File #: Int 1294-2016    Version: Name: Requiring the fire dept to report on the use and type of smoke detectors and smoke alarms in fire-related deaths.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted
Committee: Committee on Fire and Criminal Justice Services
On agenda: 10/13/2016
Enactment date: 2/15/2017 Law number: 2017/020
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the fire department to report on the use and type of smoke detectors and smoke alarms in fire-related deaths
Sponsors: Elizabeth S. Crowley, Annabel Palma, Inez D. Barron, Donovan J. Richards, Mathieu Eugene, Karen Koslowitz, Margaret S. Chin, Brad S. Lander
Council Member Sponsors: 8
Summary: This bill would require the Fire Department to issue a yearly report on the rate of the use of smoke detectors and smoke alarms in civilian fire deaths.
Indexes: Report Required
Attachments: 1. Legislative History Report, 2. Summary of Int. No. 1294-A, 3. Summary of Int. No. 1294, 4. Legislative History Report, 5. Int. No. 1294 - 10/13/16, 6. October 13, 2016 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 7. Committee Report 10/19/16, 8. Hearing Testimony 10/19/16, 9. Hearing Transcript 10/19/16, 10. Proposed Int. No. 1294-A - 2/2/17, 11. Committee Report 1/31/17, 12. Hearing Transcript 1/31/17 - Part 1, 13. Hearing Transcript 1/31/17 - Part 2, 14. February 1, 2017 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 15. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 2-1-17, 16. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - February 1, 2017, 17. Fiscal Impact Statement, 18. Int. No. 1294-A (FINAL), 19. Mayor's Letter, 20. Local Law 20
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2/16/2017AElizabeth S. Crowley City Council Recved from Mayor by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/15/2017AElizabeth S. Crowley Mayor Signed Into Law by Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/15/2017AElizabeth S. Crowley Mayor Hearing Held by Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/1/2017AElizabeth S. Crowley City Council Sent to Mayor by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/1/2017AElizabeth S. Crowley City Council Approved by CouncilPass Action details Meeting details Not available
1/31/2017*Elizabeth S. Crowley Committee on Fire and Criminal Justice Services Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
1/31/2017*Elizabeth S. Crowley Committee on Fire and Criminal Justice Services Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
1/31/2017*Elizabeth S. Crowley Committee on Fire and Criminal Justice Services Amended by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
1/31/2017AElizabeth S. Crowley Committee on Fire and Criminal Justice Services Approved by CommitteePass Action details Meeting details Not available
10/19/2016*Elizabeth S. Crowley Committee on Fire and Criminal Justice Services Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/19/2016*Elizabeth S. Crowley Committee on Fire and Criminal Justice Services Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/13/2016*Elizabeth S. Crowley City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/13/2016*Elizabeth S. Crowley City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 1294-A

 

By Council Members Crowley, Palma, Barron, Richards, Eugene, Koslowitz, Chin and Lander

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the fire department to report on the use and type of smoke detectors and smoke alarms in fire-related deaths

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1.  The administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 15-131 to read as follows:  

                     § 15-131 Report on smoke detectors and smoke alarms in fire-related deaths. a. No later than April 1 of each year, the department shall submit to the mayor and the council, and post on the department’s website, a report indicating whether a smoke detector or alarm was found at the location of any fire in which there was a civilian fire fatality during the preceding calendar year. If a smoke detector or alarm was found, such report shall indicate the technology used by such smoke detector or alarm and whether such smoke detector or alarm was operational, provided that such information can be ascertained. Such report may also include any other information relevant in determining the role of smoke detectors or alarms in any civilian fire fatality.

                     b. The department shall ascertain from the office of the chief medical examiner the cause of death for any civilian fire fatality, as defined by such office. The report required by subdivision a of this section shall be disaggregated by each type of such cause.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately and is deemed repealed 5 years after it becomes law.

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