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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 291a - Connecticut State Fire Prevention Code › Section 29-291a-5a - Variations or Exemptions

Current through July 10, 2024
Buildings, facilities or properties with equivalencies,
				alternatives or modifications accepted by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to
				section
				29-291b
				of the Connecticut General Statutes shall be considered as conforming to this
				code.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 291a - Connecticut State Fire Prevention Code › Section 29-291a-6a - Abatement of Hazards; Penalty

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The local fire
			 marshal or State Fire Marshal for their respective jurisdictions shall order
			 hazardous conditions contrary to the provisions of this code to be remedied in
			 accordance with section
			 29-291c
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes. An order to vacate all or part of a
			 building may be issued by a local fire marshal or local police officer in
			 accordance with section
			 29-306
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes when severe hazardous conditions exist. The
			 penalty for the failure to abate such hazards shall be as described in sections
			 29-291c
			 and
			 29-295
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes as appropriate.
(b) Pursuant to section
			 29-291c
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, section
			 29-291a-10 a
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies lists those sections of this
			 code for which a citation may be issued.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 291a - Connecticut State Fire Prevention Code › Section 29-291a-7a - Inspections, Plan Submittals

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Each local fire
			 marshal, the State Fire Marshal and their respective designees shall conduct
			 inspections as prescribed in section
			 29-305
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes of buildings and facilities regulated by
			 sections
			 29-291a-1 a
			 to 29-291a-10a, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies
			 within their jurisdictions.
(b) The
			 minimum requirements for the frequency of inspections conducted pursuant to
			 section
			 29-305
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes shall be as follows: (Note: Definitions of
			 classifications are found in the Connecticut State Fire Safety Code.)
(1) Annual inspections for the occupancy
			 classifications; all R Residential, A-1, A-2, E, H-1 and I-1.
(2) Inspections every two years for the
			 occupancy classifications; A-3, H-2, I-2, I-3, I-4, B-Medical and
			 B-College.
(3) Inspections every
			 three years for occupancy classifications; B, H-3, M, S-1, A-4 and
			 A-5.
(4) Inspections every four
			 years for the occupancy classifications; F-1, F-2, H-4, H-5, S-2 and
			 U.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 291a - Connecticut State Fire Prevention Code › Section 29-291a-8a - Adopted Standard

Current through July 10, 2024
The following standard promulgated by the National Fire
				Protection Association (NFPA) is hereby adopted as part of sections
				29-291a-1 a
				to 29-291a-10a, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State
				Agencies:
NFPA 1,
Fire Code
TM
				of the National Fire Protection Association, (NFPA 1), 2012 edition, with
				relevant appendices, except as amended, altered or deleted and by the addition
				of certain provisions as indicated in section
				29-291a-9 a
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
This standard is available from the National Fire Protection
				Association, Batterymarch Park, Quincy, Massachusetts 02269; telephone
				1-800-344-3555.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 291a - Connecticut State Fire Prevention Code › Section 29-291a-10a - Enforcement by Citations

Current through July 10, 2024
The following chapters or sections of this code may be
						  enforced through the use of the citation process pursuant to section
						  29-291c
						  of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Chapter /Section
Subject Matter
Section 1.12
Operating without a permit required by local
						  ordinance
Section 10.14.9
Provisions for naturally cut (Christmas)
						  trees
Sections 10.8, 13.1.7
Failure to maintain or the shutting off of any fire
						  protection or fire warning system required by the Connecticut State Fire Safety
						  Code
Sections 14.4.1, 14.4.3, 14.4.3.1
Blocked, insufficient or impeded egress
Chapter 16
Safeguards during building construction, alteration,
						  and demolition operations
Section 20.1.5.10.3
Exceeding the established occupancy limit- assembly
						  occupancies
Section 20.12.5
Storage and display of consumer fireworks
Chapter 41
Hot work operations
Section 50.5
Procedures for use and maintenance of commercial
						  cooking equipment
Section 65.10.2.2
Retail sales of consumer fireworks limited to
						  mercantile occupancies
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 292 - Connecticut State Fire Safety Code › Part I - Administrative › Section 29-292-2e - Administration of the code

Current through July 10, 2024
Sections
				  29-292-1e
				  to 29-292-25e, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies
				  shall be administered as provided in Chapter 541 of the Connecticut General
				  Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 292 - Connecticut State Fire Safety Code › Part I - Administrative › Section 29-292-4e - Plan submittal and review

Current through July 10, 2024
Detailed plans and specifications for new structures and
				  additions, renovations or alterations to existing structures shall be submitted
				  by the applicant to the local fire marshal having jurisdiction to demonstrate
				  compliance with section
				  29-263
				  of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 292 - Connecticut State Fire Safety Code › Part I - Administrative › Section 29-292-5e - Building permit approval

Current through July 10, 2024
The local fire marshal shall provide to the local building
				  official certification in writing prior to the issuance of a building permit
				  that the construction documents for any building, structure or use subject to
				  the requirements of this code are in substantial compliance with the
				  requirements of this code. Because of the 30-day time limit imposed by section
				  29-263
				  of the Connecticut General Statutes, the fire marshal shall notify the building
				  official of the degree of compliance within that time period.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 292 - Connecticut State Fire Safety Code › Part I - Administrative › Section 29-292-6e - Variations or exemptions

Current through July 10, 2024
In accordance with section
				  29-296
				  of the Connecticut General Statutes, the State Fire Marshal may modify the
				  requirements of sections
				  29-292-1e
				  to 29-292-25e, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies and
				  their adopted standards where the State Fire Marshal deems that strict
				  compliance would entail practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship, or is
				  otherwise adjudged unwarranted, provided any such variation or exemption or
				  approved equivalent or alternative compliance shall, in the opinion of the
				  State Fire Marshal, secure the public safety.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 292 - Connecticut State Fire Safety Code › Part I - Administrative › Section 29-292-9e - Certificate of occupancy approval

Current through July 10, 2024
The local fire marshal shall provide to the local building
				  official certification in writing that prior to the occupancy of any building,
				  structure or use subject to the requirements of this code, such building,
				  structure or use is in substantial compliance with the requirements of this
				  code.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 292 - Connecticut State Fire Safety Code › Part I - Administrative › Section 29-292-11e - Changes of occupancy or use

Current through July 10, 2024
In any building or structure, whether or not a physical
				  alteration is needed, a change from one occupancy classification to another
				  shall be permitted only where such a structure, building or portion thereof
				  conforms with the requirements of this code that apply to new construction for
				  the proposed new use, except that a change of tenants or ownership shall not be
				  construed to be a change of occupancy classification where the nature of use
				  and assigned occupancy classification remain the same.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 292 - Connecticut State Fire Safety Code › Part III - New Construction, Renovations, or Change of Use › Section 29-292-14e - Application

Current through July 10, 2024
The provisions of this section shall apply to all buildings
				  or structures, or portions thereof, constructed, renovated, altered or
				  undergoing a change of occupancy.
Any references within the body of this code to the
				  International Building Code®, International Mechanical Code®, and
				  International Residential Code®, shall be considered references to the
				  State Building Code.
Any references within the body of this code to the
				  International Electrical CodeTM shall be considered
				  references to the National Electrical Code®, NFPA 70.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 292 - Connecticut State Fire Safety Code › Part III - New Construction, Renovations, or Change of Use › Section 29-292-16e - Adopted standard

Current through July 10, 2024
The following standard promulgated by the International Code
				  Council, Inc., is hereby adopted as part of sections
				  29-292-14e
				  to
				  29-292-17e,
				  inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
International Fire Code® of the International Code
				  Council, Inc., 2003 edition except as amended, altered or deleted and by the
				  addition of certain provisions as indicated in section
				  29-292-17e
				  of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
This standard is available from the International Code
				  Council, Inc., 4051 W. Flossmoor Road, Country Club Hills, IL
				  60478-5795.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 292 - Connecticut State Fire Safety Code › Part IV - Existing Buildings/Occupancies › Section 29-292-18e - Application

Current through July 10, 2024
The provisions of this section shall only apply to an
				  occupancy or use located within buildings or structures, or portions thereof,
				  that existed prior to the adoption of this code.
The provisions of Part III of this code shall apply to all
				  buildings or structures, or portions thereof, undergoing a change of
				  occupancy.
The design and construction of new structures shall comply
				  with Part III of this code.
Repairs, alterations and additions to existing structures
				  shall comply with Part III of this code.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 292 - Connecticut State Fire Safety Code › Part IV - Existing Buildings/Occupancies › Section 29-292-19e - Changes of Use

Current through July 10, 2024
A change from one occupancy classification to another in any
				  building or structure shall be in accordance with section
				  29-292-11e
				  of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 292 - Connecticut State Fire Safety Code › Part IV - Existing Buildings/Occupancies › Section 29-292-20e - Adopted Standard

Current through July 10, 2024
The following standard promulgated by the National Fire
				  Protection Association (NFPA) is hereby adopted as part of sections
				  29-292-18e
				  to
				  29-292-21e,
				  inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
Life Safety Code® of the National Fire Protection
				  Association, Standard 101 (NFPA 101®), 2003 edition, with appendices,
				  except as amended, altered or deleted and by the addition of certain provisions
				  as indicated in section
				  29-292-21e
				  of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
The standards promulgated by the NFPA are available from the
				  National Fire Protection Association, Batterymarch Park, Quincy, Massachusetts
				  02269; telephone 1-800-344-3555.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 292 - Connecticut State Fire Safety Code › Part IV - Existing Buildings/Occupancies › Section 29-292-1e to 29-292-15e - 2009 Amendments

Current through July 10, 2024
2009.
AMENDMENT TO THE 2005 CT STATE FIRE SAFETY
				  CODE
NOTES:
With respect to sections of the adopted referenced
				  standards that were changed, the following applies:
A section or subsection preceded by "AMD" indicates
				  the substitution of this provision in the adopted referenced
				  standard.
A section or subsection preceded by "DEL" indicates
				  the deletion of this provision from the adopted referenced
				  standard.
A section or subsection preceded by "ADD" indicates
				  the addition of this provision to the adopted referenced
				  standard.
PART I - ADMINISTRATION
29-292-1e. The Connecticut State Fire Safety Code: Title and
				  Applicability
(a) The regulations of
				the Department of Public Safety, sections
				29-292-1e
				to
				29-292-21e,
				inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies and their adopted
				standards, shall be known as the Connecticut State Fire Safety Code,
				hereinafter referred to as "the code" or "this code".
(1) Severability. If a section, subsection,
				sentence, clause or phrase of this code is, for any reason, held to be
				unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
				portions of this code.
(2)
				Validity. In the event any part or provision of this code is held to be illegal
				or void, this shall not have the effect of making void or illegal any of the
				other parts or provisions hereof, which are determined to be legal; and it
				shall be presumed that this code would have been adopted without such illegal
				or invalid parts or provisions.
(3)
				Provisions in excess of code requirements. Nothing in this code shall be
				construed to prohibit a better type of building construction, an additional
				means of egress, or an otherwise safer condition than that specified by the
				minimum requirements of this code.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 298 - Classes of Certification and Standards of Qualification for Local Fire Marshals, Deputy Fire Marshals, Fire Inspectors, and Other Local Fire Officials › Section 29-298-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) As used in this section and sections
			 29-298-2,
			 29-298-3,
			 29-298-5 to
			 29-298-8,
			 inclusive, 29-298-11 and
			 29-298
			 -l6 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, "certificate" means the
			 written document issued by the State Fire Marshal and the Codes and Standards
			 Committee stating that the holder is certified.
(b) As used in this section and sections
			 29-298-2,
			 29-298-3,
			 29-298-5 to
			 29-298-8,
			 inclusive, 29-298-11 and
			 29-298
			 -l 6 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, "local authority" means
			 the local entity with the authority to appoint a local fire official pursuant
			 to section
			 29-297
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(c) As used in this section and sections
			 29-298-2,
			 29-298-3,
			 29-298-5 to
			 29-298-8,
			 inclusive, 29-298-11 and 29-298-16 of the Regulations of Connecticut State
			 Agencies, "local fire official" means a certified fire marshal, fire code
			 inspector or fire investigator who is appointed to a class of local fire
			 officials by a local authority.
(d)
			 As used in this section and sections
			 29-298-2,
			 29-298-3,
			 29-298-5 to
			 29-298-8,
			 inclusive, 29-298-11 and 29-298-16 of the Regulations of Connecticut State
			 Agencies, "certified" means a person who holds a certificate and has met the
			 standards for certification pursuant to section
			 29-298
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 298 - Classes of Certification and Standards of Qualification for Local Fire Marshals, Deputy Fire Marshals, Fire Inspectors, and Other Local Fire Officials › Section 29-298-2 - Classes of certification of local fire officials

Current through July 10, 2024
There shall be five classes of local fire officials:
(a) Fire Code Inspector;
(b) Fire Investigator;
(c) Fire Inspector;
(d) Deputy Fire Marshal; and
(e) Fire Marshal.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 298 - Classes of Certification and Standards of Qualification for Local Fire Marshals, Deputy Fire Marshals, Fire Inspectors, and Other Local Fire Officials › Section 29-298-3 - Fire safety code inspector

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A certified
			 fire code inspector is a person who has demonstrated the knowledge and ability
			 to perform the duties and carry out the responsibilities set forth in the
			 Connecticut State Fire Safety Code and Connecticut State Fire Prevention Code
			 and sections of the Connecticut General Statutes as they relate to said
			 codes.
(b) A local fire code
			 inspector is a person certified as a fire code inspector and appointed by a
			 local authority to carry out fire code inspection activities at the direction
			 of the local fire marshal and under such supervision as the local fire marshal
			 deems appropriate.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 298 - Classes of Certification and Standards of Qualification for Local Fire Marshals, Deputy Fire Marshals, Fire Inspectors, and Other Local Fire Officials › Section 29-298-5 - Fire investigator

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A certified
			 fire investigator is a person who has demonstrated the knowledge and ability to
			 perform the duties of and carry out the responsibilities of Chapter 541 of the
			 Connecticut General Statutes, as well as other sections of the General
			 Statutes, as they relate to the investigation of fires and
			 explosions.
(b) A local fire
			 investigator is a person certified as a fire investigator and appointed by a
			 local authority to perform investigations of fires and explosions, including,
			 but not limited to, determining the cause of such fires and explosions, at the
			 direction of the local fire marshal and under such supervision as the local
			 fire marshal deems appropriate.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 298 - Classes of Certification and Standards of Qualification for Local Fire Marshals, Deputy Fire Marshals, Fire Inspectors, and Other Local Fire Officials › Section 29-298-6 - Fire inspector

Current through July 10, 2024
A fire inspector is a person who has been certified as a fire
				marshal and appointed by a local authority to perform duties at the direction
				of and under such supervision as the local fire marshal deems
				appropriate.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 298 - Classes of Certification and Standards of Qualification for Local Fire Marshals, Deputy Fire Marshals, Fire Inspectors, and Other Local Fire Officials › Section 29-298-7 - Deputy fire marshal

Current through July 10, 2024
A deputy fire marshal is a person who has been certified as a
				fire marshal and appointed by a local authority to perform duties at the
				direction of and under such supervision as the local fire marshal deems
				appropriate.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 298 - Classes of Certification and Standards of Qualification for Local Fire Marshals, Deputy Fire Marshals, Fire Inspectors, and Other Local Fire Officials › Section 29-298-8 - Fire marshal

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A certified
			 fire marshal is a person who has demonstrated the knowledge and ability to
			 perform the duties of and carry out the responsibilities of a local fire
			 marshal as set forth in the statutes and regulations of the State of
			 Connecticut.
(b) A local fire
			 marshal is a person who has been certified as a fire marshal and appointed by a
			 local authority to perform, or cause to be performed, the duties of a local
			 fire marshal and ensures that the responsibilities of a local fire marshal are
			 carried out as set forth in the statutes and regulations of the State of
			 Connecticut.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 298 - Classes of Certification and Standards of Qualification for Local Fire Marshals, Deputy Fire Marshals, Fire Inspectors, and Other Local Fire Officials › Section 29-298-11 - Issuance and lapse of certificates

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A certificate
			 shall be issued by the State Fire Marshal and the Codes and Standards Committee
			 upon a determination that an individual has met the qualifications for
			 certification.
(b) An individual
			 certified as a fire marshal may be appointed by a local authority to the
			 position of local fire marshal, deputy fire marshal or fi re inspector. An
			 individual certified as a fi re investigator or fi re code inspector may be
			 appointed by a local authority to the position of local fire investigator or
			 fire code inspector, as applicable.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 298 - Classes of Certification and Standards of Qualification for Local Fire Marshals, Deputy Fire Marshals, Fire Inspectors, and Other Local Fire Officials › Section 29-298-16 - Minimum hours of continuing education and training required to maintain certification

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The minimum
			 hours required to maintain fire marshal certification shall be as set forth in
			 section
			 29-298
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(b) The minimum hours required to maintain
			 fire investigator certification shall be not less than thirty hours over a
			 three-year period.
(c) The minimum
			 hours required to maintain fire code inspector certification shall be not less
			 than sixty hours over a three-year period.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 313 - Portable Fire Extinguishers › Use or Installation of Fire Extinguishers and Extinguishing Agents › Section 29-313-1a - Standard

Current through July 10, 2024
The standard for the use or installation of fire
				  extinguishers and fire extinguishing agents shall be that standard of the
				  National Fire Protection Association referenced in the Connecticut Fire Safety
				  Code as it may, from time to time, be amended.
Copies of the standard are available by writing the National
				  Fire Protection Association, Batterymarch Park, Quincy, Massachusetts 02269 or
				  by telephoning the National Fire Protection Association at
				  1-800-344-3555.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 315 - Sprinklers in Hotels and Motels › Section 29-315-1 - Sprinklers in hotels and motels

Current through July 10, 2024
Each hotel or motel having six or more guest rooms and
				providing sleeping accommodations for more than sixteen persons for which a
				building permit is issued for new occupancy on or after January 1, 1987 shall
				have an automatic extinguishing system installed on each floor in accordance
				with the requirements of the Connecticut Basic Building Code and the
				Connecticut Fire Safety Code, as they may from time to time be
				amended.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 325 - Dry Cleaning Plants › Dry Cleaning › Section 29-325-1a - Standard

Current through July 10, 2024
The standard for dry cleaning plants shall be that standard
				  of the National Fire Protection Association referenced in the Connecticut Fire
				  Safety Code as it may, from time to time, be amended.
Copies of the standard are available by writing the National
				  Fire Protection Association, Batterymarch Park, Quincy, Massachusetts 02269 or
				  by telephoning the National Fire Protection Association at
				  1-800-344-3555.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 349 - Storage, Transportation and Use of Explosives and Blasting Agents › Chapter II - LOCAL FIRE MARSHALS › Section 29-349-108 - Issuance of permits

Current through July 10, 2024
Local Fire Marshals shall not issue a permit for any magazine
				  not meeting the minimum specifications set forth in these
				  regulations.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 349 - Storage, Transportation and Use of Explosives and Blasting Agents › Chapter II - LOCAL FIRE MARSHALS › Section 29-349-109 - Forwarding permits to commissioner

Current through July 10, 2024
Local Fire Marshals shall retain a copy of each permit issued
				  and shall immediately forward a copy of each permit to the State Fire
				  Marshal.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 349 - Storage, Transportation and Use of Explosives and Blasting Agents › Chapter II - LOCAL FIRE MARSHALS › Section 29-349-110 - Refusal of permit

Current through July 10, 2024
No Local Fire Marshal shall issue a permit to purchase,
				  transport or use explosives until he is shown a license issued by the State
				  Fire Marshal and is satisfied as to the identity of the applicant and as to
				  what use will be made of the explosives.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 349 - Storage, Transportation and Use of Explosives and Blasting Agents › Chapter II - LOCAL FIRE MARSHALS › Section 29-349-111 - Notification of permit refusal to State Fire Marshal

Current through July 10, 2024
Whenever a Local Fire Marshal shall refuse to issue a permit
				  to any person for the purchase, transportation or use of explosives, he shall
				  immediately notify the State Fire Marshal.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 349 - Storage, Transportation and Use of Explosives and Blasting Agents › Chapter II - LOCAL FIRE MARSHALS › Section 29-349-112 - Reporting violations

Current through July 10, 2024
Whenever a Local Fire Marshal finds evidence of a violation
				  of a statute or regulations relative to the storage, transportation, or use of
				  explosives, he shall immediately bring the matter to the attention of the State
				  Fire Marshal.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 349 - Storage, Transportation and Use of Explosives and Blasting Agents › Chapter II - LOCAL FIRE MARSHALS › Section 29-349-113 - Permit application

Current through July 10, 2024
Every person desiring a permit to keep, store, sell, or deal
				  in explosives shall make written application to the Local Fire Marshal. Said
				  application shall be in duplicate on forms provided by the State Fire Marshal.
				  On receipt of such application, the Local Fire Marshal shall proceed to make
				  such inquiry as is necessary to determine whether the applicant is licensed by
				  the State Fire Marshal and the magazine or premises meets all the requirements
				  of these regulations and the applicable statutes. On finding that the magazine
				  or premises complies with all statutory and regulatory requirements, the Local
				  Fire marshal shall issue a permit to keep, store, sell and deal in explosives
				  for a period of not more than one year. On finding that the magazine or
				  premises do not comply with all statutory or regulatory requirements, the Local
				  Fire Marshal shall refuse to issue a permit. Said denial shall be in writing,
				  and shall contain the reason for the refusal. The Local Fire Marshal shall mail
				  to the State Fire Marshal a copy of each application and each permit granted,
				  or if the application was denied a copy of the denial.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 349 - Storage, Transportation and Use of Explosives and Blasting Agents › Chapter II - LOCAL FIRE MARSHALS › Section 29-349-114 - Revocation of license or permit for violations

Current through July 10, 2024
Any license or permit issued in accordance with these
				  regulations may be revoked at any time by State Fire Marshal for good
				  cause.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 349 - Storage, Transportation and Use of Explosives and Blasting Agents › Chapter III - MANUFACTURING AND SALES OF EXPLOSIVES › Section 29-349-115 - Manufacture of explosives

Current through July 10, 2024
The manufacture of any explosive or small arms ammunition
				  shall be prohibited within the State of Connecticut unless such manufacture is
				  authorized by the State Fire Marshal and is conducted in accordance with
				  recognized safe practices satisfactory to the State Fire Marsal. This shall not
				  apply to hand loading of small arms and ammunition prepared for non-commercial
				  use and not for resale, provided that no more than 50 pounds of smokeless
				  powder and no more than 10,000 primers are kept in a single building. All
				  primers and smokeless powder in such hand loading operations must be kept in
				  their factory containers except those which are placed in the loading
				  device.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 349 - Storage, Transportation and Use of Explosives and Blasting Agents › Chapter III - MANUFACTURING AND SALES OF EXPLOSIVES › Section 29-349-116 - Manufacture of explosives when prohibited

Current through July 10, 2024
The manufacture of explosives or pyrotechnics within the
				  State of Connecticut shall be prohibited when such manufacture presents an
				  undue hazard of life and property as determined by the State Fire
				  Marshal.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 349 - Storage, Transportation and Use of Explosives and Blasting Agents › Chapter III - MANUFACTURING AND SALES OF EXPLOSIVES › Section 29-349-117 - When storage prohibited

Current through July 10, 2024
No person shall store, handle or transport explosives or
				  blasting agents when such storage, handling or transportation of explosives or
				  blasting agents constitutes an undue hazard to life or
				  property.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 349 - Storage, Transportation and Use of Explosives and Blasting Agents › Chapter III - MANUFACTURING AND SALES OF EXPLOSIVES › Section 29-349-118 - Licensed person to receive explosives

Current through July 10, 2024
No person shall sell or give away any explosive or blasting
				  agent to any person not holding a license to receive same.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 349 - Storage, Transportation and Use of Explosives and Blasting Agents › Chapter III - MANUFACTURING AND SALES OF EXPLOSIVES › Section 29-349-119 - Prohibited in public places

Current through July 10, 2024
No person shall sell, display or expose for sale any
				  explosive or blasting agent on any highway, street, sidewalk, public way or
				  public place.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 349 - Storage, Transportation and Use of Explosives and Blasting Agents › Chapter III - MANUFACTURING AND SALES OF EXPLOSIVES › Section 29-349-120 - Exemption for U.S. Pharmacopeia

Current through July 10, 2024
Nothing in these regulations shall be construed to prohibit
				  the use of explosives in the form prescribed by the official United States
				  Pharmacopeia.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 349 - Storage, Transportation and Use of Explosives and Blasting Agents › Chapter III - MANUFACTURING AND SALES OF EXPLOSIVES › Section 29-349-121 - Requirements for laboratories and institutes

Current through July 10, 2024
Industrial laboratories, laboratories of technical
				  institutes, colleges, universities, and similar institutions may be permitted
				  to keep, store and use explosives or blasting agents when confiend to the
				  purpose of scientific or technical instruction or research, provided the
				  storage and use of explosives or blasting agents is conducted or supervised by
				  a person licensed by the State Fire Marshal and not more than 50 pounds of
				  explosives or blasting agents are kept on hand at any time in such
				  laboratories. When additional quantities of explosives or blasting agents are
				  required, application shall be made for special ruling by the State Fire
				  Marshal.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 349 - Storage, Transportation and Use of Explosives and Blasting Agents › Chapter III - MANUFACTURING AND SALES OF EXPLOSIVES › Section 29-349-122 - Restrictions of explosives quantities

Current through July 10, 2024
The State Fire Marshal or the Local Fire Marshal may restrict
				  the quantity of explosives or blasting agents at any time, when such storage,
				  handling or transportation constitutes an undue hazard to life or
				  property.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 349 - Storage, Transportation and Use of Explosives and Blasting Agents › Chapter III - MANUFACTURING AND SALES OF EXPLOSIVES › Section 29-349-123 - Records

Current through July 10, 2024
Each person, firm or corporation engaged in the manufacture
				  of explosives, explosive compounds or fuse shall keep a daily record of each
				  person other than employees entering upon their magazine site. Such information
				  shall be filled in by the Company's office, and shall be open to inspection by
				  the State and Local Fire Marshal and law enforcement
				  officers.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 349 - Storage, Transportation and Use of Explosives and Blasting Agents › Chapter III - MANUFACTURING AND SALES OF EXPLOSIVES › Section 29-349-124 - Receiver must be licensed

Current through July 10, 2024
No person, firm or corporation shall sell, deliver, give or
				  otherwise convey any explosives to any person, firm or corporation in this
				  state who is not the holder of a permit or license from the State or Local Fire
				  Marshal, except as noted in Sec.
				  29-349-115.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 349 - Storage, Transportation and Use of Explosives and Blasting Agents › Chapter III - MANUFACTURING AND SALES OF EXPLOSIVES › Section 29-349-125 - Manufacturing of explosives. Protection

Current through July 10, 2024
The entire occupied portion of the premises of an explosives
				  manufacturing building shall be enclosed by a suitable fence to enable the
				  management to have control of all persons entering such premises. There shall
				  be sufficient number of notices conspicuously posted warning of the business
				  conducted herein.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 349 - Storage, Transportation and Use of Explosives and Blasting Agents › Chapter IV - STORAGE OF EXPLOSIVES › Section 29-349-126 - Required magazines for explosives

Current through July 10, 2024
Class I magazines shall be required where the quantity of
				  explosives stored is more than 50 pounds. Class II magazines may be used where
				  the quantity of explosives stored is 50 pounds or less, except that the
				  authority having jurisdiction may authorize the use of Class II magazines for
				  the temporary storage at blasting sites of larger quantities of
				  explosives.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 349 - Storage, Transportation and Use of Explosives and Blasting Agents › Chapter IV - STORAGE OF EXPLOSIVES › Section 29-349-127 - Requirements for classes of explosives

Current through July 10, 2024
All Class A, Class B, and Class C special industrial
				  explosives, and any newly developed and unclassified explosives, shall be kept
				  in magazines which meet the requirements of these regulations. This shall not
				  be construed as applying to the following:
(a) Stocks of small arms ammunition,
				propellant-actuated power cartridgs, small arms ammunition primers in
				quantities of less than 750,000 and smokeless propellant in quantities of less
				than 750 pounds (see Chapter XII)
(b) Special industrial explosives devices
				when in quantities of less than 50 pounds net weight of explosives.
(c) Fuse lighters and fuse
				igniters.
(d) Safety fuse (safety
				fuse does not include cordeau detonating fuse).
(e) Explosives kept in the manufacturing area
				for manufacturing purposes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 349 - Storage, Transportation and Use of Explosives and Blasting Agents › Chapter IV - STORAGE OF EXPLOSIVES › Section 29-349-128 - Prohibited storage

Current through July 10, 2024
No explosives in any quantity whatsoever shall be stored or
				  kept in any building used in whole or in part as a school, theater or other
				  place of public assembly or gathering.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 349 - Storage, Transportation and Use of Explosives and Blasting Agents › Chapter IV - STORAGE OF EXPLOSIVES › Section 29-349-129 - Blasting caps

Current through July 10, 2024
Blasting caps, electric blasting caps, detonating blasting
				  primers and primed blasting cartridges shall not be stored in the same magazine
				  with other explosives.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 349 - Storage, Transportation and Use of Explosives and Blasting Agents › Chapter IV - STORAGE OF EXPLOSIVES › Section 29-349-130 - Magazines to be locked

Current through July 10, 2024
Each magazine shall be kept securely locked at all times,
				  except when explosives are being placed therein or removed
				  therefrom.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 349 - Storage, Transportation and Use of Explosives and Blasting Agents › Chapter IV - STORAGE OF EXPLOSIVES › Section 29-349-132 - Storage of detonating fuse

Current through July 10, 2024
Commercial detonating fuse shall be stored in an explosives
				  magazine, but shall not be stored with blasting caps, electric blasting caps,
				  or primed cartridges.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 349 - Storage, Transportation and Use of Explosives and Blasting Agents › Chapter IV - STORAGE OF EXPLOSIVES › Section 29-349-133 - Magazine inventory

Current through July 10, 2024
A running inventory of the contents of each magazine shall be
				  kept either in the office of the magazine keeper or in the magazine. This
				  inventory shall be available for inspection by an Inspector or by the Local
				  Fire Marshal. In the case of guarded storage farms or manufacturing areas, it
				  will be sufficient if regularly scheduled daily or weekly inventories are made
				  and appropriate records kept as mentioned above.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 349 - Storage, Transportation and Use of Explosives and Blasting Agents › Chapter IV - STORAGE OF EXPLOSIVES › Section 29-349-134 - Opening packages of explosives

Current through July 10, 2024
Packages of explosives shall not be unpacked or repacked in a
				  magazine nor within 50 feet of a magazine or in close proximity to other
				  explosives. Tools used for opening packages of explosives shall be constructed
				  of non-sparking materials. Opened packages of explosives shall be securely
				  closed before being returned to a magazine.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 349 - Storage, Transportation and Use of Explosives and Blasting Agents › Chapter IV - STORAGE OF EXPLOSIVES › Section 29-349-135 - Smoking prohibited

Current through July 10, 2024
Smoking, matches, open flames, spark producing devices and
				  firearms are prohibited inside of or within 50 feet of any magazine or in or
				  around any trucks, powder cars, wagons, or other vehicles containing
				  explosives. Combustible materials shall not be stored within 50 feet of any
				  magazine.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 349 - Storage, Transportation and Use of Explosives and Blasting Agents › Chapter IV - STORAGE OF EXPLOSIVES › Section 29-349-136 - Adjacent land to be clear

Current through July 10, 2024
Ground around permanent magazines shall slope away for
				  drainage. The land surrounding magazines shall be kept clear of brush, dried
				  grass, leaves and other combustible materials for a distance of at least 50
				  feet.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 349 - Storage, Transportation and Use of Explosives and Blasting Agents › Chapter IV - STORAGE OF EXPLOSIVES › Section 29-349-137 - Explosives containers

Current through July 10, 2024
Except while being used, no person shall have, keep or store
				  explosives at any place within this State unless such explosives are completely
				  encased or enclosed in metallic, wooden, rubber, fiber or plastic containers.
				  Containers in which explosives are handled outside of manufacturing areas shall
				  be plainly marked with the make and type of explosives contained
				  therein.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 349 - Storage, Transportation and Use of Explosives and Blasting Agents › Chapter IV - STORAGE OF EXPLOSIVES › Section 29-349-138 - Cleaning of magazine floor stains

Current through July 10, 2024
Magazine floors stained with nitroglycerin shall be scrubbed
				  well with a stiff broom, hard brush or mop, using an ample volume of a solution
				  in the proportion of 1½ quarts of water, 3½ quarts of denatured
				  alcohol, one quart of acetone and one pound of sodium sulfide (60% commercial).
				  The liquid shall be used freely to decompose the nitroglycerin thoroughly. In
				  the event the nitroglycerin is on any material which is impervious to
				  nitroglycerin, this area should be swept thoroughly with dry sawdust and
				  destroyed by burning. Nitroglycerin remover should be stored in closed
				  container and kept in a dark place. Nitroglycerin remover more than 60 days old
				  shall not be used.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 349 - Storage, Transportation and Use of Explosives and Blasting Agents › Chapter IV - STORAGE OF EXPLOSIVES › Section 29-349-139 - Prohibited storage other than explosives

Current through July 10, 2024
Magazines shall not be used for the storage of flammable
				  materials, oil, paint, carbide, metal, metal tools, machinery or any other
				  article with the exception of portable conveyors made of non-ferrous
				  metals.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 349 - Storage, Transportation and Use of Explosives and Blasting Agents › Chapter IV - STORAGE OF EXPLOSIVES › Section 29-349-140 - Storage of stock

Current through July 10, 2024
All stocks of explosives shall be stored so as to be easily
				  counted and checked. Packages of explosives shall be piled in a stable
				  manner.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 349 - Storage, Transportation and Use of Explosives and Blasting Agents › Chapter IV - STORAGE OF EXPLOSIVES › Section 29-349-141 - Alterations in magazine

Current through July 10, 2024
No alteration changing the storage capacity of a magazine
				  shall be made without notifying the State or Local Fire Marshal. When magazines
				  need inside repairs, all explosives shall be removed therefrom. In making
				  outside repairs, if there is a possibility of causing sparks or fire then the
				  explosives shall be removed from the magazine. Explosives removed from a
				  magazine under repair shall be either placed in another magazine or placed a
				  safe distance from the magazine where they shall be properly guarded and
				  protected until repairs have been completed, when they then shall be returned
				  to the magazine.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 349 - Storage, Transportation and Use of Explosives and Blasting Agents › Chapter IV - STORAGE OF EXPLOSIVES › Section 29-349-142 - Magazine housekeeping

Current through July 10, 2024
Magazine floors shall be regularly swept, kept clean, dry,
				  free of grit, paper, empty used packages and rubbish. Brooms and other cleaning
				  utensils shall not have any spark-producing metal parts. Sweepings from the
				  floor of magazines shall be disposed of by burning in accordance with methods
				  approved by the Local or State Fire Marshal.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 349 - Storage, Transportation and Use of Explosives and Blasting Agents › Chapter IV - STORAGE OF EXPLOSIVES › Section 29-349-143 - Leaking or deteriorating explosives

Current through July 10, 2024
When any explosive has deteriorated to an extent that it is
				  in an unstable or dangerous condition, or if nitroglycerin leaks from any
				  explosive or if any explosive is unfit for use for any reason, or when any
				  blasting caps, electric blasting caps, delay electric blasting caps, electric
				  squibs and delay electric squib have so deteriorated from age, improper storage
				  or are unfit for use for any other reason, then the person in possession of
				  such explosive or device shall immediately report the fact to the Local Fire
				  Marshal, and upon his authorization shall proceed to destroy such explosive or
				  device in accordance with safe practices. Only competent persons shall do the
				  work destroying these materials. Any manufacturer, distributor, wholesaler,
				  dealer or user of explosives who files a description of his manner of
				  destruction of these materials with the State Fire Marshal for approval may
				  destroy these materials without authorization of the Local Fire
				  Marshal.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 349 - Storage, Transportation and Use of Explosives and Blasting Agents › Chapter IV - STORAGE OF EXPLOSIVES › Section 29-349-145 - Empty containers

Current through July 10, 2024
Except for such re-usable containers approved by the U.S.
				  Department of Transportation, containers used in the manufacturing process and
				  small arms cartridges, no explosive container, box liner, empty bags, sawdust
				  or cartridge shall be used again for any purpose. Empty containers of the
				  aforesaid types shall be carefully collected and destroyed in accordance with
				  the instructions of the State Fire Marshal.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 349 - Storage, Transportation and Use of Explosives and Blasting Agents › Chapter IV - STORAGE OF EXPLOSIVES › Section 29-349-146 - Reduction of capacity of magazine. Relocation

Current through July 10, 2024
Whenever any buildings are erected or new railroad tracks or
				  highways are constructed near a magazine, the permissive capacity of such
				  magazine shall be reduced to conformity with the American Tables of Distances
				  for the storage of explosives. Whenever any such new construction is begun
				  requiring the reduction of the capacity of a magazine, such fact shall be
				  reported to the State Fire Marshal without delay. The State or Local Fire
				  Marshal may order the magazine abandoned or relocated.