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## BYLAW NO. 9/88
## A BYLAW OF THE VILLAGE OF BUENA VISTA RESPECTING FIRE PREVENTION
The Council of the Village of Buena Vista in the Province of Saskatchewan, enacts as follows:
## 1. 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 this bylaw.
- (2) "Local Assistant to the Fire Conmissioner" means the Chief or Acting Chief of the Fire Department appointed by Council or the Clerk of the Village of Buena Vista, where no Chief has been appointed.
- (3) "Permit" means the written authority of the Fire Chief issued pursuant to this bylaw.
## 2. General Precaution Against Fire:
- proof room provided with fire doors. placed, shall be removed or destroyed at the close of each business day.
- No uncovered hay, the fire until it is extinguished.
- Any burning shall be in a properly constructed brick or metallic burner covered with a suitable 3 milimeter wire mesh or in an incinerator of a design approved by the Fire Chief.
- combustible container or pit.
- No person shall start the burning of straw, weeds, grass or fire tubble field until a permit has been obtained from the Fire Chie:
- No person shall start the burning of any flammable material unless i s contained in a structure as indicated in Section 2(3) of this bylaw
- (7) Open fires are prohibited within the Corporate Limits of the Village of Buena Vista.
## 3. Stove, Furnaces, etc.
- at least 450 milimeters, provided that for hotels, schools, Iooming houses
apartment blocks, restaurants, hospitals, theatres OI other places of public assembly, the distance shall be increased to 600 milimeters. Radiant heaters must have a minimum distance of 1200 milimeters clearance in front and 900 milimeters clearance on the sides and rear. Where a metal shield with a clear circulative air space of at least 50 milimeters between the shield and the woodwork or other combustible material or structure is provided, the foregoing distance may be reduced by one-half.
- (2) Every stove or range with legs, using solid fuel, shall be set on non-combustible insulated floor board which shall extend at least 450 milimeters in front.
2. Every low pressure heating boiler, laundry stove, portable oven or stove, range or stove, without legs, using solid fule, shall rest upon a non-combustible base of 100 milimeters hollow masonry units arranged to allow air circuside to the other, and covered with sheet metal, not less than .022 inches (25 gauge) thick.
3. Unless the appliance is approved by a testing laboratory (C.S.A., U.L.C. Warnock Hersey) overhead clearances beween heating boilers or hot air furnaces and wood, lath and plaster, combustible ceilings, shall be at least 450 milimeters unless the combustible ceilina is sheet metal spaced out one inch on non-combustible spacers, in which case the distance may be reduced to 225 milimeters.
4. All warm air heating units and related equipment must be insatalled and conform to provincial regulations governing installation of gas and oil-fired equipment and the National Building Code of Canada in the case of solid fuel fired equipment.
## 4. Flue (Smoke ) Pipes:
- Every flue pipe shall have a minimum clearance of 450 milimeters to combustible construction whether plastered or unplastered, except where the combustible construction is protected as described in the following table:
## Type of Protection
Applied to the combustible material otherwise specified and covering all surfaces with 460 milimeters of the flue pipe or breeching.
## Thickness are minimum:
| asbestos millboard spaced out 25 mm by non-combustible material | |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
| sheet metal on 6 mm asbestos millboard | |
| sheet metal spaced out 25mm by non-combustible material | |
| sheet metal on 3 mm asbestos millboard spaced out 25 mm by non-combustible material | 225 mm |
| asbestos-cement covering on HooL batta reinforced ineral | 225mm |
| wire mesh or equivalent | 75 mm |
- (2) A flue pipe or breeching serving 1 or more solid-fuel burnng applicances shall be constructed of steel, masonry o. ther non-combustible material with a melting point of no less than 100 degrees celcius.
- (3) Galvanized steel shall not be used where the design temperatures of the flue gas exceed 300 degrees fahrenheit.
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Clearance with Protection (mm)
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- (4) Tie shall not be used as a flue pipe.
- (5) A flue pipe or breeching serving a solid-fuel fired appliance shall not pass through:
3. (b) a floor, ceiling, wall or partition of combustible construstion.
4. (a) an attic or roof space, closet or similar concealed space, or
- (6) A flue pipe or breeching serving solid-fuel fired appliance shall:
6. be securely supported by metal or other noncombustible supports
7. (b) be as short and straight as possible
8. (c) be designed and constructed to allow for expansion
9. (d) be sloped upward toward the chimney at least 1 in 50
(e)
have a cross-sectional area
not less than
- (i) the area of the flue outlet of the appliance served by a flue pipe, or
- (f) enter the side of z chimney through a metal thimble or masonry flue ring
- (ii) the combined area of the flue outlets of all the appliances served by a breeching
- not extend into the chimney flue, and (2) have a tight connection with the chimney.
- (7) The thickness of metal used in flue pipes for solid-fuel burning appliances shall be
| Diameter of Flue Pipe, mm | Minimum Thickness of Metal MM Uncoated Steel Galvanized Steel |
|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| Below 152 152 to 203 (incl.) Over 203 to 254 | 0.41 0.41 |
| | 0.53 0.48 |
| | 0.69 0.61 |
| Over 254 to 305 | 0.84 0.76 |
| Over 305 to 406 | 1.09 0.91 |
| Over 406 | 1.70 1.48 |
## Chimneys: 5.
- provisions made safe
- (b) stoppers.
- (c) Every chimney connected to an appliance 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 thereof shall be at least 2100 milimeters thickness and lined throughout with tile. All bricks shall be laid flat in mortar with all joints filled. Chimneys servicing one and two family dwellings shall be at least 100 milimeters in thickness and be tile lined.
- (b) Every chimney shall project at least 900 milimeters above the point of contact with a flat roof, or 600 milimeters above the ridge of a pitched 100f and, where carried to a height greater than 2400 milimeters the roof, it shall be braced with iron rods. concrete, or metal cap shall be applied to the top of "op shall be apid a above A stone, each chimney.
- (c) All chimneys from high-pressure boilers or furnaces and all smoke flues from bakers' ovens, large commercial cooking ranges or laundry stoves and similar conmercial
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and industrial appliances shall be at least 200 milimeters in thickness and be lined throughout with chimney tile.
- (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.
- retabricated chimneys may be used providing they have een listed and labelled by a recognized testing laboratory as being reasonably free from fire hazard and installed according to manufacturers' If a prefabricated chimney is used to vent a fuel efficient furnace or air tight heater, it must be labelled 650 degree celsius chimney.
- (f) Flues servicing gas appliances must comply with the provincial regulations governing the installation of gas piping, equipment and venting.
## 6. Storage of Explosives:
- (1) All dynamite, blasting powder and similar explosive material shall be stored receptacles complying with the compliance with such material regulations way or elevator or placed in such gress from a building hazardous in case of fire.
- (2) exceed 11.3 kilograms.
- (3) Any larger quantity than 11.3 kilograms may be stored only in accordance with the regulations referred to in subsection (1) hereof.
## 7. Provincial Regulations:
The regulations under The Fire Prevention Act named herein shall apply with respect to:
- (1) The storage and handling of flammable liquids.
- (3) Governing the approval, sale, installation and maintenance of oil burners and oil burning equipment and appliances using flammable liquid as fuel.
- (2) To provide safety to life from fire and panic in hotels.
- (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.
## 8. Persons Present at a Fire:
- 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 a fire or a fire practice.
- (2) No person shall in any way impede or hinder any fireman, other person who shall be assisting at the extinguishing of any fire, or who may be engaged in other duties connected therewith.
- No person shall obstruct, hinder or delay any fire equipsame 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.
## 9. Duties of Fire Chief:
It shall be the duty of the Fire Chief:
- (1) To save life and property endangered by fire, and to foster fire prevention.
- To be the director of operations at and to regulate the conduct of all persons present at or assisting in the supression 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 written report thereon to the Council.
- (5) To investigate all fires in order to ascertain the cause, origin and other circumstances thereof.
- (6) To notify the Fire Commissioner immediately of any fire of a suspicious nature, any major outbreak of fire, or of any death caused by fire.
- To train the members 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.
## 10. Special Authorities of Fire Chief:
- (1) he Fire Chief may call upon all or any person to assist in the supression of a fire and all persons called upol shall obey the commands of the Fire Chief or other officer in charge.
- (2) The Chief, cribe 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.
3. The Fire Chief may order the pulling down or demolition of buildings or other erections when deemed necessary to prevent the spread of fire; provided that the consent of the Mayor and one Councillor shall first be obtained and provided further that explosives shall not be used for demolition
## 11. Compensation for Demolition:
action is taken as provided by subsection (3) of Section 10 hereof, compensation shali be provided by the Council for loss damage sustained by said pulling down or demolition.
## 12. Penalties:
Any person who contravenes any provision of this bylaw is guilty offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty of not less than $100.00 nor more than $1, 000.00.
13. Bylaw No. 13/85 is hereby repealed.
Certified a true copy of Bylaw No. 9/88 as adopted by resolution of Council on the 6th day of October, 1988.
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Anne firk
Clerk
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