§ 23-28.19-15 - Detail of firefighters. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 23-28.19-15

   § 23-28.19-15  Detail of firefighters.– (a) Uniformed firefighters shall be detailed to all circuses, carnivals, orother exhibitions where large crowds assemble. They shall familiarizethemselves with all fire protection facilities and fire prevention features,and with the condition of exits, and shall patrol the entire area of the tentduring the time it is occupied. Special police officers or firefighters shouldsee that overcrowding is not permitted, that aisles and exitways are kept open,and that no smoking rules are observed.

   (b) All tents with a capacity of one thousand (1000) or morepersons shall have a minimum of two (2) uniformed fire fighters and anyadditional firefighters on duty when deemed necessary by the chief of the localfire department.

   (2) All tents with a capacity of three hundred and one (301)to one thousand (1000) persons shall have a minimum of one uniformedfirefighter and any additional firefighters on duty when deemed necessary bythe chief of the local fire department.

   (3) All tents with a capacity of fifty (50) to three hundred(300) persons shall have a minimum of one uniformed firefighter and anyadditional firefighters on duty when deemed necessary by the chief of the localfire department. This requirement may be waived by the chief of the local firedepartment.