, including but not limited to costs of apparatus and equipment, shall be approved or disapproved by the fire chief, fireward or engineer responsible and, if approved, shall be presented for payment to those town officials designated for this purpose by statute, local ordinance or town meeting within the limits of the funds appropriated.
Source.
1844, 143:6, 7. CS 114:6, 7. GS 96:12. GL 106:12. PS 115:18. PL 146:15. RL 175:15. RSA 154:15. 1975, 443:12. 1998, 318:25, eff. Aug. 25, 1998.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards › Section 154:16 - Pay of Firefighters.

154:16 Pay of Firefighters. –
The firefighter shall be paid for their services such compensation as the council, aldermen or town meeting shall think reasonable.
Source.
CS 114:26, 27. GS 96:15. 1875, 32:1. GL 106:15. PS 115:19. PL 146:16. RL 175:16. RSA 154:16. 1975, 443:15, eff. June 20, 1975.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards › Section 154:17 - Where Statute Applicable.

154:17 Where Statute Applicable. –
If in any town, village district, precinct, city or area, apparatus for the extinguishment of fires is provided at the public expense, RSA 154:1 through 16 shall apply and firewards or fire engineers shall be duly elected or appointed. But the bylaws now in force in any town relating to the extinguishment of fires, election of firewards, fire engineers or fire chiefs, shall remain in force, subject to being repealed or superseded by vote of the town.
Source.
RS 111:24. CS 114:28; 115:9; 117:3. GS 96:23. GL 106:23. PS 115:20. PL 146:17. RL 175:17. RSA 154:17. 1975, 443:13, eff. May 1, 1976.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards › Section 154:18 - Establishment by the Firewards or Fire Chiefs.

154:18 Establishment by the Firewards or Fire Chiefs. –
The fireward, engineer or fire chief may establish such regulations respecting the kindling, guarding, safe-keeping, prevention, and extinguishment of fires, and for the removal of combustibles from any building or place, as such individual shall think expedient, which shall be signed by such individual and recorded by the town clerk and posted in 2 or more public places in the town 30 days before they shall take effect. Each breach of such regulations shall constitute a violation. Such fireward, engineer or fire chief shall confer with recognized authorities and the state fire marshal, in the promulgation of such regulations. Where regulations have not been promulgated pertaining to electric wiring and equipment, all electric installations and safeguards shall be installed in a standard, modern, and approved manner. Compliance with the standards of the National Electrical Code or such code specified by local ordinance or state law shall be prima facie evidence of such approved manner.
Source.
RS 111:7, 8. CS 114:8, 9. GS 96:9. GL 106:9. PS 115:12. PL 146:13. RL 175:13. 1943, 104:1. RSA 154:18. 1973, 531:36. 1975, 443:14. 1992, 154:12. 1998, 318:26, eff. Aug. 25, 1998.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards › Section 154:19 - Establishment by Selectmen.

154:19 Establishment by Selectmen. –
In any town which does not have firewards or engineers the selectmen shall have the authority to establish regulations relative to fire hazards, as is provided in RSA 154:18. Said regulations shall be recorded and posted as therein provided.
Source.
1943, 104:2, eff. April 7, 1943.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards › Section 154:20 - Notice to Repair.

154:20 Notice to Repair. –
If any building is deemed by the firewards or engineers to be dangerous to the property of others, by reason of decay, want of repair or otherwise, they may give written notice to the owner, the same to be served personally or by registered mail, to repair or alter the same, which shall contain a particular account of the repairs or alterations required to be made. If the owner does not reside in the town like notice may be served on the occupant, if any.
Source.
RS 111:17, 18. 1846, 341. CS 114:18, 19, 20. GS 96:19. GL 106:19. PS 115:14. PL 146:18. RL 175:18. 1943, 104:3, eff. April 7, 1943.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards › Section 154:21 - Neglect; Penalty.

154:21 Neglect;  Penalty. –
If the repairs or alterations are not made within 5 days after notice as provided in RSA 154:20, unless upon application to the firewards or engineers an extension has been granted for reasonable cause, the owner or occupant so notified shall be guilty of a violation for each day's neglect, and shall be liable to the owner of any building or property consumed by fire, communicated from such dangerous building, for the damages suffered by the owner.
Source.
RS 111:19. CS 114:21. GS 96:20. GL 106:20. PS 115:15. 1921, 62:1. PL 146:19. RL 175:19. 1943, 104:4. RSA 154:21. 1973, 531:155. 1998, 318:27, eff. Aug. 25, 1998.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards › Section 154:21-a - Ordering Building Vacated.

154:21-a Ordering Building Vacated. –
I. The fire chief or designee or state or local fire marshal or designee shall have the authority to order occupants to vacate a building, structure, or other premises if the chief or state or local fire marshal or designee determines, based on reasonable information and belief, that the condition of such premises constitutes a clear and imminent danger to the life or safety of occupants or other persons and that protection of life or safety requires vacating the premises. Such an order shall be subject to the procedures of RSA 147:16-a.
II. The provisions of paragraph I shall not apply to a residence which is occupied by the owner and his or her family, unless the condition of such premises constitutes a clear and imminent danger to the life and health of persons other then the occupant or occupants.
III. Nothing in this section shall be construed to diminish the authority of the fire officer in charge at the scene of a fire or other emergency under RSA 154:7.
Source.
1998, 318:2, eff. Aug. 25, 1998.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards › Section 154:22 - Provision of Ladders and Buckets.

154:22 Provision of Ladders and Buckets. –
Every town may, by vote or bylaw, provide that any buildings or structures in the town, or in a definite part thereof, shall be provided with such ladders and buckets as may be deemed necessary for use in case of fire.
Source.
RS 111:11. CS 114:12. GS 96:16. GL 106:16, 17. PS 115:16. PL 146:20. RL 175:20. RSA 154:22. 1973, 531:37. 1992, 154:13, eff. July 5, 1992.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards › Section 154:23 - Payment of Penalty.

154:23 Payment of Penalty. –
Any penalty resulting from a violation of this subdivision shall be paid by the owner, if known and resident in the town, otherwise by the occupant; and any tenant who may be compelled to pay the penalty may deduct and retain the amount thereof, and of the costs, from the tenant's rent, or may recover the same of the lessor in an action for money paid to the tenant's use.
Source.
RS 111:12, 13. CS 114:13, 14. GS 96:18. GL 106:18. PS 115:17. PL 146:21. RL 175:21. RSA 154:23. 1992, 154:14. 1998, 318:28, eff. Aug. 25, 1998.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards › Section 154:24 - Outside Service by Local Fire Department.

154:24 Outside Service by Local Fire Department. –
Any city, town, village or fire district may authorize their respective fire department to go to the aid of another city, town, village or fire district within or without the state, for the purpose of extinguishing a fire, rendering other emergency assistance, or performing any detail as requested.
Source.
1949, 267:1. RSA 154:24. 1992, 154:15, eff. July 5, 1992.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards › Section 154:25 - Rights, Privileges, Immunities.

154:25 Rights, Privileges, Immunities. –
While in the performance of their duties in extending such aid, firefighters shall be subject to the control and direction of the chief fire official of the municipality within which the fire or other emergency occurs, and they shall have the same immunities and privileges as if performing the same duties within their respective city, town, village or fire district.
Source.
1949, 267:1. RSA 154:25. 1992, 154:16, eff. July 5, 1992.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards › Section 154:26 - Loss or Damage.

154:26 Loss or Damage. –
Any expenses incurred by any fire department, in rendering such aid outside the limits of its jurisdiction as provided hereunder, including loss or damage to equipment may be charged to the city, town, village or fire district whose officials requested such aid.
Source.
1949, 267:1, eff. June 22, 1949.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards › Section 154:27 - Donation of Services.

154:27 Donation of Services. –
Nothing contained herein shall be construed to prohibit any city, town, village or fire district extending such aid from donating their equipment and services and assuming the damage or loss to their equipment.
Source.
1949, 267:1, eff. June 22, 1949.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards › Section 154:28 - Conditions and Restrictions.

154:28 Conditions and Restrictions. –
The fire department may extend such aid outside the district, under this subdivision, subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be prescribed.
Source.
1949, 267:1. RSA 154:28. 1992, 154:17, eff. July 5, 1992.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards › Section 154:29 - Compensation.

154:29 Compensation. –
Any city, town, village or fire district aided under and in accordance with RSA 154:24-28 may compensate any city, town, village or fire district rendering aid to (a) employees for compensation during the time in which the rendering of their services prevented them from performing their regular duties at their place of employment, and (b) may reimburse in part or in whole for any payments lawfully made to any member of its fire department or to a spouse or other dependents on account of injuries or death suffered by the fire department member in the course of rendering aid outside the district or of death resulting from such injuries.
Source.
1949, 267:1. RSA 154:29. 1992, 154:18. 1998, 318:29, eff. Aug. 25, 1998.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards › Section 154:30 - Duties of the State Fire Marshal.

154:30 Duties of the State Fire Marshal. –
At the request of any chief of an organized fire department within the state, the fire marshal shall provide help and assistance in coordinating the services of fire departments giving the mutual aid in the extinguishment of fires and other emergencies.
Source.
1949, 267:1. RSA 154:30. 1992, 154:19, eff. July 5, 1992.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards › Section 154:30-a - Formation.

154:30-a Formation. –
I. Whenever 10 or more municipalities within the state shall have voted to authorize their respective fire departments to render outside aid as provided in RSA 154:24-30, they may, if they so desire, form a district fire mutual aid system, which shall be a public municipal corporation. They may petition the state fire marshal in writing to call the organizational meeting of the system.
II. Fewer than 10 municipalities which have complied with paragraph I of this section may petition the state fire marshal who may accept or reject the petition. The state fire marshal shall consider the fire protection needs of the applicants and the effect of the proposed system upon the fire protection of other municipalities.
Source.
1957, 277:1. 1992, 154:20, eff. July 5, 1992.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards › Section 154:30-b - Organization.

154:30-b Organization. –
I. Upon receipt of a petition under RSA 154:30-a, I, the state fire marshal shall call the first or organizational meeting of the system. Upon receipt of a petition under RSA 154:30-a, II, the state fire marshal may call such a meeting. The state fire marshal shall give written notice to the chief of each fire department in the system and may invite private fire departments within the designated area to join in the meeting by giving similar notice to them. Each fire department shall send one delegate to the organizational and subsequent meetings and shall be entitled to one vote in all proceedings. The delegate shall be the chief of each fire department or such alternate as the chief may designate. At the organizational meeting, the members of the system shall adopt articles of association and bylaws and regulations for the future government and operation of the system which shall be effective upon submission to and approval by the attorney general, who shall cause the same to be recorded by the secretary of state. The system shall be deemed to have been formally established upon such recording. The organizational meeting shall also elect a board of directors consisting of such number as they may determine. Delegates and directors need not be residents. The board of directors shall be the governing body of the system and shall serve for terms of one year and until their successors are elected and qualify, provided that the organizational meeting, or any subsequent meeting, may vote to elect its directors for varying terms. If a meeting shall so vote for the first election under said vote one director shall be elected for a term of one year, one for a term of 2 years, one for a term of 3 years, one for a term of 4 years, and one for a term of 5 years, and thereafter there shall be elected at each annual meeting one director for a term of 5 years and until a successor is elected and qualified.
II. The directors shall choose from their number the officers of the system, who shall have such duties and powers as the bylaws provide. Within the limits of available funds, the directors may employ and fix the compensation of agents and other necessary personnel, who shall serve at their pleasure and have and exercise such powers and authority as they may delegate to them.
Source.
1957, 277:1. 1959, 198:1. 1992, 154:21. 1998, 318:30, eff. Aug. 25, 1998.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards › Section 154:30-c - Powers and Duties.

154:30-c Powers and Duties. –
I. A district fire mutual aid system shall coordinate the services of all municipalities and fire departments belonging to it so as to provide better and more efficient cooperation in the protection of life and property within the area which it comprises and toward this end shall cooperate with other state agencies including the division of homeland security and emergency management and local emergency management offices.
II. A district fire mutual aid system may:
(a) Establish plans for the coordination of all municipal services performed by it;
(b) Within the limits of available funds, acquire and operate property and equipment, including a dispatch center;
(c) Provide communications service, radio repair, and maintenance service to its member municipalities and fire departments or persons and firms under contract with a member municipality or fire department;
(d) Provide private fire, burglary, and supervisory alarm service;
(e) Provide dispatch and communications service for police and emergency medical services of member municipalities and fire departments or for such services as are under contract with member municipalities and fire departments;
(f) Extend the advantages of group purchasing for services performed by it to municipalities and fire departments in the system; and
(g) Provide and operate training programs for firefighters and emergency medical technicians.
III. The state fire marshal may render advice, recommendations and assistance to any district fire mutual aid system.
Source.
1957, 277:1. 1981, 393:1. 1992, 154:22. 1993, 28:7. 2003, 319:126. 2004, 171:18. 2008, 361:15, eff. July 11, 2008.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards › Section 154:30-d - Joining and Withdrawal.

154:30-d Joining and Withdrawal. –
Additional municipalities within or outside the state may join the system, as provided in RSA 154:30-a through RSA 154:30-h, and shall be received as members subject to the approval of the board of directors. Municipalities which do not have active fire departments may be admitted as members upon such conditions as the board of directors may fix. Private fire departments within or outside the state may also be accepted as members, with equal voting rights, by the board of directors, under such arrangements as are mutually agreed upon. A municipality or private fire department may, by vote of its governing board, withdraw from the system but such withdrawal shall not be effective until 90 days after written notice of such withdrawal shall have been delivered to one of the officers of the system.
Source.
1957, 277:1. 1977, 321:1. 1992, 154:23, eff. July 5, 1992.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards › Section 154:30-e - Limitation of Liability.

154:30-e Limitation of Liability. –
There shall be no liability imposed by law on the system or on any municipality, on the personnel of its fire department, nor on any private fire department or its personnel, belonging to such a system, for failure to respond or to respond reasonably for the purpose of extinguishing any fire. This immunity is not intended to be exclusive of other immunities existing by statute or at common law.
Source.
1957, 277:1, eff. Oct. 1, 1957.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards › Section 154:30-f - Appropriations.

154:30-f Appropriations. –
Municipalities belonging to such a system may raise and appropriate money for the purpose of the system. Counties in which a system is established may raise and appropriate money for the purposes of the system; provided however that where all the municipalities in the county do not belong to the system, such county appropriations may only be made by the affirmative vote of
2/3 majority of the county convention present and voting.
Source.
1957, 277:1, eff. Oct. 1, 1957.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards › Section 154:30-g - Definition.

154:30-g Definition. –
The term "private fire department" as used in this subdivision shall include fire organizations operated by industries and establishments for self-protection and also nonprofit volunteer fire associations. Nothing contained in this subdivision shall be construed to interfere with the exclusive jurisdiction vested by law in the director, division of forests and lands, department of natural and cultural resources, and the director's subordinates over forest fires as provided in RSA 227-L, nor to affect the laws governing prevention or extinguishment of forest fires.
Source.
1957, 277:1. 1995, 299:9, eff. Jan. 1, 1996. 2017, 156:14, I, eff. July 1, 2017.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards › Section 154:30-h - Gifts.

154:30-h Gifts. –
A district fire mutual aid system may receive, hold and use gifts, bequests and devises, either outright or in trust, for purposes consistent with this subdivision.
Source.
1959, 198:2, eff. Sept. 20, 1959.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards › Section 154:31 - Appropriations.

154:31 Appropriations. –
Any town at a legal meeting, or city by its city council, may appropriate money for the relief of any member of the fire department of such town or city who shall become disabled by accident in the discharge of such fire department member's duty.
Source.
1897, 52:1. PL 146:29. RL 175:29. RSA 154:31. 1992, 154:24. 1998, 318:31, eff. Aug. 25, 1998.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards › Section 154:32 - Relief for Permanently Disabled Firefighters.

154:32 Relief for Permanently Disabled Firefighters. –
In case any member of the fire department shall, by accident as set forth in RSA 154:31, become permanently disabled, the town or city may grant the fire department member relief.
Source.
1897, 52:2. PL 146:30. RL 175:30. RSA 154:32. 1992, 154:25. 1998, 318:32, eff. Aug. 25, 1998.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards › Section 154:33 - Burial.

154:33 Burial. –
In case any such member shall be accidentally killed in the discharge of such member's duty, or receive injuries which shall result in death within 60 days from the date of the accident, the town or city, by its selectmen or mayor, may assume all or part of the burial expenses of such deceased member.
Source.
1897, 52:3. PL 146:31. RL 175:31. RSA 154:33. 1992, 154:26. 1998, 318:33, eff. Aug. 25, 1998.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards › Section 154:34 - Where Applicable.

154:34 Where Applicable. –
The provisions of this subdivision shall apply in all cases where members of the fire department are acting under the authority and direction of the chief or other legally authorized officer of the fire department of the town or city.
Source.
1897, 52:4. PL 146:32. RL 175:32.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly › Section 155:1 - Bylaws.

155:1 Bylaws. –
Town and village districts may make bylaws requiring factories, hotels, tenement houses, public buildings, schoolhouses, places of assembly as defined in RSA 155:17, I, and other buildings used as places of public resort in their towns, to be so erected as not to endanger the health and safety of persons who may occupy them; however, any bylaw relative to safety from fire in buildings and structures adopted by a town or village district of the state shall conform to the life safety code, which is in effect at the time the bylaw is adopted and as promulgated by the state fire marshal; such bylaw may provide for local inspections and enforcement and shall include assistance of the state fire marshal where required.
Source.
1883, 94:1. PS 116:1. 1925, 151:1. PL 147:1. RL 176:1. RSA 155:1. 1973, 107:1, eff. July 7, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly › Section 155:2 - Regulations.

155:2 Regulations. –
In the absence of such bylaws the selectmen shall make regulations for the purposes named in the preceding section.
Source.
1883, 94:1. PS 116:2. PL 147:2. RL 176:2.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly › Section 155:2-a - Double Door Safety.

155:2-a Double Door Safety. –
In addition to any bylaws or regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter, the town or village district or selectmen shall require that no double door in any building open to the public, where 2 doors are in one doorway, be locked, bolted or otherwise fastened so that both doors cannot be opened from the inside by the use of the ordinary door knob or by pressure on the door or on a panic release device.
Source.
1977, 159:1, eff. Aug. 6, 1977.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly › Section 155:3 - Inspection.

155:3 Inspection. –
The firewards and engineers, if any, otherwise the selectmen of the town or the commissioners of the village district, as the case may be, shall constitute a board for the inspection of the buildings and halls mentioned in RSA 155:1, and shall inspect the same from time to time.
Source.
1883, 94:4. PS 116:3. PL 147:3. RL 176:3.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly › Section 155:4 - Procedure; Orders.

155:4 Procedure;  Orders. –
They shall notify and hear all parties interested, and may thereupon direct such alterations as may be necessary in any building or hall in accordance with such bylaws or regulations, and may order such building or hall to be closed until the alterations are made. The proceedings of such hearing shall be recorded in the records of the town or district.
Source.
1883, 94:2. PS 116:4. PL 147:4. RL 176:4.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly › Section 155:5 - Appeal From Orders.

155:5 Appeal From Orders. –
Every person aggrieved by any decision of such inspectors may appeal therefrom to the superior court. The court, upon reasonable notice, may inquire into the facts by a committee or otherwise and affirm or overrule the order appealed from, and may make such further orders as justice may require.
Source.
1883, 94:6. PS 116:5. PL 147:5. RL 176:5. RSA 155:5. 1967, 132:8, eff. July 18, 1967.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly › Section 155:6 - Penalty for Violation of Orders.

155:6 Penalty for Violation of Orders. –
Every person who shall let or use any building for the purposes specified in this subdivision, after such building shall have been ordered to be closed or altered as provided in the preceding sections until the order has been complied with or reversed, shall be fined not more than $100, for the use of the town or district where the building is situated.
Source.
1883, 94:3. PS 116:6. PL 147:6. RL 176:6.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly › Section 155:7, 155:8 - Repealed by 1973, 107:2, I, eff. July 7, 1973.

155:7, 155:8 Repealed by 1973, 107:2, I, eff. July 7, 1973. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly › Section 155:8-a, 155:8-b - Repealed by 1977, 269:2, eff. Aug. 21, 1977.

155:8-a, 155:8-b Repealed by 1977, 269:2, eff. Aug. 21, 1977. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly › Section 155:9 - to 155:16 Repealed by 1973, 107:2, I, eff. July 7, 1973.

155:9 to 155:16 Repealed by 1973, 107:2, I, eff. July 7, 1973. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly › Section 155:17 - Definitions.

155:17 Definitions. –
Terms used in this subdivision shall be construed as follows unless a different meaning is clearly apparent from the language or content:
I. "Places of assembly" shall mean a room or space in which provision is made for the congregation or assembly of 100 or more persons for religious, recreational, educational, political, social or amusement purposes or for the consumption of food or drink. For the purpose of this definition such room or space shall include any occupied connecting rooms, space or area on the same level or in the same story, or in a story or stories above or below, where entrance is common to the rooms, space or areas, and it shall mean a tent or area covered by canvas, in which provision is made for the congregation or assembly of 50 or more persons for religious, recreational, educational, political, social, or amusement purposes or for the consumption of food or drink. For the purpose of this definition of such tent and area covered by canvas it shall include connected tents, spaces or areas covered by canvas where entrance is common to the tents or canvas-covered areas.
II. "Licensing agency" shall mean the chief of the fire department, the firewards or engineers, if any, otherwise the selectmen of the town or the commissioners of village district as the case may be, or the state fire marshal, as he or she deems necessary, in consultation with the local licensing agency, if any.
III-VI. [Repealed.]
VII. "Approved" shall mean approved by the licensing agency.
VIII. "Fire resistive" or "flameproof" materials or construction shall mean materials or construction which will satisfactorily resist the efforts of severe fire.
IX-XII. [Repealed.]
XIII. "Placard indicating capacity" shall mean a sign of suitable size and form to indicate authorized capacity of each room in number of occupants other than employees.
XIV. "Enforcement agency" shall mean the normal law enforcing authorities of the state, county, city or town in which the place of assembly is located.
XV. [Repealed.]
Source.
1943, 153:1. 1953, 217:1. RSA 155:17. 1973, 107:2, II, eff. July 7, 1973. 2015, 39:1, eff. July 6, 2015. 2017, 156:117, eff. July 1, 2017. 2021, 205:2, Pt. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Oct. 9, 2021.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly › Section 155:18 - License Required.

155:18 License Required. –
No person shall own or operate a place of assembly within this state unless licensed so to do by the licensing agency of the state, city, town, or village district where said place of assembly is located, including assemblies occurring on state waters or ice formed on state waters, in accordance with the regulations herein promulgated. In the application of this act to existing places of assembly the licensing agency may modify such of its provisions as would require structural changes if in his or her opinion adequate safety may be obtained otherwise and provided that a permanent record is kept of such modifications and the reasons therefor.
Source.
1943, 153:2, eff. May 5, 1943. 2015, 39:2, eff. July 6, 2015. 2017, 156:118, eff. July 1, 2017. 2021, 205:2, Pt. I, Sec. 2, eff. Oct. 9, 2021.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly › Section 155:19 - Application; Issuance; Revocation.

155:19 Application;  Issuance;  Revocation. –
A permit shall be obtained from the licensing agency by the owner or operator of any place of assembly. Such permit shall be issued without charge for one year from date of issue and shall be revocable for cause. Application for permit shall be made to the licensing agency who may require building plans, showing type of construction, exits, aisles and seating arrangements and details of decorations. No permit shall be issued by the licensing agency until the provisions of this chapter have been complied with.
Source.
1943, 153:3, eff. May 5, 1943.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly › Section 155:20 - Flame Resistant Canvas and Tents.

155:20 Flame Resistant Canvas and Tents. –
I. Any tent or other place of assembly covered by canvas or other fabric, textile, or flame resistant material that is erected on public or private property shall comply with the applicable provisions of the state building code and state fire code.
II. No permit under RSA 155:19 shall be issued to an owner or operator of any circus, carnival or any other place of assembly covered by canvas, or any other fabric, textile, or flame resistant material, on public property, until such applicant shall furnish to the licensing agency a certificate of flame resistance of such tent, canvas, fabric, textile, or flame resistant material.
III. No permit shall be required under RSA 155:19 for a tent of any size erected as an accessory structure on property that is an owner-occupied, one or 2-family dwelling.
Source.
1953, 217:2, eff. June 10, 1953. 2018, 39:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2019.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly › Section 155:21 - to 155:33 Repealed by 1973, 107:2, III, eff. July 7, 1973.

155:21 to 155:33 Repealed by 1973, 107:2, III, eff. July 7, 1973. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly › Section 155:34 - Inspection by Licensing Agency.

155:34 Inspection by Licensing Agency. –
The licensing agency shall inspect, or cause to be inspected, each place of assembly. Such inspection shall be at least semi-annually and at such times, including time of occupancy and use, as to assure compliance with these regulations and such orders as may be issued in connection with the maintenance of aisle space, the prevention of overcrowding, the use of decorations, the maintenance of exits, collapse of revolving doors, and the maintenance of fire appliances. Where conditions are unsatisfactory, written orders for immediate correction shall be given.
Source.
1943, 153:17, eff. May 5, 1943.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly › Section 155:35, 155:36 - Repealed by 1973, 107:2, III, eff. July 7, 1973.

155:35, 155:36 Repealed by 1973, 107:2, III, eff. July 7, 1973. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly › Section 155:37 - Enforcement.

155:37 Enforcement. –
The law enforcing authorities of the state, counties or any city or town, are authorized to prosecute any violations of this act.
Source.
1943, 153:20, eff. May 5, 1943.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly › Section 155:38 - Conflict.

155:38 Conflict. –
When, in any specific case, different provisions of this chapter shall conflict with other state or municipal regulations, the most restrictive requirements shall govern.
Source.
1943, 153:21, eff. May 5, 1943.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly › Section 155:39 - Penalty.

155:39 Penalty. –
Every person who shall let or use any building for the purposes specified in RSA 155 after required permit has been denied or rescinded, or any person violating any provisions of this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.
Source.
1943, 153:22. RSA 155:39. 1973, 528:73, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly › Section 155:39-a - Definition of Place of Public Accommodation.

155:39-a Definition of Place of Public Accommodation. –
Each of the following establishments which serves the public is a place of public accommodation within the meaning of this subdivision if its operations affect commerce:
I. Any inn, hotel, motel, or other establishment which provides lodging to transient guests, other than an establishment located within a building which contains not more than 5 rooms for rent or hire and which is actually occupied by the proprietor of such establishment as his residence.
II. Any restaurant, cafeteria, lunchroom, lunch counter, soda fountain, or other facility principally engaged in selling food for consumption on the premises, including, but not limited to, any such facility located on the premises of any retail establishment.
III. Any motion picture house, theater, concert hall, sports arena, stadium or other place of exhibition or entertainment.
Source.
1990, 170:1, eff. July 1, 1990.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly › Section 155:39-b - Public Accommodations Discrimination.

155:39-b Public Accommodations Discrimination. –
All persons shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of any place of public accommodation. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to supersede or contradict the provisions of RSA 354-A:8, IV, relative to discriminatory practices in places of public accommodation.
Source.
1990, 170:1, eff. July 1, 1990.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly › Section 155:39-c - Existing Facilities; Public Accommodations.

155:39-c Existing Facilities;  Public Accommodations. –
Nothing in RSA 155:39-b related to equal access to public accommodations or indirectly denying access to the physically disabled shall apply to existing structures, structures under construction or proposed construction submitted for bid before January 1, 1991. For any building or facility proposed to be constructed specifically as a place of public accommodation on or after January 1, 1991, but before January 1, 1992, the following standards of construction shall be met:
I. There shall be at least one public walk not less than 48 inches wide with a slope not greater than one foot rise in 12 feet leading directly to a primary entrance.
II. There shall be a door at such primary entrance with a clear opening of no less than 32 inches and operable by a single effort. If doors at a primary entrance are in a series, they shall have a space between them of not less than 84 inches measured from their closed positions, and each shall open in the same direction so that swings do not conflict.
III. Rest room facilities shall have at least one stall that is not less than 5 feet wide and 5 feet in depth with a 32-inch wide door that swings out or slides, handrails on each side mounted 30 inches from the floor, and a water closet with a seat 18 inches high.
IV. Doors that are not intended for normal use, and that are dangerous if a blind person were to enter or exit by them, shall be made identifiable to touch by knurling the handle or knob.
V. In any building designed and constructed specifically for public accommodations, the bathroom facilities and all accompanying fixtures shall be arranged to permit access and use by a person in a wheelchair in at least 5 percent of the living units, or at least one living unit, whichever is greater. Such units shall be constructed on ground level and shall comply with paragraph III of this section.
Source.
1990, 170:1, eff. July 1, 1990.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly › Section 155:39-d - Public Accommodations Constructed After January 1, 1992.

155:39-d Public Accommodations Constructed After January 1, 1992. –
This section applies to any new building or facility proposed to be constructed specifically as a place of public accommodation on or after January 1, 1992. This section also applies to any single enlargement of an existing building or facility which enlargement is proposed to be constructed on or after January 1, 1992, if the cost of such enlargement exceeds 25 percent of the fair market value of the real estate and building or facility situated thereon but only to the portion thereof which is so enlarged. Facilities subject to this section shall meet the requirements of the New Hampshire code for barrier-free design established pursuant to RSA 275-C:14-17. This section shall also be enforced by the building inspector as provided in RSA 676:11-13.
Source.
1990, 170:1, eff. July 1, 1990.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly › Section 155:40 - Toilet Facilities to be Provided for Restaurants, Etc.

155:40 Toilet Facilities to be Provided for Restaurants, Etc. –
I. All places where the business of serving food to the public is conducted shall be equipped with toilet and lavatory facilities convenient of access for the use of patrons. Separate toilet rooms for each sex shall be provided for patrons of any restaurant designed to seat 25 or more patrons at one time or for patrons of any food establishment where alcoholic beverages are served. The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall have the authority to waive the requirements of this section for such businesses having 5 or fewer seats, for good cause shown, provided the business is unable to comply with this section because it does not have toilet or lavatory facilities on the effective date of this section as amended, and can show that the requirements of this section would cause substantial hardship.
II. The provisions of this section shall not apply to mobile lunch carts or be construed to require roadside stands or so-called drive-ins, serving food to the public, to provide toilet facilities for patrons where seating facilities within the building are not available.
Source.
1935, 139:1. RL 162:9. RSA 155:40. 1963, 9:1. 1999, 85:1, eff. June 3, 1999.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly › Section 155:41 - Penalty for Failure to Provide.

155:41 Penalty for Failure to Provide. –
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this subdivision shall be guilty of a violation if a natural person, or guilty of a misdemeanor if any other person. From 10 days after the date of a conviction hereunder, each subsequent day of failure to comply shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
Source.
1935, 139:2. RL 162:10. RSA 155:41. 1973, 530:13, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly › Section 155:42 - Repealed by 1981, 464:3, eff. Aug. 23, 1981.

155:42 Repealed by 1981, 464:3, eff. Aug. 23, 1981. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly › Section 155:43 - Display Required.

155:43 Display Required. –
All commercial eating establishments or any place other than a private residence where food is served for consumption on the premises shall have posted in such premises in a conspicuous place a graphic display of the Heimlich maneuver or similar anti-choking maneuver. Such display shall not be less than 8 inches by 11 inches in size and shall contain at least the following:
I. A description in both words and pictures of what to look for to determine if a person is choking;
II. A description in both words and pictures of how to perform the Heimlich maneuver or similar anti-choking maneuver on a choking victim in order to expel the object from the victim's breathing passages; and
III. Any other information necessary to adequately instruct a rescuer in the proper procedure in aid of a choking victim.
Source.
1979, 115:1, eff. July 20, 1979.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly › Section 155:44 - Penalty.

155:44 Penalty. –
Any person who violates the provisions of this subdivision shall be guilty of a violation.
Source.
1979, 115:1, eff. July 20, 1979.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly › Section 155:45 - to 155:49 Repealed by 1990, 236:3, I, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.

155:45 to 155:49 Repealed by 1990, 236:3, I, eff. Jan. 1, 1991. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly › Section 155:50 - to 155:53 Repealed by 1990, 236:4, I, eff. July 1, 1993.

155:50 to 155:53 Repealed by 1990, 236:4, I, eff. July 1, 1993. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly › Section 155:54 - to 155:56 Repealed by 1990, 236:3, II, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.

155:54 to 155:56 Repealed by 1990, 236:3, II, eff. Jan. 1, 1991. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 155 - Factories, Tenements, Schoolhouses, and Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Assembly › Section 155:57 - to 155:63 Repealed by 1990, 236:4, II, eff. July 1, 1993.

155:57 to 155:63 Repealed by 1990, 236:4, II, eff. July 1, 1993. –