15-4-680 Fireguard license.

   Any person who desires employment as a special fireguard shall make application for a license to the fire commissioner.

   To receive such license the applicant must:

      (a)   Be of legal age, have temperate habits and be mentally competent;

      (b)   Not have any record of conviction for a felony charge;

      (c)   Be able to speak and understand the English language;

      (d)   Produce evidence of his employment or occupation and residence for the previous two years;

      (e)   Pass a written examination conducted by the issuing officer upon the laws and ordinances governing fire protection, operation of first aid fire equipment, upon the hazards and duties incident to the supervision of the safety of the persons and property to be accommodated, and any other related fire prevention items;

      (f)   Not have had any such certificate revoked;

      (g)   Furnish with the application for license two unmounted photographs of the applicant, no less than two inches by three inches, one of which shall be attached to the application, the other to the license when issued.

   The fire commissioner shall examine all persons who seek employment as special fireguards; as to their qualifications and fitness for the duties for which they seek to be employed; and whenever the fire commissioner finds any such applicant to be competent, the fire commissioner shall, upon payment of $20.00 by the applicant to the comptroller, issue a license to such applicant. The fire commissioner may suspend for a period not to exceed 30 days or revoke any license at any time when the fire commissioner finds any special fireguard to be incompetent, inefficient or neglectful of the duties required of such special fireguard by the provisions of this Code. If such a license is revoked, the holder thereof, upon written request made to the fire commissioner, shall be given a hearing before said fire commissioner within 30 days after such revocation. No person shall employ anyone as a special fireguard whose license has been revoked or suspended.

(Prior code § 90-66; Amend Coun. J. 12-15-92, p. 27387; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. I, § 11; Amend Coun. J. 5-18-16, p. 24131, § 93)

15-4-690 Submission of floor plan.

   The promoter, show manager, or person in charge of any show, display, convention, contest, exhibition or similar activity shall submit in triplicate a diagram to the fire commissioner for approval, before any space is let and not less than 60 days prior to the opening of such event, indicating the arrangement of each booth, display area, aisles, means of exit and fire protection equipment. The diagram shall also show the amount and the type of drapes, hangings and other materials used for decorations or separations. One copy of the approved diagram shall be returned to the person in charge of such event and the others retained by the fire commissioner.

(Prior code § 90-67; Amend Coun. J. 5-18-16, p. 24131, § 94)

15-4-700 Submission of show description.

   The promoter, show manager or person in charge of any show, display convention, contest, exhibition or similar activity shall submit to the fire commissioner a statement indicating the nature of the exhibits and especially those exhibits where flammable liquids, fume or explosion hazard gases, flammable materials and similar materials are intended to be used. All such exhibits shall comply with the applicable fire prevention provisions of this Code.

(Prior code § 90-68; Amend Coun. J. 5-18-16, p. 24131, § 95)

15-4-710 Storage of combustibles.

   Combustible packing cases or cartons shall not be stored behind or between exhibit booths or behind draperies.

(Prior code §  90-69)

ARTICLE XII. STAGE FIREMEN AND FIREGUARDS (15-4-720 et seq.)

15-4-720 Requirements.

   It shall be the duty of every person conducting, operating or maintaining any theater which is used regularly for motion picture, theatrical or vaudeville purposes and having a seating capacity of 300 or more persons, to procure and keep at his, their or its own expense, one adult male person as a special stage fireman and one adult male person as a fireguard, who shall wear such uniforms and badges as the fire commissioner may prescribe.

   Such special stage fireman shall be kept on duty by every such person at every such theater conducted by him at least thirty minutes prior to the commencement of every performance and continuously thereafter during the entire time of such performance and until the entire audience shall have left the building; provided, however, that there shall be no necessity for the employment of a special stage fireman where the stage portion of any building is less than 72 square feet in area.

(Prior code § 90-70; Amend Coun. J. 5-18-16, p. 24131, § 96)

15-4-730 Duties of stage firemen.

   It shall be the duty of the special stage fireman to see that all fire appliances on stage and above and below it, in the dressing rooms and throughout the basement of every such building used as theater are in their proper places and in good working order, that the tanks supplying the standpipes and sprinkler system are full of water; and that any ventilator above the stage is in good working order, to be determined by actually opening such ventilator(s) at least once in every two weeks. The result of such test shall be noted in daily reports hereinafter described. Such special stage firemen shall make daily reports in duplicate, in such manner and form as the fire commissioner shall prescribe which report shall be countersigned by the fireguard. The original of the said report shall be forwarded each day to the fire commissioner and the duplicate thereof shall be delivered to the owner of the theater where such special stage fireman is employed or to the person having the management thereof. Said special stage fireman shall be subject to the orders of the fire commissioner during such time as the theater shall be opened to or occupied by the public.

(Prior code § 90-71; Amend Coun. J. 5-18-16, p. 24131, § 97)