36-99.6:2 - Installation of in-building emergency communication equipment for emergency public safety personne... - Virginia Statutes

§ 36-99.6:2. Installation of in-building emergency communication equipmentfor emergency public safety personnel.

The Board of Housing and Community Development shall promulgate regulationsas part of the Building Code requiring such new commercial, industrial, andmultifamily buildings as determined by the Board be (i) designed andconstructed so that emergency public safety personnel may send and receiveemergency communications from within those structures or (ii) equipped withemergency communications equipment so that emergency public safety personnelmay send and receive emergency communications from within those structures.

For the purposes of this section:

"Emergency communications equipment" includes, but is not limited to,two-way radio communications, signal boosters, bi-directional amplifiers,radiating cable systems or internal multiple antenna, or any combination ofthe foregoing.

"Emergency public safety personnel" includes firefighters, emergencymedical services personnel, law-enforcement officers, and other emergencypublic safety personnel routinely called upon to provide emergency assistanceto members of the public in a wide variety of emergency situations,including, but not limited to, fires, medical emergencies, violent crimes,and terrorist attacks.

(2003, c. 611.)