§ 260. Incombustible, fireproof and fire-resisting or fire-resistive material. 1. “Incombustible material” means material which will not burn or support combustion as determined and specified in the rules of the board. 2. “Fireproof material” means material capable of resisting the effect of fire to a sufficient extent to insure the safety of the occupants of […]
§ 261. Fire door. “Fire door” means a door constructed of such fire-resisting material as shall be specified in the rules of the board. The board shall determine and specify in its rules the materials and the manner of construction and erection of such doors, the sills thereof, and the automatic or self-closing device requirements […]
§ 262. Fireproof window or fire window. “Fireproof window” or “fire window” means a window with metal frame and sash, or frame and sash covered with metal, and provided with wired glass or of such other materials, construction and operation as the board shall specify in its rules.
§ 263. Fireproof partition or fire partition. “Fireproof partition” or “fire partition” means a partition built of brick, or concrete, or reinforced concrete, or cinder block, or concrete block, or tile, or terra cotta blocks conforming with the requirements of the board. The board shall determine and specify in its rules such other materials as […]
§ 264. Fireproof building. “Fireproof building” means a building conforming to the following requirements: 1. All exterior walls shall be constructed of brick, or stone, or concrete, or cinder block, or concrete block, or tile, or terra cotta or such other material as shall be specified in the rules of the board. The board shall […]
§ 265. Fire wall. “Fire wall” means a wall which subdivides a building or separates buildings to restrict the spread of fire, and which starts at the foundation and extends through all stories to or above the roof as may be specified in the rules of the board. The board shall determine and specify in […]
§ 266. Exterior enclosed fireproof stairway. “Exterior enclosed fireproof stairway” means a stairway conforming to the following requirements: 1. It shall be completely enclosed from top to bottom by walls of fireproof material not less than eight inches thick extending from the sidewalk, court or yard level to the roof, and above the roof so […]
§ 267. Horizontal exit. 1. “Horizontal exit” means the connection by one or more openings, protected by firedoors, through a fire wall in any building, or through a wall or walls between two buildings, which doors shall continuously be unlocked and the opening unobstructed whenever any person is employed on either side of the opening. […]
§ 268. Exterior screened stairway. “Exterior screened stairway” means a stairway conforming to the following requirements: 1. It shall be built of incombustible material. 2. The risers of the stairs shall not be more than seven and three-quarters inches in height and the treads not less than ten inches wide. 3. On each floor there […]
§ 269. Application of provisions. 1. The provisions of sections two hundred and sixty-one, two hundred and sixty-two, two hundred and sixty-three, two hundred and sixty-five, two hundred and sixty-six, and two hundred and sixty-seven shall apply to all buildings erected after October first, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and to all construction made after that […]
§ 270. Construction of buildings erected after October first, nineteen hundred and thirteen. No factory shall be conducted in a building erected after October first, nineteen hundred and thirteen, unless such building shall conform to the following requirements: 1. Fireproof construction. All buildings more than four stories in height shall be fireproof. 2. Roofs and […]
§ 271. Requirements for buildings erected before October first, nineteen hundred and thirteen. No factory shall be conducted in a building erected before October first, nineteen hundred thirteen, and not occupied or used as a factory building on July first, nineteen hundred forty-eight, unless such building shall conform to the requirements of section two hundred […]
§ 272. Additional requirements for all buildings. No factory shall be conducted in any building unless such building shall be so constructed, equipped and maintained in all respects as to afford adequate protection against fire to all persons employed therein, nor unless in addition to the provisions of sections two hundred and seventy and two […]
§ 273. Fire-escapes erected after October first, nineteen hundred and thirteen, on buildings theretofore erected. All outside fire-escapes erected after October first, nineteen hundred and thirteen, on buildings theretofore erected and serving as required exits shall conform to the following requirements: 1. They shall be built of wrought iron or steel and shall be so […]
§ 274. Fire-escapes erected before October first, nineteen hundred and thirteen. All outside fire-escapes erected before October first, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and serving as required exits under the provisions of section two hundred and seventy-one shall conform to the following requirements: 1. There shall be balconies on each floor of the building connected with […]
§ 275. Special laws and local ordinances. The requirements of sections two hundred and seventy to two hundred and seventy-four, inclusive, are not in substitution for the requirements of any general or special law or local ordinance relating to the construction, equipment or maintenance of buildings, but the provisions of such general and special laws […]
§ 276. Inspection of buildings and approval of plans. 1. Inspection of buildings. The officer of any city, village or town having power to inspect buildings therein to determine their conformity to the requirements of law or ordinance governing their construction shall, whenever requested by the commissioner, inspect any factory building therein and certify to […]
§ 277. Notice of issue of local construction permit. The officer of any city, village or town having power to approve plans for the construction and alteration of buildings shall, immediately upon the issuance of a permit for the construction or alteration of a building to be used for a factory or mercantile establishment as […]
§ 278. Limitation of number of occupants. The number of persons who may be employed in a factory building or portion thereof shall be limited to such number as can safely escape from the building by the exits provided in the building and shall not exceed the following: 1. In a building erected after October […]
§ 279. Fire alarm signal systems and fire drills. 1. Fire alarm signal systems. Except as may otherwise be provided by the board in its rules, every factory building over two stories in height in which more than twenty-five persons are employed above the ground floor shall be equipped by the owner thereof with a […]
