File #: Int 0312-2018    Version: * Name: Requiring portable fire extinguishers in all multiple dwellings.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed (End of Session)
Committee: Committee on Housing and Buildings
On agenda: 1/31/2018
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the New York city fire code, in relation to requiring portable fire extinguishers in all multiple dwellings
Sponsors: Ydanis A. Rodriguez, Justin L. Brannan
Council Member Sponsors: 2
Summary: This bill would require all R-2 occupancies to install portable fire extinguishers in a common area on every floor with at least one occupied unit.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 312, 2. Int. No. 312, 3. January 31, 2018 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 01-31-2018, 5. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - January 31, 2018, 6. Committee Report 12/2/20, 7. Hearing Testimony 12/2/20, 8. Hearing Transcript 12/2/20
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Int. No. 312

 

By Council Members Rodriguez and Brannan

 

A Local Law to amend the New York city fire code, in relation to requiring portable fire extinguishers in all multiple dwellings

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Item one of section FC 906.1 of the New York city fire code, as enacted by local law number 148 for the year 2013, is amended to read as follows:

906.1 Where required. Portable fire extinguishers shall be installed in the following locations.

1. In all Group A, B, E, F, H, I, M, R-1, R-2 [adult homes and enriched housing], and S occupancies. In all R-2 occupancies, including those lawfully existing prior to the effective date of this section, portable fire extinguishers shall be installed in a common area on every floor with at least one dwelling unit.

                     § 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law.

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