§ 8.32.010. Definitions.

For the purposes of this chapter the following words shall have the meanings respectively assigned them:

A.

"Approved" means approved by the head of the fire department.

B.

"Barn" means a combination of any materials, whether portable or fixed, having a roof, to form a structure for the shelter of persons, animals or property.

C.

"Composite construction" means a building built in parts of the classes of construction defined in this section.

D.

"Fire chief" means the head of the city fire department.

E.

"Fire door" means a metal-clad door and its assembly, such as the frame, threshold, trim, hardware, etc., or other construction of similar fire resistance, so constructed and assembled in place as to retard the passage of fire.

F.

"Firefighter" means a full-time, permanently appointed firefighter employed by the city and working on the city fire department.

G.

"Fire partition" means a partition to restrict the spread of fire and constructed of approved masonry, gypsum blocks or gypsum plaster not less than two inches in thickness, or other approved materials having comparable fire-resisting ratings, which is properly supported by a steel frame that is entirely embedded in the plaster. Any opening in a fire partition shall be protected by a fire door or a fire window.

H.

"Fire protected" means the protection of combustible construction with metal lath and cement of gypsum plaster, or perforated gypsum lath and gypsum plaster, or a combination of laths and plaster, giving an equivalent fire-resistive protection as defined in Form FPR-4, Rules and Regulations of the Board of Fire Prevention Regulations.

I.

"Fire-resistive roof covering" means any roof covering of brick, tile, slate, metal, asbestos shingles, asphalt shingles, composition of asbestos and asphalt, tar and gravel, or other approved materials having comparable fire-resistive ratings.

J.

Fire watch. A "fire watch" shall be composed of permanently appointed firefighters taken from the active ranks of the city fire department.

K.

"Fire window" or "fire skylight" mean a window or skylight of approved metal frame and sash which is glazed with wired glass that is not less than one-fourth of an inch in thickness.

L.

"Fourth-class building" means a metal-covered, steel-frame building.

M.

"Garage" means any building wherein is kept or stored one or more motor vehicles, including motor vehicle repair shop or paint shop or any building used for similar purposes.

N.

"Second-class building" means one, the external walls of which are constructed of approved masonry and which has any part of the interior or roof constructed of wood.

O.

"Stable area" means the premises enclosing the buildings or structures in which horses are sheltered.

P.

"Unit heater" means an approved heating appliance which consists of a heating element and enclosure, located entirely above the floor, without external heating pipes or ducts, for the direct heating of the space in and adjacent to that in which the device is located.

Q.

"Warning device" (fire alarm boxes, master boxes or heat detectors) means any device or system of wiring which can be actuated manually or automatically in the event of rise in temperature or smoke evolvement, to sound or transmit a visible or audible signal, directly or through relay to a central station.

R.

"Water supply" (water mains, hydrants, first-aid hose lines) means a system of water mains, hydrants, valves, first-aid hose lines, etc., to assure water under approved pressure and volume to assure extinguishment of fire of any proportion possible in the stable area.

(Prior revision § 7-81)