Chapter 148 - FIRE PREVENTION

Section 148:1 - Definitions
Section 148:2 - Investigations of fires or explosions by local officials; notice to marshal of suspicious origins or undetermined causes; reports; records
Section 148:2A - Reporting requirements for unauthorized fire ignition within school property
Section 148:3 - Investigations by marshal; examination of witnesses; perjury; criminal complaint; prosecutions; reports to commissioner of insurance
Section 148:4 - Persons authorized to enter and inspect premises; inspections of institutions; reports
Section 148:5 - Investigation of premises and alleys as to fire hazards; remedy of conditions; expenses; penalty
Section 148:5A - Unvented liquid fired space heaters; use or sale prohibited
Section 148:6 - Neglect or refusal of officers to comply with duty
Section 148:7 - Reports of marshal and commissioner of insurance
Section 148:8 - Reports of marshal and Boston fire commissioner to heads of fire departments, insurance companies, property owners and persons interested in cause of fire
Section 148:9 - Regulations relative to explosives and inflammable materials; reports of storers and handlers as to quantities and locations; ordinances and by-laws
Section 148:9A - Model rocket engines; storage; manufacture; use; sale
Section 148:10 - Regulations relative to fire prevention
Section 148:10A - Heads of fire departments; grants and revocation of permits; records; fees; inspections, powers, duties and information directed and required by marshal; names and addresses transmitted to marshal
Section 148:10B - Violation of regulations of board
Section 148:10C - Alteration, repair or installation of oil burners; necessity of certificate; exceptions
Section 148:10D - Certificate as oil burner technician; minimum age; application; fee; examination; duration of certificate; electrical work
Section 148:10E - Apprentice certificates; fee; duration; expiration; renewal
Section 148:10F - Rules and regulations regarding types and classes of certificates
Section 148:10G - Suspension or revocation of certificates
Section 148:10H - Firms or corporations; licensing requirements
Section 148:11 - Expert assistants; laboratory
Section 148:12 - License and permit for manufacture of fireworks
Section 148:13 - Licenses for land for explosives and inflammable materials; certificate of approval; record; certificate of registrations; fees; replacements and alterations of, and regulations for buildings; explosion hazard; appeals to marshal
Section 148:14 - Inflammable fluids in motor vehicles
Section 148:15 - Violation of regulations for transportation of explosives or inflammable materials
Section 148:16 - Violation of statutes and regulations relative to fireworks, explosives and inflammable materials and licenses relating thereto
Section 148:17 - Restraint of erection or use of buildings in violation of statute or regulations
Section 148:19 - Bonds for blasting permits; filing fee
Section 148:20 - Actions on bonds; employee of permittee; pro rata payment of claims
Section 148:20A - Bond for blasting operations in more than one place
Section 148:20B - Certificate of competency to conduct blasting operations; application; fee; examination; issuance; duration; expiration; renewal; duplicate
Section 148:20C - Liability for damages caused by blasting
Section 148:21 - Enforcement of laws and regulations relative to blasting
Section 148:22 - Injuries from explosives kept or transported contrary to statutes or regulations
Section 148:23 - Keeping and use of inflammable fluids; permit; fee
Section 148:23A - Inflammable anti-freeze in hydrants
Section 148:24 - Keeping and handling of fire menace material; carpenter or paint shop in habitation
Section 148:25 - Use of salamanders or stoves for drying materials
Section 148:25A - Second hand space heaters; unvented space heaters
Section 148:25B - Unvented liquid fired space heaters; use or sale prohibited
Section 148:25C - Sale of decorating candles; rules and regulations
Section 148:25D - Manufacture and sale of children's clothing and sleepwear; rules and regulations
Section 148:25E - Residential gas appliances; sale or installation
Section 148:26 - Installation of automatic equipment on order of marshal
Section 148:26A - Automatic sprinklers in high rise buildings; enforcement; appeals
Section 148:26A 1/2 - Automatic sprinklers in older high rise buildings; enforcement; installation schedule
Section 148:26B - Automatic fire warning and smoke detection systems in certain buildings; enforcement; appeals
Section 148:26C - Certain public accommodations; automatic smoke or heat detectors
Section 148:26D - Definitions applicable to secs. 26D to 26F
Section 148:26E - Residential buildings or structures; installation of smoke detectors
Section 148:26F - Residential buildings or structures; equipping with smoke detectors upon sale or transfer
Section 148:26F 1/2 - Residential buildings or structures; equipping with smoke detectors upon sale or transfer
Section 148:26G - Buildings or additions; automatic suppressant or sprinkler systems
Section 148:26G 1/2 - Adequate system of automatic sprinklers for nightclubs, dance halls, discotheques, bars, etc.
Section 148:26H - Lodging or boarding houses; automatic sprinkler systems
Section 148:26I - Multiple dwelling units; new construction; automatic sprinkler systems
Section 148:27 - Failure to comply with order of marshal
Section 148:27A - Shutting off, disconnection, obstruction, removal or destruction, of fire protection devices; permit; report; violation of statute; enforcement
Section 148:27B - Piling snow on fire hydrants; penalty
Section 148:28 - Regulations to prevent fire hazards and fires
Section 148:28A - Reports of violations of building laws
Section 148:28B - Buildings with canine guards, reports
Section 148:29 - Application of orders to occupant or owner; payment for cost of changes in premises; maximum expenditure
Section 148:30 - Violation, notice and enforcement of orders or regulations
Section 148:30A - Unlawful tampering, etc. with notice of violation; punishment
Section 148:31 - Appeals to marshal
Section 148:32 - Sharing information by insurers; liability of insurer or arson squad; confidential information
Section 148:33 - Duties and powers of marshal
Section 148:34 - Violation of statutes
Section 148:34A - Dangerous conditions in assembly use group buildings
Section 148:34B - Violation of state building code or state fire code resulting in serious bodily injury or death; penalties
Section 148:34C - Second or subsequent violations of state building code or state fire code
Section 148:34D - Enforcement of lawful orders of marshal or head of fire department
Section 148:35 - [Repealed]
Section 148:36 - [Repealed]
Section 148:37 - Tanks or containers for storage of fluids; permits; violation of statute or regulation; annual inspection; fees
Section 148:37A - Grant program for removal and replacement of fuel storage tanks; conditions; effect of section on responsibilities or liabilities; regulations
Section 148:37B - Grants for removal or replacement of fuel storage tanks
Section 148:38 - Regulations relative to tanks
Section 148:38A through 148:38I - [Repealed]
Section 148:38J - Residential utilization of heating oil tanks
Section 148:39 - Sales, possession, use, etc. of combustible or explosive substances to produce visible or audible effects; fireworks; definitions; exceptions; enforcement procedures; penalties
Section 148:39A - Regulations for permits for displays of fireworks; fees
Section 148:40 - Storage of fireworks; bonds for manufacture and storage; fee
Section 148:41 - Actions on bonds
Section 148:42 - Bonds for displays of fireworks; scope of words "persons" and "loss"
Section 148:43 - Actions by employees of persons giving bond; pro rating claims; other remedies
Section 148:44 - Firecrackers and pyrotechnical ship or railway signals
Section 148:45 - Violation of statutes
Section 148:46 - Inflammable stove polish and foundry paste; regulations; penalties
Section 148:50 - Search warrants for explosive, inflammable and combustible substances kept contrary to statutes or regulations
Section 148:51 - Forfeiture of explosive, inflammable and combustible substances; sale or destruction; payment of proceeds to county
Section 148:52 - Matches kept for sale or use in store
Section 148:52A - Sale of exploding matches, cigars or cigarettes
Section 148:54 - Lighted cigarettes and other things likely to cause fire, dropped or thrown from vehicles or placed on forest land
Section 148:55 - Explosive golf balls
Section 148:56 - Parking space business; licenses; fees; term; suspension and revocation; unlicensed business
Section 148:57 - Siding, conductor of electricity
Section 148:58 - Fire extinguishing systems, issuance of certificates for installation and servicing
Section 148:59 - Identification numbers required on buildings, homes, etc.; entry into 911 database
Section 148:60 - Novelty lighters