Ohio Revised Code Chapter 3737 - Fire Marshal; Fire Safety

• Section 3737.01 - Fire Marshal - Fire Safety Definitions.
  As used in this chapter: (A) "Assistant fire marshal" means any person who is employed by the fire marshal and who carries out specific...
• Section 3737.02 - Fees - Federal Funding.
  (A) The fire marshal may collect fees to cover the costs of performing inspections and other duties that the fire marshal is authorized or...
• Section 3737.03 - Duties Of State Fire Council.
  The state fire council may do all of the following: (A) Conduct research, make and publish reports on fire safety, and recommend to the...
• Section 3737.04 To 3737.13 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-1979
• Section 3737.14 - Right Of Entry.
  (A) The fire marshal, any assistant fire marshal, the chief of the fire department of each municipal corporation where a fire department is established,...
• Section 3737.15 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-1979
• Section 3737.16 - Release Of, Or Request For, Information Relating To Fire Loss By Insurance Company.
  (A) The fire marshal, any assistant fire marshal, the chief of the fire and explosion investigation bureau established pursuant to section 3737.22 of the...
• Section 3737.17 - Small Government Fire Department Services Revolving Loan Program.
  (A) As used in this section, a "qualifying small government" means any of the following: (1) A township that has a population of not...
• Section 3737.18 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 11-22-1973
• Section 3737.19, 3737.20 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-1979
• Section 3737.21 - Appointment, Qualifications Of Fire Marshal - Vacancy.
  (A) The director of the department of commerce shall appoint, from names submitted to the director by the state fire council, a fire marshal,...
• Section 3737.22 - Fire Marshal - Powers And Duties.
  (A) The fire marshal shall do all of the following: (1) Adopt the state fire code under sections 3737.82 to 3737.86 of the Revised...
• Section 3737.221 - Negligent Operation Of Motor Vehicles By Fire Marshal Employees.
  (A) As used in this section, "motor vehicle" has the same meaning as in section 4511.01 of the Revised Code. (B) The office of...
• Section 3737.23 - Record Of All Fires.
  The fire marshal shall keep in his office a record of all fires occurring in the state, the origin of such fires, and all...
• Section 3737.24 - Investigation Of Fire.
  The fire marshal and the chief of the fire department of each municipal corporation in which a fire department is established, the chief of...
• Section 3737.25 - Taking Of Testimony On Oath.
  If in the opinion of the fire marshal further investigation is necessary, he, or an assistant fire marshal, shall take or cause to be...
• Section 3737.26 - Arrest Of Suspect.
  If the fire marshal or an assistant fire marshal determines that there is evidence sufficient to charge a person with arson or a similar...
• Section 3737.27 - Power To Summon And Compel Attendance Of Witnesses.
  The fire marshal or an assistant fire marshal may summon and compel the attendance of witnesses to testify in relation to any matter that...
• Section 3737.28 - Power To Administer Oaths - Refusal To Cooperate.
  The fire marshal or an assistant fire marshal may administer an oath to any person appearing as a witness before the fire marshal or...
• Section 3737.29 - Investigation May Be Private.
  Investigation by or under the direction of the fire marshal may be private. The marshal may exclude from the place where such investigation is...
• Section 3737.31 - Fire Marshal To Report To Superintendent Of Insurance.
  When required by the superintendent of insurance, the fire marshal shall report his proceedings, the progress made in all prosecutions for arson and similar...
• Section 3737.32 - Fire Marshal To Investigate Bombing.
  The fire marshal shall, upon the request of any sheriff or mayor, investigate any bombing and shall work with local law enforcement officials in...
• Section 3737.33 - Ohio Fire Academy.
  The fire marshal shall establish and conduct a training school for firemen, including volunteer firemen, of any political subdivision of the state, and for...
• Section 3737.331 - Arson Seminar Programs.
  The fire marshal, after consultation with prosecuting attorneys of this state selected with due regard for geographic, urban, and rural representation, shall make available...
• Section 3737.34 - Fire Safety Inspector Certificate.
  No person shall serve as a fire safety inspector for any fire agency unless he has received a certificate issued under former section 3303.07...
• Section 3737.41 - Citation To Remedy Dangerous Condition.
  (A) If the fire marshal, an assistant fire marshal, or any certified fire safety inspector, upon an examination or inspection, finds a building or...
• Section 3737.42 - Issuing Citation Or Notice Of Violation.
  (A) If, upon inspection or investigation, the fire marshal, an assistant fire marshal, or a certified fire safety inspector believes that the state fire...
• Section 3737.43 - Notice Of Penalty And Right To Appeal.
  (A) If, after an inspection or investigation, the fire marshal, an assistant fire marshal, or a certified fire safety inspector issues a citation under...
• Section 3737.44 - Injunction - Temporary Restraining Order.
  (A) The courts of common pleas shall have jurisdiction, upon a complaint filed by the fire marshal, an assistant fire marshal, or a certified...
• Section 3737.45 - Failure To Comply With Order.
  If any responsible person fails to comply with an order of the fire marshal, an assistant fire marshal, or a certified fire safety inspector...
• Section 3737.46 - Actions Against Violators.
  Upon the request of the fire marshal, the fire marshal's authorized representative, or a certified fire safety inspector, the attorney general, the legal officer...
• Section 3737.51 - Civil Penalty For Violations.
  (A) No person shall knowingly violate any provision of the state fire code or any order made pursuant to it. (B) Any person who...
• Section 3737.61 - Posting Arson Laws.
  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...
• Section 3737.62 - Negligent Spread Of Fires.
  No person shall set, kindle, or cause to be set or kindled any fire, which through his negligence, spreads beyond its immediate confines to...
• Section 3737.63 - Discovery Of Unfriendly Fire.
  (A) The owner, operator, or lessee, an employee of any owner, operator, or lessee, an occupant, and any person in direct control of any...
• Section 3737.64 - Disclosing Purpose Of Non-official Inspection.
  No person who is not a certified fire safety inspector shall act as such or hold himself out to be such, unless prior to...
• Section 3737.65 - Fire Protection Equipment - Prohibited Activities.
  (A) No person shall sell, offer for sale, or use any fire protection or fire fighting equipment that does not meet the minimum standards...
• Section 3737.66 - Qualifications For Firefighter Or Fire Official.
  (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....
• Section 3737.71 - Additional Tax On Fire Insurance Premiums.
  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 3737.72 - Fire Stations Required To Have Gas Masks.
  (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...
• Section 3737.73 - Prohibition Against Failure To Instruct Pupils In Fire Drills And Tornado Safety Precautions.
  (A) No principal or person in charge of a public or private school or educational institution having an average daily attendance of twenty or...
• Section 3737.80 - Chief Of Fire Department Responsible For Primary Coordination In Emergency Situation.
  In any emergency situation relating to the prevention of an imminent release of a hazardous material, to the cleanup or disposal of a hazardous...
• Section 3737.81 - State Fire Council.
  (A) There is hereby created the state fire council consisting of ten members to be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent...
• Section 3737.82 - Adopting State Fire Code Rules.
  The fire marshal shall adopt a state fire code which shall consist of rules relating to all aspects of fire safety. The rules shall...
• Section 3737.821 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-1996
• Section 3737.83 - Provisions To Be Included In State Fire Code.
  The fire marshal shall, as part of the state fire code, adopt rules to: (A) Establish minimum standards of performance for fire protection equipment...
• Section 3737.831 - Issuance Of Permit For Temporary Structures.
  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...
• Section 3737.832 - Fire And Safety Standars Relating To Shale Oil Processing Premises.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Natural gas processing facilities" means installations, including associated buildings, pipes, valves, tanks, and other equipment, used to...
• Section 3737.84 - Provisions Not To Be Included In State Fire Code.
  (A) The state fire code adopted pursuant to sections 3737.82 and 3737.83 of the Revised Code shall not contain any provision as follows: (1)...
• Section 3737.841 - Fire Safety And Standards Definitions.
  As used in this section and section 3737.842 of the Revised Code: (A) "Public occupancy" means all of the following: (1) Any state correctional...
• Section 3737.842 - Rules For Flammability Standards.
  (A) The state fire marshal shall adopt rules that conform with technical bulletin 133, state of California bureau of home furnishings and thermal insulation,...
• Section 3737.85 - Rules For Giving Notice Or Serving Notice.
  The fire marshal shall, as part of the state fire code, adopt rules for giving notice to or serving a citation or order upon...
• Section 3737.86 - Rule Adoption Procedure.
  (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...
• Section 3737.87 - Underground Storage Tank Definitions.
  As used in sections 3737.87 to 3737.98 of the Revised Code: (A) "Accidental release" means any sudden or nonsudden release of petroleum that was...
• Section 3737.88 - Underground Storage Tank Program And Corrective Action Program For Releases.
  (A) (1) The fire marshal shall have responsibility for implementation of the underground storage tank program and corrective action program for releases of petroleum...
• Section 3737.881 - Certifying Underground Storage Tank Systems Installers.
  (A) The fire marshal shall certify underground storage tank systems installers who meet the standards for certification established in rules adopted under division (D)(1)...
• Section 3737.882 - Confirming Or Disproving Suspected Petroleum Release.
  (A) If, after an examination or inspection, the fire marshal or an assistant fire marshal finds that a release of petroleum is suspected, the...
• Section 3737.883 - Underground Storage Tank Revolving Loan Program.
  (A) As used in this section, "political subdivision" has the same meaning as in section 2744.01 of the Revised Code, but includes a community...
• Section 3737.884 - .
  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...
• Section 3737.89 - Liability For Costs Of Corrective Or Enforcement Action.
  (A) Except when a responsible person can prove that a release of petroleum was caused solely by any one or a combination of an...
• Section 3737.891 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-29-1995
• Section 3737.90 - Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Release Compensation Board.
  (A) There is hereby created the petroleum underground storage tank release compensation board consisting of the treasurer of state and the directors of commerce...
• Section 3737.91 - Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Financial Assurance Fund.
  (A) There is hereby created the petroleum underground storage tank financial assurance fund, which shall be in the custody of the treasurer of state,...
• Section 3737.92 - Purpose Of Fund.
  (A) The petroleum underground storage tank release compensation board created in section 3737.90 of the Revised Code shall use moneys in the petroleum underground...
• Section 3737.93 - Transferor Of Title To Petroleum To Give Notice Of Registration Requirements.
  During the period commencing ninety days after the effective date of this section and ending on January 1, 1991, a person who transfers title...
• Section 3737.94 - Public Policy Governing Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Release Compensation Board.
  (A) It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the state through the operations of the petroleum underground storage tank release compensation...
• Section 3737.941 - Application Of Other Bond Laws.
  The issuance of revenue bonds under sections 3737.90 to 3737.948 of the Revised Code need not comply with any other law applicable to the...
• Section 3737.942 - Securing Revenue Bonds.
  (A) The petroleum underground storage tank release compensation board may secure any revenue bonds issued under sections 3737.90 to 3737.948 of the Revised Code...
• Section 3737.943 - Protection And Enforcement Of Rights Of Bondholder And Trustees.
  Any holder of revenue bonds issued under sections 3737.90 to 3737.948 of the Revised Code, or any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the...
• Section 3737.944 - Bonds Not A Debt Of State.
  Revenue bonds issued under sections 3737.90 to 3737.948 of the Revised Code do not constitute a debt, or a pledge of the faith and...
• Section 3737.945 - Investments.
  Moneys in the funds of the petroleum underground storage tank release compensation board, except as otherwise provided in any resolution authorizing the issuance of...
• Section 3737.946 - Refunding Bonds.
  The petroleum underground storage tank release compensation board may authorize and issue revenue bonds for the refunding of previously issued revenue bonds for either...
• Section 3737.947 - Bonds Are Lawful Investments.
  All revenue bonds issued under sections 3737.90 to 3737.948 of the Revised Code are lawful investments of banks, societies for savings, savings and loan...
• Section 3737.948 - Purpose Of Powers Of Release Compensation Board.
  The exercise of the powers granted by sections 3737.90 to 3737.948 of the Revised Code shall be in all respects for the benefit of...
• Section 3737.95 - Purpose Of Linked Deposit Program.
  The general assembly finds that there exists in the state an inadequate supply of credit and loan financing at affordable interest rates for the...
• Section 3737.96 - Loan Applications.
  (A) An eligible lending institution that desires to receive a petroleum underground storage tank linked deposit shall accept and review applications for loans from...
• Section 3737.97 - Accepting Or Rejecting Loan Package.
  (A) The petroleum underground storage tank release compensation board may accept or reject a petroleum underground storage tank linked deposit loan package or any...
• Section 3737.98 - Lending Funds.
  (A) Upon placement of a petroleum underground storage tank linked deposit with an eligible lending institution, the institution shall lend the funds to each...
• Section 3737.99 - Penalty.
  (A) Whoever violates section 3737.28 of the Revised Code may be summarily punished, by the officer concerned, by a fine of not more than...

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