US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

 
    §  488.    Enforcement of fire laws.   The commissioner shall have the
  power and it shall be his duty to enforce all laws  and  the  rules  and
  regulations of the board of standards and appeals in respect to:
    1.     The  manufacture,  storage,  sale,  transportation  or  use  of
  combustibles, chemicals,  explosives,  inflammable  or  other  dangerous
  substances, articles, compounds or mixtures.
    2.   The investigation of the cause, circumstances and origin of fires
  and the suppression of arson.
    3.  The prevention of fires or danger to life or  property  therefrom,
  excluding  provisions  relating  to  structural conditions and excluding
  provisions relating to the installation of oil-burning equipment and all
  appurtenances thereof.
    The  powers  conferred  by  this  section  shall  not  extend  to  the
  enforcement  of  any  provision of the health code or the regulations of
  the board of health, or of any provision of the building  code  relating
  to  the  construction  or alteration of buildings or the installation of
  service equipment, except as otherwise provided therein, or interfere in
  any manner with the powers and duties of the  board  of  health  or  the
  chairman  of the board of health or of the department of buildings or of
  the commissioner of buildings.