New York Labor Law Title 3 - FIRE HAZARD

• 260 - Incombustible, Fireproof and Fire-Resisting or Fire-Resistive Material.
  1. "Incombustible material" means material which will not burn or support combustion as determined and specified in the rules of the board. 2. "Fireproof material"...
• 261 - Fire Door.
  "Fire door" means a door constructed of such fire-resisting material as shall be specified in the rules of the board. The board shall determine and...
• 262 - Fireproof Window or Fire Window.
  "Fireproof window" or "fire window" means a window with metal frame and sash, or frame and sash covered with metal, and provided with wired glass...
• 263 - Fireproof Partition or Fire Partition.
  "Fireproof partition" or "fire partition" means a partition built of brick, or concrete, or reinforced concrete, or cinder block, or concrete block, or tile, or...
• 264 - Fireproof Building.
  "Fireproof building" means a building conforming to the following requirements: 1. All exterior walls shall be constructed of brick, or stone, or concrete, or cinder...
• 265 - Fire Wall.
  "Fire wall" means a wall which subdivides a building or separates buildings to restrict the spread of fire, and which starts at the foundation and...
• 266 - Exterior Enclosed Fireproof Stairway.
  "Exterior enclosed fireproof stairway" means a stairway conforming to the following requirements: 1. It shall be completely enclosed from top to bottom by walls of...
• 267 - Horizontal Exit.
  1. "Horizontal exit" means the connection by one or more openings, protected by firedoors, through a fire wall in any building, or through a wall...
• 268 - Exterior Screened Stairway.
  "Exterior screened stairway" means a stairway conforming to the following requirements: 1. It shall be built of incombustible material. 2. The risers of the stairs...
• 269 - Application of Provisions.
  1. The provisions of sections two hundred and sixty-one, two hundred and sixty-two, two hundred and sixty-three, two hundred and sixty-five, two hundred and sixty-six,...
• 270 - Construction of Buildings Erected After October First, Nineteen Hundred and Thirteen.
  No factory shall be conducted in a building erected after October first, nineteen hundred and thirteen, unless such building shall conform to the following requirements:...
• 271 - Requirements for Buildings Erected Before October First, Nineteen Hundred and Thirteen.
  No factory shall be conducted in a building erected before October first, nineteen hundred thirteen, and not occupied or used as a factory building on...
• 272 - Additional Requirements for All Buildings.
  No factory shall be conducted in any building unless such building shall be so constructed, equipped and maintained in all respects as to afford adequate...
• 273 - Fire-Escapes Erected After October First, Nineteen Hundred and Thirteen, on Buildings Theretofore Erected.
  All outside fire-escapes erected after October first, nineteen hundred and thirteen, on buildings theretofore erected and serving as required exits shall conform to the following...
• 274 - Fire-Escapes Erected Before October First, Nineteen Hundred and Thirteen.
  All outside fire-escapes erected before October first, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and serving as required exits under the provisions of section two hundred and seventy-one...
• 275 - Special Laws and Local Ordinances.
  The requirements of sections two hundred and seventy to two hundred and seventy-four, inclusive, are not in substitution for the requirements of any general or...
• 276 - Inspection of Buildings and Approval of Plans.
  1. Inspection of buildings. The officer of any city, village or town having power to inspect buildings therein to determine their conformity to the requirements...
• 277 - Notice of Issue of Local Construction Permit.
  The officer of any city, village or town having power to approve plans for the construction and alteration of buildings shall, immediately upon the issuance...
• 278 - Limitation of Number of Occupants.
  The number of persons who may be employed in a factory building or portion thereof shall be limited to such number as can safely escape...
• 279 - Fire Alarm Signal Systems and Fire Drills.
  1. Fire alarm signal systems. Except as may otherwise be provided by the board in its rules, every factory building over two stories in height...
• 280 - Automatic Fire Extinguishing Systems.
  Every factory building erected before October first, nineteen hundred thirteen, which is more than one story in height and which has any occupancy specified by...
• 281 - Fireproof Receptacles.
  Every factory shall be provided with properly covered fireproof receptacles, the number, style and location of which shall be approved in the city of New...
• 282 - Gas Jets and Other Lights.
  All gas jets and other lights in factories shall be properly enclosed by globes or wire cages or shall be otherwise properly protected in a...
• 283 - Smoking.
  1. No person shall smoke in a factory. A notice of such prohibition stating the penalty for violation thereof shall be kept posted in every...

Last modified: February 3, 2019