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a. Fire alarm telegraph companies.
1. Compensation to be paid to city. All persons engaged in the maintenance and operation of auxiliary fire alarm telegraph systems from which rent, profit or compensation is derived, and which are connected with the fire alarm telegraph system maintained by the city, or who, for the benefit of their patrons, are permitted to make any use whatsoever of the service of such fire alarm telegraph system shall pay such reasonable compensation to the city for such privilege and for such period of time as shall be fixed by the board of estimate on the recommendation of the commissioner.
2. Acquisition by department. The commissioner is authorized and empowered to extend the department's fire alarm telegraph system whenever in his or her judgment it shall be deemed desirable, by the purchase, lease or license of the whole or a part or parts of the appliance, apparatus, equipment, patents, licenses, franchises, rights, contracts or other property of any kind, of any fire alarm telegraph or fire alarm signal company doing business in the city, at a price to be agreed upon with the persons or corporation owning the same, and every such corporation is hereby authorized to sell, lease or license the same to the city. Such purchase, lease or license shall first be approved by the board of estimate, and if so approved, shall be made through the department of general services.
b. Private connection with fire alarm telegraph system.
1. May be required by commissioner. The owners and proprietors of all multiple dwellings, factories, office buildings, warehouses, stores and offices, theatres and music halls, and the authorities or persons having charge of all hospitals and asylums, and of the public schools and other public buildings, churches and other places where large numbers of persons are congregated for purposes of worship, instruction or amusement, and of all piers, bulkheads, wharves, pier sheds, bulkhead sheds or other waterfront structures, shall provide such means of communicating alarms of fire to the department as the commissioner may prescribe. Any person who shall violate, or refuse, or neglect to comply with this provision shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by both; and any such person shall, also, for each offense, be subject to the payment of a penalty in the sum of two hundred fifty dollars, to be recovered in a civil action brought in the name of the commissioner.
2. Inspection and maintenance. The commissioner shall have the power to enter in person or by his or her duly authorized employees, the buildings or premises which are provided, upon the application of the owners or agents thereof, or which are directed by the commissioner to be provided, with the means of communicating alarms of fire directly to the department, for the purpose of maintaining, repairing, examining or installing the same. The commissioner is authorized to fix and collect reasonable charges for the maintenance and equipment of such special fire alarm service thus provided, and such moneys when collected by the commissioner shall be paid into the general fund.
c. Interior fire alarms.
1. Automatic fire alarms. In every hotel, lodging house, public or private hospital or asylum, department store, and public school, there shall be placed and provided, when required by the commissioner, an adequate and reliable electrical or other interior alarm system, to be approved by the commissioner, by means of which alarms of fire or other danger may be instantly communicated to every portion of the building. The fire alarm apparatus and all other appliances placed or kept within any of such buildings for the purpose of preventing or extinguishing fires, or for affording means of escape therefrom in case of fire, shall be kept at all times in good working order and proper condition for immediate use, and any member of the uniformed force or authorized representative of the department may enter any of such buildings, at any time, for the purpose of inspecting such apparatus or appliances.
2. Building attendants. In every building used or occupied as a hotel, lodging house or public or private hospital or asylum, there shall be employed by the owner or proprietor, or other person having the charge or management thereof, one or more building attendants, whose exclusive duty it shall be to visit every portion of such building at regular and frequent intervals, under rules and regulations to be established by the commissioner, for the purpose of detecting fire, or other sources of danger, and giving timely warning thereof to the inmates of the building. There shall be provided a clock or other device, to be approved by the commissioner, by means of which the movements of such building attendant may be recorded. The commissioner may, however, in his or her discretion, accept an automatic fire alarm system in lieu of such building attendants and time detectors.
3. Diagrams of means of exit. In any of the buildings referred to in paragraphs one and two of this subdivision, there shall be posted such cards as the commissioner shall direct upon which shall be printed a diagram showing the exits, halls, stairways, elevators and fire escapes of the building, and, in the halls and passageways, such signs as the commissioner shall direct shall be posted indicating the location of the stairs and fire escapes.
The commissioner, in cases where provision is not otherwise made by law, is empowered in his or her discretion to require and compel the regular and periodical performance of a fire drill, including instruction and practice in the use of means of exit, alarm systems, and fire prevention or extinguishing methods and equipment, in all buildings, structures, enclosures, vessels, places and premises where numbers of persons work, live or congregate, except multiple dwellings.
a. This section shall be known as and may be cited as the "The Ariel Russo Emergency 9-1-1 Response Time Reporting Act".
b. The department shall track the duration of time between a report to a 911 operator to which fire units or ambulances are required to respond and the time when the first fire unit, which shall include ladders and engines only, or the first ambulance unit, arrives on scene in the following categories:
(1) Average response time to structural fires;
(2) Average response time to non-structural fires;
(3) Average response time to non-fire emergencies;
(4) Average response time to medical emergencies by ambulance units, in total and disaggregated by segment;
(5) Average response time to medical emergencies by fire units, in total and disaggregated by segment;
(6) Percentage of response time to Advanced Life Support medical emergencies by Advanced Life support ambulances, in total and disaggregated by segment, in the following categories: (i) less than 6 minutes, (ii) between 6 and 10 minutes, (iii) between 10 and 20 minutes, and (iv) more than 20 minutes; and
(7) Percentage of response time to structural and non-structural fires by fire units in the following categories: (i) less than 5 minutes, (ii) between 5 and 10 minutes, (iii) between 10 and 20 minutes, and (iv) more than 20 minutes.
c. The department shall submit a monthly and yearly report to the council and to the mayor that it shall also post on its website, detailing the citywide response times for each category required herein, disaggregated by borough, community district, and division. Each such report shall include the department's most current definitions of all relevant segments.
d. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Advanced life support unit. The term "advanced life support unit" means an advanced life support ambulance or first responder unit.
Division. The term "division" means any division as defined by the department.
Life threatening medical emergency. The term "life threatening medical emergency" means any emergency categorized by the department as a life threatening medical emergency.
(Am. L.L. 2017/179, 9/24/2017, eff. 10/24/2017)
a. The department, in consultation with the department of citywide administrative services, shall submit to the council and post on the department's website, on or before the effective date of the local law that added this section, a report containing the following information:
1. The total number of applicants for the 2012 open-competitive firefighter civil service examination and promotion to firefighter civil service examination, and the number of applicants who:
(a) Took the computer-based portion of such examination;
(b) Achieved a passing score on the computer-based portion of such examination;
(c) Were invited to take the physical portion of such examination;
(d) Took or began to take the physical portion of such examination;
(e) Passed the physical portion of such examination;
(f) Were invited to participate in the department's 1.5 mile pre-appointment run testing or substitute cardio-pulmonary testing;
(g) Were not offered appointment to the probationary firefighter school based on the results of the pre-appointment 1.5 mile run or substitute cardio-pulmonary testing;
(h) Were offered appointment to each probationary firefighter school class that commenced prior to the effective date of the local law that added this section;
(i) Accepted appointment to each class identified in subparagraph (h) of this paragraph;
(j) Participated in the final 1.5 mile run or substitute cardio-pulmonary testing prior to graduating from the probationary firefighter school;
(k) Failed to graduate from the probationary firefighter school based on the results of the final 1.5 mile run or substitute cardio-pulmonary testing;
(l) Failed to graduate from each class identified in subparagraph (h) of this paragraph on the grounds that they could not adequately complete the functional skills training or any successor physical training or testing;
(m) Graduated from each class identified in subparagraph (h) of this paragraph; and
(n) Did not graduate from each class identified in subparagraph (h) of this paragraph.
2. The data provided pursuant to paragraph one of this subdivision shall be disaggregated by gender and by race or ethnicity.
b. On or before March 1 of each year, the department, in consultation with the department of citywide administrative services, shall submit to the council and post on the department's website a report containing the following information for the preceding calendar year:
1. The number of applicants for each open-competitive firefighter civil service examination and promotion to firefighter civil service examination administered on or after the effective date of the local law that added this section, and the number of applicants who:
(a) Took the computer-based portion of such examination;
(b) Achieved a passing score on the computer-based portion of such examination;
(c) Were invited to take the physical portion of such examination;
(d) Took or began to take the physical portion of such examination;
(e) Passed the physical portion of such examination;
(f) Were invited to participate in the department's 1.5 mile pre-appointment run testing or substitute cardio-pulmonary testing;
(g) Were not offered appointment to the probationary firefighter school based on the results of the pre-appointment 1.5 mile run or substitute cardio-pulmonary testing;
(h) Were offered appointment to each probationary firefighter school class that commenced after the effective date of the local law that added this section;
(i) Accepted appointment to each probationary firefighter school class identified in subparagraph (h) of this paragraph;
(j) Participated in the final 1.5 mile run or substitute cardio-pulmonary testing prior to graduating from the probationary firefighter school;
(k) Failed to graduate from the probationary firefighter school based on the results of the final 1.5 mile run or substitute cardio-pulmonary testing;
(l) Failed to graduate from each class identified in subparagraph (h) of this paragraph on the grounds that they could not adequately complete the functional skills training or any successor physical training or testing;
(m) Graduated from each class identified in subparagraph (h) of this paragraph; and
(n) Did not graduate from each class identified in subparagraph (h) of this paragraph.
2. The data provided pursuant to paragraph one of this subdivision shall be reported in total and disaggregated by gender and by race or ethnicity.
c. The following information shall be provided on March 1 of each year for the preceding calendar year:
1. The department's expenditures on recruiting candidates for the open-competitive firefighter civil service examination and promotion to firefighter civil service examination;
2. A list of the recruiting events in which the department has participated for the open-competitive firefighter civil service examination; and
3. A list of the preparatory materials for firefighter applicants the department has prepared to help candidates for the open-competitive firefighter civil service examination and promotion to firefighter civil service examination.
(L.L. 2015/049, 6/2/2015, eff. 8/1/2015)
a. No later than April 1 of each year, the department shall submit to the mayor and the council, and post on the department's website, a report indicating the following:
(1) Whether a smoke detector or alarm was found at the location of any fire in which there was a civilian fire fatality or life-threatening injury during the preceding calendar year. For each fire in which there was a civilian fire fatality or life-threatening injury where a smoke detector or alarm was found, such report shall indicate the technology used by such smoke detector or alarm and whether such smoke detector or alarm was operational, provided that such information can be ascertained. Such report may also include any other information relevant in determining the role of smoke detectors or alarms in any fire in which there was a civilian fire fatality or life-threatening injury.
(2) Whether a fire sprinkler was found at the location of any fire greater than a first alarm fire during the preceding calendar year. For each fire greater than a first alarm fire in which a fire sprinkler was found, such report shall indicate whether such sprinkler was operational and activated during such incident, provided that it is possible for the department to obtain such information. For purposes of this subdivision, "first alarm fire" means a fire to which the fire department deploys three or fewer fire engines.
b. The department shall ascertain from the office of the chief medical examiner the cause of death for any civilian fire fatality, as defined by such office. The report required by subdivision a of this section shall be disaggregated by each type of such cause.
(L.L. 2017/020, 2/15/2017, eff. 2/15/2017; Am. L.L. 2019/130, 7/14/2019, eff. 11/11/2019)
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