Indiana Administrative Code › Title 675 - FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING SAFETY COMMISSION › Article 22 - FIRE PREVENTION CODES › Rule 2.5 - 2014 Indiana Fire Code › Section 2.5-4 - Chapter 3; general precautions against fire

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 22-13-2-2
Affected: IC 22-12-7; IC 22-13; IC 22-14; IC 36-8-17
Sec. 4.
Chapter 3 is amended as follows:
(a) Delete Section 301.2 in its entirety
				without substitution.
(b) Amend
				Section 303.5 to insert, after "portable" and before "fire", the following: dry
				chemical type, in the first sentence.
(c) Amend Section 304.1.2 to delete the last
				sentence in its entirety without substitution.
(d) Amend Section 304.2 to delete the text
				and insert the following: Storage of combustible rubbish shall not produce
				conditions that will create a fire hazard that endangers the safety of persons
				or property.
(e) Amend Section
				307.1.1 to delete the text and insert the following: Discontinuance. The fire
				chief is authorized to require open burning be immediately discontinued if such
				open burning constitutes a hazardous condition.
(f) Amend Section 307.2 to delete the title
				and text and insert the following: Notification. Prior to commencement of open
				burning, the fire department having jurisdiction shall be notified.
(g) Amend Section 307.2.1 to delete the title
				and text and insert the following: Material restrictions. Open burning of
				rubbish is prohibited.
(h) Delete
				Section 307.3 without substitution.
(i) Amend Section 307.5 to delete the text
				and insert the following: Burning material shall be constantly attended by a
				person knowledgeable in the use of the fire-extinguishing equipment required by
				this section and familiar with any limitations which restrict open burning. An
				attendant shall supervise the burning material until the fire has been
				extinguished.
(j) Amend Section
				308.1.3 to insert, as the last sentence of the section, the following: Prior to
				using a torch or flame-producing device to remove paint from a structure, the
				fire department having jurisdiction shall be notified.
(k) Amend Section 308.1.4 by deleting
				Exception 3 without substitution.
(l) Amend Section 308.1.6 to delete all text
				after "wildfire risk areas," in the first sentence and insert the following:
				except when approved.
(m) Add
				Section 308.1.6.3 to read as follows: 308.1.6.3. Sky Lanterns. No person shall
				release or cause to be released a sky lantern with the intention of causing the
				lantern to lift into the atmosphere unless the lantern is anchored or tethered
				to the person's property such that the lantern cannot freely lift into the
				atmosphere.
(n) Amend Section
				308.1.7 to delete "in the opinion of the code official, adequate" and insert
				the following: approved.
(o) Amend
				Section 308.2 to delete "Permits shall be obtained from the fire code official
				in accordance with Section 105.6" and insert the following: The fire department
				having jurisdiction shall be notified.
(p) Amend Section 308.3 as follows:
(1) Delete the section heading "Group A
				Occupancies" and insert "Affected Occupancies".
(2) In the first sentence, delete "a Group A
				Occupancy" and insert "any occupancy other than Group R-2, apartment houses,
				convents, fraternities and sororities, hotels, monasteries, motels and vacation
				time share properties, Group R-3 and Group R-4 occupancies".