(A) Fire-resistant materials.
(1) All canvas, curtains, cloth, rope, netting and decorative material shall be rendered flameproof; provided that, flameproofing will not be required where tents are open on one side and have standing capacity only for not exceeding 20 people. A test for flameproofing shall be made of the tent by the Fire Department prior to each erection and on the decorative and other materials before they are attached to or placed therein. In lieu of the tests, the Fire Department may accept a certificate from the manufacturer that the material has been tested by Underwriters’ Laboratories, Inc., or some other recognized laboratory and found to be permanently flameproofed; provided the material has proper identification markings and is not more than three years old or has not been waterproofed subsequently by a process which increases its flammability.
(2) Where tents are used as places of assembly with a capacity of 200 or more persons, the seats, chairs, jacks and other appurtenances, if of wood, must be suitably treated to reduce the fire hazard by a suitable application of a surface treatment or by impregnation.
(B) Smoking prohibited.
(1) Signs posted. Signs prohibiting smoking shall be prominently displayed at all entrances at other locations within any tent used as a place of assembly so that they may be clearly visible to all occupants. Frequent announcement regarding the prohibition shall be made, preferably over a public address system if available.
(2) Containers and attendants at entrances. Suitable noncombustible containers shall be provided at all entrances for the proper disposition of cigar or cigarette butts and pipe dottle, and a uniformed attendant shall be stationed at the locations to advise patrons of the no-smoking regulations.
(C) Motion picture film. No motion picture film of the nitrocellulose type shall be used, stored or exhibited within a tent. Showing shall be restricted to the use of safety film only.
(D) Equipment using gasoline. All equipment using gasoline shall be filled with approved safety cans or by hoses from fixed pumps, from wheeled tanks with pumps or pumped from a tank wagon located not closer than 25 feet to any tent.
(E) Inspections; firefighting apparatus.
(1) The Chief of the Fire Department shall survey, or cause to be surveyed, each tent for which a permit has been granted after it is erected and, if it is to be used as a place of assembly, before it is occupied. He or she shall require the installation of the fire appliances as are deemed necessary and designate their location. The fire appliances may consist of water tanks, pumps, hoses, water buckets, extinguishers and fireproof blankets.
(2) All fire appliances shall be kept in working condition, and all pumps and hoses, when used in connection with tank wagons, shall be inspected and tested, if deemed necessary, prior to the occupancy of the tent. Portable extinguishers and similar appliances shall be properly distributed and readily accessible. It shall be the duty of the owner or manager of each exhibition to properly train sufficient responsible employees in the use of fire equipment so that it can be quickly put in operation; the Chief of the Fire Department may require these employees to prove their fitness.
(Prior Code, § 8-7-5) Penalty, see § 10.99