Any flammable or combustible materials not arranged or stored in such a manner as to afford reasonable safety against the danger of fire, or any matter stored or arranged in such a manner as to impede or prevent access to, or exit from, any premises in case of fire, shall be ordered by the Fire Chief to be removed or rearranged in such manner as to eliminate any fire hazard. The order shall be in writing and delivered to the owner, lessee, or occupant of the premises.
Penalty, see § 91.99
If the Fire Chief finds upon inspection that the appliances for protection against fire are wholly wanting or are inadequate in number, condition, size, arrangement, or efficiency for the reasonable protection of the premises against fire, he or she shall cause an order in writing to be delivered to the owner, lessee, or occupant requiring the installation, replacement, or repair of appliances adequate for the reasonable protection of the premises in case of fire.
Penalty, see § 91.99
An order to correct the hazardous conditions specified in either § 91.30 or 91.31 shall be directed to the owner, lessee, or occupant of the premises, building, or structure, or to the person in control of the articles, material, goods, wares, or merchandise, or to the owner thereof, as the circumstances may require. It is made the duty of the owner, lessee, or occupant of the premises, building, or structure, and of the person in control of such articles, materials, goods, wares, and merchandise, or the owner thereof, to comply with the order with all reasonable dispatch and diligence.
Penalty, see § 91.99
Waste paper, ashes, oil rags, waste rags, excelsior, or any material of a similar hazardous nature shall not be accumulated in any cellar or any other portion of any building of any kind. Proper fireproof receptacles shall be provided for such hazardous materials.
Penalty, see § 91.99
(A) Every hotel shall have available at least one operational single station automatic fire warning device approved by the Fire Chief that produces a visible warning signal when activated by every product of combustion. The device, at the discretion of the owner, may also be activated by an early warning fire protection system. Hotels having fewer than 75 rooms shall have at least one warning device available for its guests. Hotels having more than 75 rooms shall have available for its guests one device for every group of 75 rooms. Upon the request of a guest, such a device, if available, shall be installed in the guest’s room.
(B) As used in this section, HOTEL means every establishment kept, used, maintained, advertised, or held out to the public to be a place where sleeping accommodations are offered to guests in which five or more rooms are used for accommodation of such guests, whether the rooms are in one or several structures, except as otherwise provided in R.C. § 5739.091.
(R.C. §§ 3781.107, 5739.01(M)) (Rev. 2021)
(C) Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than $1,000.
(R.C. §§ 3791.02, 3791.03)
(A) Every building constructed in this municipality with floors used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet in height above the lower level of fire department vehicle access shall have a fire suppression system installed and in operation in conformity with the rules of the state Board of Building Standards adopted pursuant to R.C. § 3781.10.
(B) As used in this section:
FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM. Means a system that includes devices and equipment to detect a fire, actuates an alarm, and suppress or control a fire.
HUMAN OCCUPANCY. Does not include floors of buildings where occupancy by humans is limited to ingress, egress, and limited access for maintenance and repair.
(R.C. § 3781.108(A), (B))
(C) Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than $1,000.
(R.C. §§ 3791.02, 3791.03)
(A) No person shall knowingly violate any provision of the State Fire Code or any order made pursuant to it.
(R.C. § 3737.51(A))
(B) Except as a violation of R.C. § 2923.17, regarding the felonies of unlawful possession of a dangerous ordnance and illegal manufacture or processing of explosives, involves subject matter covered by the State Fire Code, whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(R.C. § 3737.99(B))
Statutory reference:Fire Code violations, see R.C. §§ 3737.41 et seq.Ohio Fire Code, see O.A.C. Chapter 1301:7-7(A) The owner, operator or lessee of any hotel, motel or transient residential building shall post the provisions of R.C. §§ 2909.02 and 2909.03, regarding aggravated arson and arson, in a conspicuous place in each room occupied by guests in such building. The owner, operator or lessee of any nontransient residential building, institution, school or place of assembly shall post the provisions of such sections in conspicuous places upon such premises. No person shall fail to comply with this section.
(R.C. § 3737.61)
(B) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(R.C. § 3737.99(C))
(A) No person shall set, kindle, or cause to be set or kindled any fire which, through his or her negligence, spreads beyond its immediate confines to any structure, field or wooded lot.
(R.C. § 3737.62)
(B) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(R.C. § 3737.99(D))
Cross-reference:Arson, see § 131.02(A) The owner, operator or lessee, an employee of any owner, operator or lessee, an occupant, and any person in direct control of any building regulated under the state building code, upon the discovery of an unfriendly fire, or upon receiving information that there is an unfriendly fire upon the premises, shall immediately, and with all reasonable dispatch and diligence, call or otherwise notify the fire department concerning the fire, and shall spread an alarm immediately to all occupants of the building.
(B) As used in this section, UNFRIENDLY FIRE means a fire of a destructive nature as distinguished from a controlled fire intended for a beneficial purpose.
(R.C. § 3737.63)
(C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(R.C. § 3737.99(E))
(A) The use of a brazier, salamander, space heater, room heater, furnace, water heater, or other burner or heater using wood, coal, coke, fuel oil, kerosene, gasoline, natural gas, liquid petroleum gas or similar fuel, and tending to give off carbon monoxide or other harmful gases must comply with the following provisions;
(1) When used in living quarters, or in any enclosed building or space in which persons are usually present, shall be used with a flue or vent so designed, installed, and maintained as to vent the products of combustion outdoors; except in storage, factory, or industrial buildings which are provided with sufficient ventilation to avoid the danger of carbon monoxide poisoning.
(2) When used as a portable or temporary burner or heater at a construction site, or in a warehouse, shed, or structure in which persons are temporarily present, shall be vented as provided in division (A)(1) or used with sufficient ventilation to avoid the danger of carbon monoxide poisoning.
(B) This section does not apply to domestic ranges, laundry stoves, gas logs installed in a fireplace with an adequate flue, or hot plates, unless the same are used as space or room heaters.
(C) No person shall negligently use, or, being the owner, person in charge, or occupant of premises, negligently permit the use of a burner or heater in violation of the standards for venting and ventilation provided in this section.
(D) Division (A) above does not apply to any kerosene-fired space or room heater that is equipped with an automatic extinguishing tip-over device, or to any natural gas-fired or liquid petroleum gas-fired space or room heater that is equipped with an oxygen depletion safety shut-off system, and that has its fuel piped from a source outside the building in which it is located, that are approved by an authoritative source recognized by the State Fire Marshal in the State Fire Code adopted by him or her under R.C. § 3737.82.
(E) The State Fire Marshal may make rules to ensure the safe use of unvented kerosene, natural gas, or liquid petroleum gas heaters exempted from division (A) above when used in assembly buildings, business buildings, high hazard buildings, institutional buildings, mercantile buildings, and type R-1 and R-2 residential buildings, as these groups of buildings are defined in rules adopted by the Board of Building Standards under R.C. § 3781.10. No person shall negligently use, or, being the owner, person in charge or occupant of premises, negligently permit the use of a heater in violation of any rules adopted under this division.
(F) The State Fire Marshal may make rules prescribing standards for written instructions containing ventilation requirements and warning of any potential fire hazards that may occur in using a kerosene, natural gas, or liquid petroleum gas heater. No person shall sell or offer for sale any kerosene, natural gas, or liquid petroleum gas heater unless the manufacturer provides with the heater written instructions that comply with any rules adopted under this division.
(G) No product labeled as a fuel additive for kerosene heaters and having a flash point below 100°F or 37.8°C shall be sold, offered for sale, or used in any kerosene space heater.
(H) No device that prohibits any safety feature on a kerosene, natural gas, or liquid petroleum gas space heater from operating shall be sold, offered for sale, or used in connection with any kerosene, natural gas, or liquid petroleum gas space heater.
(I) No person shall sell or offer for sale any kerosene-fired, natural gas, or liquid petroleum gas-fired heater that is not exempt from division (A) above, unless it is marked conspicuously by the manufacturer on the container with the phrase “Not Approved For Home Use”.
(J) No person shall use a cabinet-type, liquid petroleum gas-fired heater having a fuel source within the heater, inside any building, except as permitted by the State Fire Marshal in the State Fire Code adopted by him or her under R.C. § 3737.82.
(R.C. § 3701.82)
(K) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(R.C. § 3701.99(B)) (Rev. 2005)