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## A BYLAW OF THE TOWN OF BLAINE LAKE IN THE PROVINCE OF SASKAICHEWAN RESPECTING FIRE PREVENTION.
The Council of the Town of Blaine Lake in the Province of Saskatchewan:, enacts as follons:
## I. In this bylaw:
- 1) "Chief" means the Chief of the Fire Department or such other person who may be appointed by the Council to carry out the provisions of
- 2) "Local Assistant to the Fire Commissioner" means the Chief or Acting Chief of the Fire Department appointed by Council or the Secretary Treasurer of a village or Town Clerk of a tom, where no Chi i has been appointed, or the Secretary Treasurer of the municipality and Io I.D. Inspector.
- 3) "Permit" means the written authority of the Fire Chief issued pursuant to this bylaw.
## General Precautions Arainst Fire
- 2.1) No waste paper, hay, straw, shavings, excelsior or other flamnable material shall be allowed to accumulate in any building, yard or premises unless placed in a covered metal receptacle or in a fireproof room provided with fire doors. All such material, if not so placed, shall be removed or destroyed at the close of each business day.
- 2) No uncovered hay, straw or accumulation of flammable material shall be placed within 200 feet of any building.
- 3) The burning of rubbish or flamable waste material shall not be kindler within 75 feet of any building except by permit from the Fire Chief; and any such burning shall be done between sunrise and 8 P.M. when a competent person shall be constantly in charge of the fire until it is The burning shall be in a properly constructed brick or metallic burner covered with a suitable 1/8" wire mesh or in an Incinerator of a design approved by the Fire Chief.
- 4) All ashes, when deposited within a building, shall be placed in a noncombustible container and shall not be placed on a combustible floor add, when deposited outside, shall be placed at least 15 feet from any wooden structure or other conbustible material or placed in a non-conbustible contalner or pit.
- 5) No person shall start the burning of straw, weeds, grass, or fire a stubble field until a permit has been obtained from the Fire Chief or other designated official of the municipality, and no such permit shall be issued unless the applicant undertakes to see that the fire is kept under complete control at all times; that a competent person shall be constantly in charge of the fire until it is extinguished; and that smoke shall not create a traffic hazard on any public highway.
## Stoves, Furnaces, etc.
- 3.1) The distance between any range, heater, furnace or other similiar apparatus in which a fire burning solid fuel is used and any woodwork or other combustible material or structure within a building shall be at least 18", provided that for hotels, schools, rooming houses, apartment blocks, restaurants, hospitals, theatres, or other places of publie assembly, the distance shall be increased to 24 inches. Radiant heaters must have a minimum distance of 48" clearance in front and 36" clearance on the sides and rear. Where a metal shield with a clear circulative air space of at least 2" between the shield and the woodwork or other combustible material or structure 1s provided, the foregoing distance may be reduced by one-half.
- 2) Every stove or range with legs, using solid fuel, shall be set on noncombustible insulated floor board which shall extend at least 18" in front.
- 3) Every Iom pressure heating holler, laundry stove, portable oven or stove, range or stove, without legs, using solid fuel, shall rest upon a noncombustible base of 4" hollow masonry units arranged to allow air circulation from one side to the other, and covered with sheet metal, not less than ,022 inches (25 guage) thick.
- 4) The overhead clearances between heating boilers or hot air furnaces and wood, wood lath and plaster, or other combustible ceilings, shall be at least 18" unless the conbustible ceiling is protected with .0136 inch (29 guage) sheet metal spaced out one inch on non-combustible spacers, in which case the distance may be reduced to 9 inches.
- 5) All warm air heating units and related equipment must be installed and conform to provincial regulations governing installation of gas and 01lfired equipment and The National Building Code of Canada in the case of solid fuel fired equipment.
## Smoke Pipes
- 4.1) Every smoke pipe shall have a minimum clearance of 18" to combustible construction whether plastered or unplastered, except where the combustible construction is protected as described in the following table:
- 2) No snoke pipe shall pass through a combustible floor or ceiling. No smoke pipe shall pass through a combustible partition wall except through a ventilated metal thimble surrounded with masonry having e thickness of one-half the diameter of the pipe and the same depth as the partition wall. The metal thimble shall be constructed to provide a ventilated air space of at least 2" around the pipe and protected from all voodwork by asbestos.
- than this size, the following table must be used:
| Type of Protection | Clearance with protection (inches) |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 1/4" asbestos millboard spaced out I" by non-combustible material | 12 |
| 0.0136" sheet metal on 1/4" asbestos m1l1board | 12 |
| 0.136" sheet metal spaced out 1" by non-combustible materíal | 9 |
| 0.136" sheet metal on 1/8" asbestos millboard spaced out 1"' by non-combustible material | 9 |
| 1 1/2" asbestos-cement covering on flue pipe or breeching | 9 |
| 0.0282" sheet metal on 1" mineral wool batts reinforced with wire mesh or equivalent | 3 |
| Diameter | U.S. Gauge |
|-----------------|--------------|
| 10 to 12 inches | 22 |
| 14 to 16 inches | 20 |
| 16 to 20 inches | 18 |
| over 20 inches | 16 |
## Chimneys
- 5.1) (a) Al1 chimeys shall be constructed in accordance with the provisions of subsection (2) of this section and, where any chimney is declared unsafe by the Fire Chief, it shall be made safe by repair or taken down and rebullt.
- (b) A suitable clean-out shall be provided near the base of every chimney and all flue and clean-out holes, when not in use, shall be closed with well secured non-combustible stoppers.
- (c) Every chimney connected to an applicance using solid or liquid fuel shall be cleaned at least once every year.
- 2) (a) Chimneys shall be of brick or concrete construction and the walls thereo! shall be at least g" in thickness and lined throughout ulth tile. All bricks shall be laid flat In mortar with all joints filled. Chimneys servicing one and two family dwellings shall be at least 4" in thickness and be tile lined.
- (b) Every chinney shall project at least 3 feet above the point of contact with a flat roof, or 2 feet above the ridge of a pitched roof and, where carried to a height greater than 8 feet above the roof, it shall be braced with iron rods. A stone, concrete, or metal cap shall be applied to the top of each chimney.
- (c) All chimneys from high-pressure boilers or furnaces and all snoke flues from bakers' ovens, large commercial cooking ranges or laundry stoves and similar commercial and industrial appliances shall be at least 8" in thickneas and be lined throughout with chinney
- (d) All masonry chimneys shall have foundations of masonry or concrete which shall extend down to the level of the foundation wall footing surrounding the area where the chimney is located.
- (e) Prefabricated chimneys pay be used providing they have been listed and labelled by a recognized testing laboratory as being reasonably free from fire hazard and installed according to manufacturers" specifications.
- (f) Flues servicing gas appliances must comply with the provincial regulations governing the installation of gas piping, equipment and venting.
## Storage of Explosives
- 6.1) All dynamite, blasting powder and similar explosive material shall be stored in receptacles complying with the Regulations passed by the Governo General in Council under the Explosives Act (Canada) and shall be stored in compliance vith such regulations provided that no such material shall be stared within 15 feet of any stairway or elevator or placed in such a position as to render egress fron a building hazardous in case of fire.
- 2) The quantity of explosive material so stored shall not exceed 25 pounds.
- 3) Any larger quantity than 25 pounds may be stored only in accordance with the regulations referred to in sub-section (1) hereof.
## Provincial Regulations
The regulations under The Fire Prevention Act named herein shall apply with respect to:
- (1) The Storage and Handling of Flanmable Liquids.
- (2) To Provide Safety to Life from Fire and Panic in Hotels.
- (3) Governing the Approval, Sale, Installation and Maintenance of 011 Burners and 01l Burning Equipment and Appliances using Flammable Liquid as Fuel.
- (4) Hospital Fire Regulations.
- (5) Governing Fire Safety in Educational Buildings.
The Saskatchewan Electrical and Gas Inspection Act governing electrical equipment and installation of gas piping, equipment and venting.
## Persons Present at a Fire
- 1) No person shall drive any vehicle over any hose while in use or about to be used at any fire or which has been used or laid to be used at a fire or a fire practice.
- 2) No person shall in any way impede or hinder any fireman, or other person who shall be assisting at the extinguishing of any fire, or who may be engaged in other duties connected therewith.
- 3) No person shall obstruct, hinder or delay any fire equipment while the same is proceeding to a fire; and every person travelling, riding, or driving on any street or place along which any fire apparatus is proceeding to a fire, shall yield the right of way to the same.
## Duties of Fire Chief
It shall be the duty of the Fire Chief:
- 1) Io save life and property endangered by fire, and to foster flre prevention.
- 2) Io be the director of operations at and to regulate the conduct of all persons present at or assisting in the suppression of a fire..
- 3) To keep a permanent record of all fires and causes thereof and to make a monthly written report thereon to the Council.
- 4) To keep a permanent record of all orders issued to remedy fire hazardous conditions and to make a monthly vritten report thereon to the Council.
- 5) To Investigate all fires in order to ascertain the cause, origin and other circunstances thereof.
- 6) To notify the Fire Coumissioner Immediately of any fire of a suspicious nature, any major outbreak of fire, or of any death caused by fire.
- 7) To train the nemberg of the fire brigade, making them familiar with all fire apparatus and the use thereof by holding practices at least once monthly.
- 8) To make a general fire inspection of the business districts at least once a year and other districts as considered necessary for the purpose of ascertaining any violation of the provisions of this bylaw or the Fire Prevention Act and all regulations thereunder; and to order the remedying or the removal of any condition likely to cause a fire.
## Special Authorities of Fire Chief
- 10.1) The Fire Chief may call upon all or any person to assist in the suppression of a fire and all persons called upon shall obey the commands of the Fire Chief or other officer in charge.
- 2) The Chief, or other officer in charge of a fire, may prescribe the limits within which no person or vehicle shall be permitted, and shall have power to close any street or lane to the public for the duration of the fire and related operations.
- The Fire Chief may order the pulling down or demolition of buildings or other erections when deemed necessary to prevent the spread of fire; praided thi pree dediber the or deal not be led foret be demolition purposes.
## Compensation for Denolition
- Where action 1s taken as provided by sub-section (3) of Section 10 hereof, compensation shall be provided by the Council for 1osB or damage austained by reason of the said pulling down or demolítion.
## General Penalty
12. Any person found guilty of an infraction of any of the provisions of this bylaw shall be liable to the penalties provided in the general penalty bylaw of the Town of Blaine Lake.
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Introduced and Read a firet time this both day oftemke. 198%.
Read a second time this Bath day of Awler, 198i.
Read a third time and passed this 8th day of Decembe, 198L.
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MAYOR
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TOWN ADMINISTRATOR
Certified a true copy of a bylaw adopted by resolution of the Council on the 8th of December A.D., 1981.
TÓWN ADMINISTRATOR:
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