CHAPTER 91:  FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION
Section
   91.01   Interference with firefighters; false alarms
   91.02   Riding on Fire Department apparatus
   91.03   Congregating at fires
   91.04   Fire Prevention Code
   91.05   Open burning
   91.06   Fire Chief
 
   91.99   Penalty
§ 91.01  INTERFERENCE WITH FIREFIGHTERS; FALSE ALARMS.
   (A)   As provided in G.S. § 58-82-1, no person may willfully interfere in any manner with firefighters engaged in the performance of their duties.
   (B)   As provided in G.S. § 14-286, no person may wantonly and willfully give a false alarm or damage fire alarm, detection or extinguishing equipment.
(Prior Code, § 12-1)  Penalty, see § 91.99
§ 91.02  RIDING ON FIRE DEPARTMENT APPARATUS.
   No person other than a member of the Fire Department may mount or ride upon any fire engine, wagon or apparatus before it leaves the station or while on its way to or from a fire or at any other time, except by permission of the driver or officer in command.
(Prior Code, § 12-2)  Penalty, see § 91.99
§ 91.03  CONGREGATING AT FIRES.
   It shall be unlawful for persons to congregate on the streets, sidewalks or other areas adjacent to a fire so as to interfere with the operations of members of the Fire Department.
(Prior Code, § 12-3)  Penalty, see § 91.99
§ 91.04  FIRE PREVENTION CODE.
   (A)   Adoption of A.I.A. Fire Prevention Code.
      (1)   The current edition of the Fire Prevention Code recommended by the American Insurance Association is hereby adopted by reference, subject to the additions and modifications set forth in this section. The term “municipality”, as used in the Fire Protection Code, shall mean the “Town of Stoneville” and the term “Corporation Counsel” shall mean the “Town Attorney”.
      (2)   The A.I.A. Fire Protection Code, herein adopted by reference, shall not apply to the extent that any of its provisions are superseded or preempted by the North Carolina State Building Code.
      (3)   A copy of the A.I.A. Fire Protection Code shall be made available to any person requesting it at the office of the Town Clerk.
(Prior Code, § 12-9)
   (B)   Modifications to A.I.A. Fire Prevention Code.  The district within which the regulations contained in the following sections of the Fire Prevention Code shall apply is hereby established as the entire Town of Stoneville:
      (1)   Section 126.5b: storage of explosives and blasting agents;
      (2)   Section 13.3a: manufacture and storage of fireworks;
      (3)   Section 16.22a: storage of flammable liquids in outside aboveground tanks;
      (4)   Section 16.61: new bulk plants for flammable or combustible liquids; and
      (5)   Section 21.6: bulk storage of liquefied petroleum gases.
(Prior Code, § 12-10)
§ 91.05  OPEN BURNING.
   (A)   Except as provided in division (D) below, no person may burn or cause to be burned any material outside of a building without a permit issued by the Fire Chief.
   (B)   The Fire Chief shall issue the permit, authorizing the named applicant to burn specified materials at a designated location on a specified date, if he or she finds that the applicant will comply with the requirements of division (C) below and that no atmospheric conditions or other local circumstances exist that would make the requested burning hazardous.
   (C)   Burning shall be permitted only on property owned or occupied by the person doing the burning, or his or her agent, and only in accordance with the terms of the permit. Burning shall not be allowed within 50 feet of any structure, except as provided in division (D) below. No outside burning shall be allowed within the primary fire district. Outdoor fires shall be constantly attended, and the person in charge shall have a garden hose or other fire extinguishing equipment readily available for use.
   (D)   Outdoor burning of trash, leaves, grass and the like on property owned or occupied by the person doing the burning is permissible without a permit if done within a container approved by the Fire Chief, so long as the container is located not less than 15 feet from any structure.
   (E)   Nothing in this section shall relieve any person of the requirements of any other provision of law governing outdoor burning or pollution from burning.
(Prior Code, § 12-11)  (Ord. passed 4-21-1998)  Penalty, see § 91.99
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