TITLE 25 - FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY
- CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
- CHAPTER 2 - REGULATION OF FIRE AND OTHER HAZARDS TO PERSONS AND PROPERTY GENERALLY
- § 25-2-1 - "Commissioner" defined
- § 25-2-10 - Appeal from rulings of state fire marshal to Commissioner; appeal from Commissioner to superior court; bond
- § 25-2-11 - Local inspections -- Duty of cities and counties generally; assistance of cities and counties by state fire marshal
- § 25-2-12 - Adoption of state fire safety standards and enforcement; investigations; excuse from compliance with standards; interpretation of standards and granting variances therefrom by Commission
- § 25-2-12.1 - Deputizing of local fire marshals, deputy local fire marshals, and state inspectors as state officers; qualification of applicants; duty to notify state fire marshal of change in emplo
- § 25-2-13 - Buildings presenting special hazards to persons or property; requirements as to construction, maintenance, and use generally; effect of rules, regulations, and fire safety standards issu
- § 25-2-14 - Buildings presenting special hazards to persons or property -- Requirement, issuance, etc., of building permits and certificates of occupancy; fees; employment of private professional pr
- § 25-2-14.1 - Buildings presenting special hazards to persons or property -- Compliance of existing and proposed buildings and structures with minimum fire safety standards
- § 25-2-15 - Buildings presenting special hazards to persons or property -- Issuance, etc., of temporary occupancy permits; time limits for compliance with chapter
- § 25-2-16 - Regulation of the storage, transportation, and handling of hazardous materials; use of hold-open latches at self-service gasoline stations; plans for bulk storage facilities
- § 25-2-17 - Regulation of explosives
- § 25-2-18 - Exemption of public buildings from fees or licenses; waiver for churches and charities
- § 25-2-19 - Regulation of fire hazards in hotels, apartment houses, department stores, warehouses, and public places
- § 25-2-2 - Safety Fire Commissioner -- Office created
- § 25-2-20 - Licensing of traveling carnivals, circuses, and other exhibits
- § 25-2-21 - Investigation on complaint of dangerous building appurtenances; effect of failure to remove or repair after notice
- § 25-2-22 - Right of Commissioner and other authorized officials to enter and inspect buildings and premises
- § 25-2-22.1 - Inspection warrants
- § 25-2-23 - Issuance of notice to correct unsafe conditions
- § 25-2-24 - Filing of petition for court order compelling compliance with notice
- § 25-2-25 - Remedy of unsafe conditions by city or county upon failure to comply with court order; liability for expenses generally; issuance of fi. fa. against owner of property for expense incurre
- § 25-2-26 - Final authority for ordering enforcement of Code Sections 25-2-22 through 25-2-25
- § 25-2-27 - Procedure for investigation of suspected arson -- Taking of testimony; arrest of suspect; furnishing of information to district attorney
- § 25-2-28 - Procedure for investigation of suspected arson -- Issuance of subpoenas to compel attendance of witnesses or production of documents; administration of oaths; issuance of court order com
- § 25-2-29 - Hearing procedure
- § 25-2-3 - Safety Fire Commissioner -- Duties and responsibilities generally; delegation of powers
- § 25-2-30 - Duty of state fire marshal as to promotion of fire prevention and life safety generally
- § 25-2-31 - Dissemination of fire prevention information by state fire marshal generally; fire prevention programs in schools; cooperation with state fire marshal by local authorities
- § 25-2-32 - Maintenance of records of fire losses; reports of losses by insurance companies; reports of fires
- § 25-2-32.1 - Reports to Safety Fire Division of serious burn injuries
- § 25-2-32.2 - Investigation of burn injuries reported pursuant to Code Section 25-2-32.1
- § 25-2-33 - Release of fire loss information by insurers on request by state or local official; immunity for furnishing of information; confidentiality of information received; testimony by official
- § 25-2-33.1 - Reports of arson and suspected arson to state fire marshal and insurers; notification of payment of claim as to which report filed
- § 25-2-34 - Cooperation with Commissioner, deputies and inspectors by Department of Public Safety and Georgia State Patrol
- § 25-2-35 - Payment of sheriffs and other peace officers for assistance in determining causes of fires, etc
- § 25-2-36 - Remedies for violations of provisions of chapter and rules, regulations, or orders of Commissioner -- Injunctive relief
- § 25-2-37 - Locking exit doors; construction of building without approval of plans; civil penalties for violation of chapter or rules
- § 25-2-38 - Remedies for violations of provisions of chapter and rules, regulations, or orders of Commissioner -- Criminal penalty
- § 25-2-38.1 - Sovereign immunity; effect of this chapter on legal duties of property owners and lessees
- § 25-2-39 - Construction of chapter
- § 25-2-4 - Safety Fire Commissioner -- Adoption of rules and regulations
- § 25-2-4.1 - Safety Fire Commissioner -- Fees and charges
- § 25-2-40 - Smoke detectors required in new dwellings and dwelling units; exceptions
- § 25-2-5 - State fire marshal -- Appointment; qualifications; salary
- § 25-2-6 - State fire marshal; head of Safety Fire Division
- § 25-2-7 - Appointment process of deputy state fire marshal and other personnel
- § 25-2-8 - Payment of transportation, etc., expenses of employees in state fire marshal's office
- § 25-2-9 - Authority of fire marshal and employees to investigate cause and origin of fires; power to arrest
- CHAPTER 3 - LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS GENERALLY
- CHAPTER 4 - FIREFIGHTER STANDARDS AND TRAINING
- CHAPTER 5 - RESOLUTION OF WAGES, HOURS, WORKING CONDITIONS OF FIREFIGHTERS
- § 25-5-1 - Short title
- § 25-5-10 - Mediation board -- Factors to be considered in reaching decision
- § 25-5-11 - Payment of expenses of mediation
- § 25-5-12 - Agreements constituting collective bargaining contracts; required provisions; engaging in work stoppages, slowdowns, or strikes by firefighters
- § 25-5-13 - Service of notice of request for collective bargaining upon corporate authorities by bargaining agent
- § 25-5-14 - Applicability of chapter
- § 25-5-2 - Definitions
- § 25-5-3 - Declaration of public policy
- § 25-5-4 - Right of firefighters to bargain collectively
- § 25-5-5 - Selection of bargaining agent by firefighters; recognition by corporate authority
- § 25-5-6 - Obligation of corporate authority and agent to meet and confer in good faith; reduction of agreement to written contract; limitation as to duration of contract
- § 25-5-7 - Submission of unresolved issues to mediation
- § 25-5-8 - Mediation board -- Composition and selection; chairman
- § 25-5-9 - Mediation board -- Time, notice, and conduct of hearings; transmittal of findings and opinion; effect of decision
- CHAPTER 6 - MUTUAL AID RESOURCE PACTS
- § 25-6-1 - "Jurisdiction" defined
- § 25-6-10 - Continuation of operation of preexistent pacts
- § 25-6-11 - Penalty for violations of chapter
- § 25-6-2 - Formation of pacts authorized; status of members of fire departments of member jurisdictions
- § 25-6-3 - Establishment of pacts; organizational meeting; adoption of articles, bylaws, and regulations; board of directors; officers, agents, and personnel
- § 25-6-4 - Purpose of pacts; powers and duties of pacts generally
- § 25-6-5 - Liability for failure to respond for purposes of extinguishing fires or other immediate response emergencies; privileges and immunities; liability for loss of men or equipment
- § 25-6-6 - Appropriation of funds for pacts by member jurisdictions; receipt of gifts by pacts; entry into agreements with state and federal agencies by pacts
- § 25-6-7 - Joining of and withdrawal from pacts by jurisdictions not having fire departments
- § 25-6-8 - Mutual Aid Resource Pact Districts -- Establishment; joining or organization of pacts by nonmember jurisdictions desiring to participate in mutual aid
- § 25-6-9 - Mutual Aid Resource Pact Districts -- Merger with other districts; communication and cooperation between districts
- CHAPTER 7 - GEORGIA FIRE ACADEMY
- § 25-7-1 - Short title
- § 25-7-2 - Creation; purposes
- § 25-7-3 - "Board" defined
- § 25-7-4 - Powers and duties of Board of Public Safety as to academy generally; selection and compensation of superintendent of academy; creation of advisory council; selection and reimbursement of
- § 25-7-5 - Responsibilities of superintendent of academy
- § 25-7-6 - Administrative assignment of academy to Department of Public Safety; acceptance of gifts, grants, and donations by board
- § 25-7-7 - Persons to whom training programs to be made available; establishing fees; eligibility
- § 25-7-8 - Requirement of attendance at academy training programs; effect of academy training programs upon other training programs
- CHAPTER 8 - REGULATION OF BLASTING OPERATIONS GENERALLY
- § 25-8-1 - Short title
- § 25-8-10 - Approval by Commissioner of variations from requirements of chapter
- § 25-8-11 - Powers of Commissioner for enforcement of chapter, rules, and regulations generally; privileged nature of evidence submitted to Commissioner
- § 25-8-12 - Penalties for violations of chapter, rules, regulations, or orders
- § 25-8-2 - Definitions
- § 25-8-3 - Requirements governing use of explosives in blasting generally
- § 25-8-4 - Blasting standards; formulas and tables
- § 25-8-5 - Use of seismograph measurements
- § 25-8-6 - License requirement
- § 25-8-7 - Refusal, suspension, or revocation of license
- § 25-8-8 - Maintenance of blasting records
- § 25-8-9 - Promulgation of rules and regulations by Commissioner; forms
- CHAPTER 9 - BLASTING OR EXCAVATING NEAR UTILITY FACILITIES
- § 25-9-1 - Short title
- § 25-9-10 - Effect of chapter upon rights, titles, powers, or interests of facility owners or operators
- § 25-9-11 - Effect of chapter upon rights, powers, etc., of state, counties, or municipalities concerning facilities located on public road or street rights of way
- § 25-9-12 - Notice requirements for emergency evacuations
- § 25-9-13 - Penalties for violations of chapter; bonds; enforcement; advisory committee; dispose of settlement recommendations
- § 25-9-2 - Purpose of chapter
- § 25-9-3 - Definitions
- § 25-9-4 - Design locate request and response
- § 25-9-5 - Cooperation with UPC; permanent markers for water and sewer facilities; point of contact list
- § 25-9-6 - Prerequisites to blasting or excavating; marking of sites
- § 25-9-7 - Determining whether utility facilities are present; information to UPC; noncompliance; future utility facilities; abandoned utility facilities
- § 25-9-8 - Treatment of gas pipes and other underground utility facilities by blasters and excavators
- § 25-9-9 - Degree of accuracy required in utility facility location information; effect of inaccurate information on liability of blaster or excavator; liability of facility owners for losses result
- CHAPTER 10 - REGULATION OF FIREWORKS
- § 25-10-1 - Definitions
- § 25-10-2 - Prohibited fireworks activities
- § 25-10-3 - Permitted sales and uses of fireworks
- § 25-10-3.1 - Storage of fireworks by licensed nonmanufacturers
- § 25-10-3.2 - License required for pyrotechnics exhibits; requirements; penalty for violations
- § 25-10-4 - Requirement of permit for conduct of fireworks display; application; imposition of conditions as to granting of permit; duration and transfer of permit; disposition of excess fireworks;
- § 25-10-4.1 - Employment of persons under age 18 in connection with fireworks storage or public displays
- § 25-10-5 - License and fee for manufacture, storage, and transportation of fireworks or pyrotechnic displays; promulgation of safety regulations; conduct of inspections
- § 25-10-6 - Fireworks manufactured, sold, or stored in violation of chapter declared contraband; seizure and disposition thereof
- § 25-10-7 - Applicability of provisions of chapter
- § 25-10-8 - Penalty for violations of chapter
- § 25-10-9 - Penalty for illegal sale of sparklers or other devices
- CHAPTER 11 - FIRE PROTECTION SPRINKLER CONTRACTORS
- § 25-11-1 - Short title
- § 25-11-10 - Preparation of water-based fire protection system documents for construction by designers
- § 25-11-11 - Individuals authorized to inspect and maintain systems
- § 25-11-12 - Rules and regulations; forms
- § 25-11-13 - Valid license required for installation or repair of water-based fire protection sprinkler systems; proof of contractor's competency required; effect of chapter on laws regulating contr
- § 25-11-14 - Applicability to work performed for state or political subdivision; contract and bid requirements for such work
- § 25-11-15 - Deposit of fees collected under chapter; authority to accept grants for administration of chapter
- § 25-11-16 - Cease and desist order against violators; penalty for violations; order requiring compliance; revocation of certificate for failure to comply with order
- § 25-11-17 - Additional grounds for revocation or suspension of licenses
- § 25-11-18 - Failure to renew certificate or license
- § 25-11-19 - Systems exempt from chapter
- § 25-11-2 - Definitions
- § 25-11-3 - Powers and duties of the Commissioner; delegation of authority
- § 25-11-4 - Application to become certificate holder; certificate fee; demonstration of applicant's competence and knowledge; limitations on issuance of certificate; expiration and renewal of certif
- § 25-11-5 - Licensing of each location; application; fee; prerequisites
- § 25-11-6 - Inspector's license
- § 25-11-7 - Fire protection system designer license
- § 25-11-8 - Requirement that installation, repair, or other work be performed or supervised by certificate holder
- § 25-11-9 - Review of water-based fire protection shop drawings
- CHAPTER 12 - REGULATION OF FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AND SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS
- § 25-12-1 - Compliance with chapter; license requirement
- § 25-12-10 - Forms of licenses, permits, and applications; information required
- § 25-12-11 - Requirement for issuance of license
- § 25-12-12 - Requirement for issuance of permit
- § 25-12-13 - Amended licenses or permits
- § 25-12-14 - Production of license or permit on demand
- § 25-12-15 - Rules and regulations for standards of fire suppression systems and fire extinguishers
- § 25-12-16 - Specifications for service tags to be attached to fire extinguishers and fire suppression systems
- § 25-12-17 - Violation of chapter by licensee or permittee
- § 25-12-18 - Cease and desist orders; period of revocation; civil penalty; opportunity for hearing
- § 25-12-19 - Penalty for violation of chapter
- § 25-12-2 - Definitions
- § 25-12-20 - Delegation of authority by the Commissioner
- § 25-12-21 - Fees collected; grants and gifts
- § 25-12-22 - Power of municipality, county, or state to regulate not limited
- § 25-12-3 - Installation, inspection, servicing, or testing of fire suppression systems
- § 25-12-4 - Installation, inspection, servicing, or testing of portable fire extinguishers
- § 25-12-5 - Visual inspection of preengineered fire suppression systems or portable fire extinguishers by fire chiefs, fire marshals, or fire inspectors
- § 25-12-6 - Visual inspection of self-owned fire suppression systems or portable fire extinguishers; fees not applicable to employees of local government or members of legally organized fire departm
- § 25-12-7 - License and fee required for firm installing, inspecting, servicing, or testing fire suppression systems or portable fire extinguishers
- § 25-12-8 - Permit and fee required for individual installing, inspecting, servicing, or testing; exemption
- § 25-12-9 - Period of licenses and permits; failure to renew
- CHAPTER 13 - MUNICIPAL, COUNTY, AND VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS NOMENCLATURE
- § 25-13-1 - Short title
- § 25-13-10 - Criminal penalties
- § 25-13-2 - Declaration of public policy
- § 25-13-3 - Definitions
- § 25-13-4 - Prohibition against use of nomenclature pertaining to particular fire department in connection with solicitation, advertisement, publication, or production
- § 25-13-5 - Prohibition against use of symbols pertaining to particular fire department in connection with solicitation, advertisement, publication, or production
- § 25-13-6 - Procedure for obtaining permission to use nomenclature or symbols; discretion of local governing body
- § 25-13-7 - Injunctions against violations
- § 25-13-8 - Civil penalties
- § 25-13-9 - Actions for civil damages
- CHAPTER 14 - GEORGIA FIRE SAFETY STANDARD AND FIREFIGHTER PROTECTION
- § 25-14-1 - Short title
- § 25-14-10 - Effect of modification of federal standards
- § 25-14-11 - Impact of changes in New York safety standards
- § 25-14-2 - Definitions
- § 25-14-3 - Standards for testing cigarettes; reports; exceptions
- § 25-14-4 - Written certification
- § 25-14-5 - Required marking of cigarettes
- § 25-14-6 - Civil penalty; forfeiture
- § 25-14-7 - Rules and regulations; inspections
- § 25-14-8 - Enforcement of this chapter; cooperation during inspections
- § 25-14-9 - Manufacturing for sale or selling cigarettes outside of Georgia not prohibited