Procedure in the event of a fire
Columbus City Codes § 2501.17
in effect2501.17 - Procedure in the event of a fire
2501.17.1 Unfriendly Fires in Buildings.
2501.17.1.1 Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:
1. Unfriendly fire means a fire of a hostile or destructive nature as distinguished from a controlled fire intended for a beneficial purpose.
2501.17.1.2 Report of fire; spreading alarm. It shall be the duty of the responsible person or any person in direct control of any building regulated under the Columbus Building Code, upon the discovery of an unfriendly fire, or upon receiving information that there is an unfriendly fire on the premises, to immediately and with all reasonable dispatch and diligence, call or otherwise notify the fire department concerning the fire and to spread an alarm immediately to all occupants of the building.
2501.17.1.3 Unlawful regulation or order. No person shall make, issue, post or maintain any regulation or order, written or verbal that would require any person to take any unnecessary delaying action prior to reporting a fire to the division of fire.
2501.17.1.4 Reporting out fire. It shall be the duty of any person having knowledge of a fire which occurred, whether accidental or otherwise, in which property of value was destroyed, to report this information to the division of fire immediately, in order that a proper investigation of the facts may be pursued promptly.
2501.17.1.5 Reporting incendiary fires. No person having knowledge of an attempt to set or the actual setting of a fire involving property, whether a loss was actually sustained or not, shall fail to report the same immediately to the division of fire.
(Ord. No. 1652-2022, § 1, 10-17-2022)
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