Ohio Revised Code Search

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Class B firefighting foam" means a foam that is designed to extinguish a fire caused by flammable liquid. (2) "PFAS chemicals" means a class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom, including perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, that are designed to be fully functional in class B firefighting foam formulations. (3) "Testi...

...The owner, operator, or lessee of any transient residential building shall post the provisions of sections 2909.02 and 2909.03 of the Revised Code 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 set, kindle, or cause to be set or kindled any fire, which through his negligence, spreads beyond its immediate confines to any structure, field, or wood lot.

...(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 Ohio building code, upon the discovery of an unfriendly fire, or upon receiving information that there is an unfriendly fire on the premises, shall immediately, and with all reasonable dispatch and diligence, call or otherwise notify the fire department c...

...No person who is not a certified fire safety inspector shall act as such or hold himself out to be such, unless prior to commencing any inspection function, he discloses the purpose for which he is making such inspection and the fact that he is not employed by any state or local fire service or agency, and that he is not acting in an official capacity for any governmental subdivision or agency.

...(A) No person shall sell, offer for sale, or use any fire protection or fire fighting equipment that does not meet the minimum standards established by the fire marshal in the state fire code. (B) Except for public and private mobile fire trucks, no person shall service, test, repair, or install for profit any fire protection or fire fighting equipment without a certificate or a provisional certificate issued by the...

...(A) As used in this section, "firefighting agency" and "private fire company" have the same meanings as in section 9.60 of the Revised Code. (B) No person shall claim to the public to be or act as a firefighter, volunteer firefighter, member of a fire department, chief of a fire department, or fire prevention officer unless the person is recognized as a firefighter, volunteer firefighter, member of a fire department...

...Each insurance company doing business in this state shall pay to the state in installments, at the time of making the payments required by section 5729.05 of the Revised Code, in addition to the taxes required to be paid by it, three-fourths of one per cent on the gross premium receipts derived from fire insurance and that portion of the premium reasonably allocable to insurance against the hazard of fire included in...

...(A) "Gas mask" means any self-contained oxygen breathing apparatus using oxygen or air in suitable containers that enable their wearers to live in atmospheres containing less than sixteen per cent oxygen and poisonous gases in excess of two per cent by volume and having been approved by the United States bureau of mines for use in irrespirable atmospheres. (B) Every political subdivision which operates a fire depart...

...(A) No principal or person in charge of a public or private school or educational institution having an average daily attendance of twenty or more pupils, and no person in charge of any children's home or orphanage housing twenty or more minor persons, shall willfully neglect to instruct and train such children by means of drills or rapid dismissals, so that such children in a sudden emergency may leave the building ...

...In any emergency situation relating to the prevention of an imminent release of a hazardous material, to the cleanup or disposal of a hazardous material that has been released, or to the related mitigation of the effects of a release of a hazardous material, the chief of the fire department in whose jurisdiction the emergency situation is occurring or his designee is responsible for primary coordination of the on-sce...

...(A) There is hereby created the state fire council consisting of ten members to be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The fire marshal or chief deputy fire marshal, a representative designated by the department of public safety who has tenure in fire suppression, and a representative designated by the board of building standards shall be ex officio members. Of the initial appoi...

...The fire marshal shall adopt a state fire code which shall consist of rules relating to all aspects of fire safety. The rules shall be the minimum standards for safeguarding life and property from fire and explosion, and the fire marshal may, in adopting these rules, incorporate by reference existing published standards as well as amendments thereto subsequently published by the same authority. The fire code shall in...

...onsultation with the director of mental health and addiction services and interested parties designated by the director of mental health and addiction services.

...The state fire code adopted pursuant to sections 3737.82 and 3737.83 of the Revised Code shall contain a provision directing the fire marshal to issue any permit that is required for any temporary membrane structure, tent, or canopy located on state-owned property or used for an event sponsored by a state agency, unless the fire marshal directs the person seeking the permit to obtain the permit from the appropriate l...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Natural gas processing facilities" means installations, including associated buildings, pipes, valves, tanks, and other equipment, used to separate various fluids, hydrocarbons, natural gas liquids, and impurities from the raw natural gas, manufacturing residue gas suitable for transmission and distribution to end users. (2) "Natural gas liquids fractionation facilities" mea...

...(A) As used in this section, "retail establishment" means a place of business open to the general public for the sale of goods or services. (B) If the fire code official having jurisdiction over a retail establishment, including a retail establishment that is under construction and not yet open to the public, is unable to conduct an inspection or issue a permit required by the state fire code adopted pursuant to s...

...olation of the "Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970," 84 Stat. 1590, 29 U.S.C.A. 651, or the "Consumer Product Safety Act of 1972," 86 Stat. 1207, 15 U.S.C.A. 2051; (4) Regulating manufacturers or manufacturing facilities with respect to occupational hazards where they are subject to regulation by the federal occupational safety and health administration; (5) That is inconsistent with, or in conflict with, r...

...al licensed by the department of mental health and addiction services under section 5119.33 of the Revised Code, and any institution, hospital, or other place established, controlled, or supervised by the department of mental health and addiction services under Chapter 5119. of the Revised Code; (3) Any nursing home, residential care facility, or home for the aging as defined in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code...

...(A) The state fire marshal shall adopt rules that conform with technical bulletin 133, state of California bureau of home furnishings and thermal insulation, establishing flammability testing procedures and flammability standards for seating furniture used in public occupancies and rules he considers necessary for the administration and enforcement of this section. The rules shall not require any manufacturer of seat...

...The fire marshal shall, as part of the state fire code, adopt rules for giving notice to or serving a citation or order upon a responsible person, to assure that: (A) The owner of a building or premises receives notice before any action is taken with respect to that building or premises; (B) The person responsible by law for a violation of the state fire code receives notice of such violation; (C) The person respo...

...(A) As used in this section, "rule" includes the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any rule by the fire marshal under sections 3737.82 to 3737.86 of the Revised Code, regardless of whether or not the rule is included in the state fire code. (B) The fire marshal shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. In adopting rules, the fire marshal shall consider and make appropriate findings...

... any action necessary to protect human health and the environment in the event of a release of petroleum into the environment, including, without limitation, any action necessary to monitor, assess, and evaluate the release. In the instance of a suspected release, "corrective action" includes, without limitation, an investigation to confirm or disprove the occurrence of the release. In the instance of a confirm...

...(A) The state fire marshal shall certify underground storage tank systems installers who meet the standards for certification established in rules adopted under division (D)(1) of this section, pass the certification examination required by this division, and pay the certificate fee established in rules adopted under division (D)(5) of this section. Any individual who wishes to obtain certification as an installer sh...

...On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the state fire marshal shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a certificate issued pursuant to section 3737.34, 3737.65, 3737.83, or 3737.881 of the Revised Code.